Giotto & Leonardo Test

Cimabue

Giotto’s master

Byzantine/Gothic Era

Gothic Era

Before Renaissance

Giotto

father of the italian renaissance

inspired by greek & roman murals

painter, sculptor, architect

Fresco

“fresh”

painting done on wet plaster

gesso

made from glue mixed with chalk

painting surface for egg tempera paint

lamentation of christ

giotto’s famous painting

naturalism

arena chapel in padua

murals of 39 scenes of life of christ

Masaccio

Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Simone

used scientific persepctive

work displayed light & form creating more depth compared to giotto

phases of renaissance

early ren \~ giotto

mid ren \~ masaccio

high ren \~ leonardo

renaissance

a renewed interest in art/literature/science

Madonna and kid paintings

madonna enthroned

madonna enthroned

madonna and child

madonna of the rocks

leonardo da vinci

architect, master painter, sculptor, inventor

did not finish his paintings on time

disected human corpse and sketched from models to get better at the human figure

apprentice to verocchio

very mysterious work

verocchio

leonardo’s master

the last supper

unsuccessful fresco

in church of santa maria delle grazie, milan

captured different emotions of disciples

leonardos work

took 2 years to paint it

20 years restoration

leonardos sketchbooks

wrote backwords to protect his thoughts

studied anatomy

chiaroscuro

modeling from light to dark to show form

mona lisa

elisabetta gherardini del giacondo

spent 4 years painting

most famous ainting

leonardo

used sfumato & foreshortening

sfumato

misty background, softens lines, creates illusion of space

foreshortening

making figures come towards the viewer

aerial/atmosphereic perspective

persepctive of disappearence

provenance

history of a work

mural

painted to wall or wood

value

lightness or darkness of a hue

guild system

apprenticeship starts at age 12

apprenticship could last for 7 years

set standards for the work done by craftsmen

apprentice would prepare things for master, then would become journeyman who traveled and found work, then had to produce masterpiece to become master painter.

salvatore mundhi

controversial

savior of the world

sold for 400 mil

hasnt been seen since auction

important

ALL renaissance work was symbolic