Art of the Early Renaissance in Italy

Where:

Independent courts on the Italian Peninsula

People:

Humanism

revival of classical learning

self-aggrandizing patrons

Themes:

Life of Christ in the Virgin Mary

secular life

classical themes

Forms:

Linear perspective,

classical forms,

optical, naturalism

window onto the world

Michelozzo di Bartolommeo

Medici Palace

Introduces the Medici family as newly powerful in Florence introduces a new classical architecture language, derived from the ancient Roman engineer Vitruvius

Medici Palace courtyard

A place for the women to socialize

Brunelleschi

Florence Cathedral

Known for Dome, top by lantern and golden ball that dominates the skyline

Cathedral signaled political powers, civic wealth, and religious authority

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Sacrifice of Isaac

Brunelleschi

Sacrifice of Isaac

Masaccio

holy Trinity

Massaccio

The expulsion of Adam and Eve and the tribute money

Linear storytelling

Donatello

David

Piero della Francisca

Double portrait of Battista Sfroza and Fredrico

Andrea Mantegna

Camera degil Sposi

Comissioned by the Gonzaga family palace

Oculus

Leon Bautista Alberti

Sant’ Andrea

Keywords: Basilica, corinthian, volute, pediment, barrel vault, nave, coffering, Reliquary

Perugino

Christ delivering the keys to Saint Peter

Giovanni Bellini

San Giobbe Altarpiece