Western Art History II Midterm

Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets by Cimabue

Tempera on panel

Late Medieval Italy Period

Significance: moved away from Italo-Byzantine Styles

Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets by Giotto

tempera on panel

late medieval italy

significance: more bulk to the figures compared to Cimabue, more naturalism, brings us into the next generation, rise in Marian iconography

The Lamentation by Giotto

Fresco

Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

Southern Renaissance 

Significance: commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni, used to atone for his sins of usury

Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi

tempera and gold leaf on panel

southern renaissance 

significance: COME BACK

Peaceful Country by Ambrogio Lorenzetti

fresco

Southern Renaissance

Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

significance: shows how a good government can impact society

Peaceful City by Ambrogio Lorenzetti

fresco

Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

Southern Renaissance

Significance: shows how a good government can lead to peace

Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin

oil on panel

early northern renaissance

significance: humanizes Mary on the floor, iconography, disguised symbolism (lily=pure, candle=Holy Spirit, book and scroll=piety)

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck

oil on panel

early northern renaissance

significance:

A Goldsmith In His Shop by Petrus Chistus

oil on panel

early northern renaissance 

significance: symbolism, scales from last judgement, silver vessels, communion jar, maybe a wedding couple, convex mirror shows skill

Annunciation by Fra Angelico

fresco

San Marco, Florence, Italy

Southern Renaissance

Significance:

David by Donatello

bronze

southern renaissance 

significance: revived wax casting methods, first freestanding nude sculpture since antiquity, commissioned by the Medici family to reflect pride 

David by Andrea del Verrocchio

bronze

southern renaissance

significance: sturdier than Donatello’’s, adolescent looking, shifting weight, symbol of civic pride to the Florentine Republic

Holy Trinity by Masaccio

fresco

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

Southern Renaissance

significance: 3 point perspective, classical architecture, human centered religious narrative, memento morri=skeleton

The Tribute Money by Masaccio

Fresco

Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy

southern renaissance

significance: continuous narrative, international goth, linear and atmospheric perception creates depth

Birth of Venus by Botticelli

tempera on canvas

southern renaissance 

significance: allegorical narrative, linear style, embodied poems

Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano

Tempera on panel

Southern Renaissance

significance: exemplifies international goth gilded frame, large line to see virgin and child

The Madonna and Child With Angels by Fra Fillippo Lippi

tempera on panel

southern renaissance

significance: humanizes them by modeling them after Lucretia and his son Filippino

Ospedale degli Innocenti/ Foundling Hospital by Filippo Brunelleschi

Pietra serena and stucco

Florence, Italy

southern renaissance

significance: for unwanted infants to train different positions, roman arches, corinthian columns, classic proportion and geometry

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi by Michelozzo

stone masonry

Florence, Italy

southern renaissance 

significance: fortress like, stone, to represent power, roman arches, textures smooth and rusticated 

Santa Maria Novella by Leon Battista Alberti

marble

Florence, Italy

southern renaissance

significance: medieval model from roman design, shapes and geometry to tie in greco roman and quarto Centro traditions

Vitruvian Man by Leonardo

pen, brown ink and watercolor over metal point on paper

souther renaissance

significance: Vitruvius’ ideal man, art science and nature blended into one, freehand circle, harmony of nature and universe

The Last Supper by Leonardo

fresco

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy

Southern Renaissance 

significance: perspective to focus on Christ, realism and gestures to differentiate the apostles

Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo

oil on panel

souther renaissance

significance: well educated woman, involved in literary circles straying from gender roles, sfumato to create atmosphere