Medieval Architecture: Exam 4

Italian Gothic Art III, 14th c. Italy, 15th c. Europe, Early 15th c. Italy, Late 15th c. Italy

St. Martin

• Assisi, 1317

• by Simone Martini

• international style

Dream of St. Martin

• Assisi, 1317

• by Simone Martini

• Martini was a student of Giotto

Crucifixion

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Giotto

• has swooning Mary

Raising of Lazarus

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Giotto

• takes place in Bethany, the day before Palm Sunday

Noli me tangere

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Giotto

• Mary Magdalene reaches out to Christ to touch him but he says no don’t touch me I’m not human.

Voyage to Marseille

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Giotto

• his boat was propelled by the will of God

Entry of Christ in Jerusalem

• Assisi, 1320

• by Pietro Lorenzetti

• his works tend to be very busy

Arrest of Christ

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti

• Judas kisses Christ on the cheek to tell Roman soldier to arrest him

The Road to Calvary

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti

• you can’t claim to be the son of God so Christ is punished to death

Deposition

• Assisi, 1320

• fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti

• Christ is in a diagonal position which is an influential move in art and it becomes very popular

Florence Baptistery South Doors

• Florence, 1330

• by Andrea Pisano

• illustrates the life of John the Baptist

Annunciation

• Siena Cathedra, 1333

• by Simone Martini

• made of tempera on wood

Allegory of Good Government in the City

• 1338

• by Ambrogio Lorenzetti

• 1 of 4 frescos

• advertises the Council of Nine and how good life is because of them and how bad life would be without them

Birth of the Virgin

• Siena Cathedral, 1342

• by Pietro Lorenzetti

• 3 panel altarpiece made of tempera on wood

Dome of Florence Cathedral

• Florence, 1417

• by Filippo Brunelleschi

• Brunelleschi was probably lovers with Donatello

San Lorenzo Nave

• Florence, 1421-8

• by Filippo Brunelleschi

• you have to get a tattoo in Florence, but Hendrix didn’t

San Lorenzo Old Sacristy

• Florence, 1421-25

• by Filippo Brunelleschi

• contains the tomb of Giovanni de’ Medici

Gates of Paradise

• Florence, 1425

• by Lorenzo Ghiberti

• third set of doors on the Baptistery

Merode Altarpiece

• Flanders, 1425

• by Robert Campin

• oil painting on oak—earliest known oil painting, they needed an alternative to fresco because of the cold weather

Arnolfini Marriage

• 1434

• by Jan van Eyck

• wedding is happening in a bedroom because she’s pregnant—premarital sex is strictly forbidden in the catholic church

Deposition

• Flanders, 1442

• by Rogier van der Weyden

• oil on oak

Etienne Chevalier and Saint Stephen

• 1450

• by Jean Fouquet—court painter for Charles VII

• Chevalier is the treasurer, Stephen is the patron saint

Portrait of a Lady

• Flanders, 1460

• by Rogier van der Weyden

• she’s looking down, hands crossed, wearing a veil, she’s telling us that spirituality is important to the Flemish

Justice of Otto

• Flanders, 1470

• by Dirck Bouts

• diptych panel made of oil on oak

Portinari Altarpiece

• Flanders, 1474

• by Hugo van der Goes

• commissioned by the Medici family

Expulsion

• Brancacci Chapel, 1426

• by Masaccio

• intense emotion as they juts condemned mankind to an eternity of suffering for committing the original sin

Trinity

• Santa Maria Novella, 1425

• by Masaccio

• the vanishing point is at the feet of Christ

David

• Bargello, 1428

• by Donatello

• first naked person in sculpture in 100 years

Pallazzo Rucellai

• Florence, 1455

• by Leon Battista Alberti

• RWU classes are taught here

Santa Maria Novella

• Florence, 1456

• facade by Leon Battista Alberti

• green and white marble because he thought it was Roman but it’s not

Sant’ Andrea in Mantua

• Mantua, 1470

• by Leon Battista Alberti

• it’s a pilgrimage church so it’s designed to hold a lot of people

Camera degli Sposi

• Ducal Palace, Mantua, 1465

• by Andrea Mantegna

• frescos painted to look like architecture

Saint Francis

• 1470

• by Giovanni Bellini

• patron saint of nature

• Hendrix says you have to see it in person because a picture doesn’t do it justice

Battista Sforza and Federigo da Montefeltro

• 1472

• by Piero della Francesca

• oil on oak diptych painting

• painting celebrating the military alliance between the two families

Primavera

• 1482

• by Alessandro Botticelli

• painted for a wedding in the Medici family

• scene comes from the book “Metamorphoses”

Birth of Venus

• 1484

• by Alessandro Botticelli

• companion painting of Primavera

• Kronos chops off Uranus’ penis, it falls into the water which creates foam, Venus then emerges from the sea foam

Sassetti Chapel

• Santa Trinita, 1482

• by Domenico Ghirlandaio

• shoes scenes from the life of Saint Francis

Vitruvian Man

• 1487

• by Leonardo da Vinci—he didn’t like Florence because there was too much competition

• from a sketchbook, everyone drew this but da Vinci’s is different because the square and the circle don’t have the same center point

Last Supper

• Milan, 1495

• fresco by Leonardo da Vinci

• it started to flake before he even finished it because he mixed linseed oil with the fresco based

Mona Lisa

• 1495

• by Leonardo da Vinci

• no one’s quite sure who the woman is, some theorists think it’s a self portrait

• some people think he’s gay, but that’s on the down low

Procession of the Relic of the True Cross

• Venice, 1496

• by Gentile Bellini

• Venice claims they have the cross Christ was crucified on, this is false

David

• Florence, 1501

• by Michelangelo

• the body is actually out of proportion becaase it was commissioned to be place on a dome—if you saw it from the correct perspective it would look perfect.