ARHS 110 Late Gothic Italy: Giotto and the Proto-Renaissance

major cities in late gothic italy

siena and florence

“christus triumphians”

italy

c. 1220

“christus patiens”

by coppo di marcovaldo

san gimignano, italy

c. 1250-1270

compare to: “christus triumphians” (1220)

francis of assisi, 1181-1226

on st. francis altarpiece

by bonaventura berlinghieri

pescia, italy

c. 1235

cimabue (florentine)

virgin and child enthroned

c. 1280

compare to: vladimir virgin (byzantine, 12th cent.)

maestà altarpiece

duccio di buoninsegna (sienese)

c. 1308-11

(gilded bg = byzantine-esque)

simone martini (w/ lippo memmi) (sienese)

annunciation altarpiece

1333

(3D gothic, ¾ profile. facial expressions)

GIOTTO di bondone (florentine)

virgin and child enthroned

1305-10

(student of cimabue. compare to: cimabue virgin and child)

giotto

scrovegni (arena) chapel

padua, italy

1305-6

(commissioned by repenting banker #rip)

arena chapel frescoes

padua, italy

1305-6

annunciation scene

arena chapel

judas accepting the money

arena chapel

the visitation

arena chapel

enrico scrovegni presenting his chapel (on side of blessed)

anatomy of arena chapel #tylagatta

personification of envy

giotto

arena chapel

personification of hope

arena chapel

(greco-roman/classic style)

miracle at cana

arena chapel

last supper

giotto

arena chapel

kiss of judas

giotto

arena chapel

c. 1305-10

(compare to: maestà altarpiece by duccio, 1308-11)

mocking of christ

arena chapel

the lamentation

arena chapel

(emphasis on humanness of christ, 3D perspective)

entombment of mary

arena chapel

(multiple perspectives, dramatic expressions, combo of heaven + earth)

crucifix

giotto

rimini, italy

before 1309

(compare to: “christius patiens” by coppo di marcovaldo, san gimignano, italy, c. 1250-70)

basilica of st. francis

assisi, italy

begun 1228, dedicated 1253

(fusion of romanesque + gothic)

altar in the lower basilica of st. francis

cimabue

mary enthroned w/ st. francis

basilica of st. francis

c. 1280

(compare to: cimabue’s virgin and child enthroned)

simone martini

st. martin renounces the army

basilica of st. francis

c. 1317-19

(compare to: martini’s annunciation altarpiece)

giotto

nativity scene

basilica of st. francis

1306-11

nave of upper basilica of st. francis

giotto

francis preaches before the pope

basilica of st. francis

piazza del campo

siena, italy

siena cathedral

palazzo pubblico

siena, italy

(interior = more likely to be shown)

sala de nove

palazzo pubblico

siena, italy

frescoes by ambrogio lorenzetti

1338-39

ambrogio lorenzetti

palazzo pubblico

allegory of good government

1338-39

effects of good government

lorenzetti

palazzo pubblico

allegory of bad government

palazzo pubblico

jacopo de cambio

front cloth for an altar

church of santa maria novella

florence, italy

1336

coronation of the virgin

front cloth for an altar

church of santa maria novella

1336

(compare to: coronation of the virgin above central portal at cathedral of notre-dame, reims)

ascension of christ

laudario of sant’agnese

c. 1340

martyrdom of st. lawrence

laudario of sant’agnese

c. 1340

(compare to: oratory of galla placidia, ravenna, italy, c. 425)

pentecost

laudario of sant’agnese

c. 1340

master of the rinucci chapel

altarpiece of sts. cosmas and damian

c. 1370-75