ARTH 9/18 MIDTERM

Artists shift from manual laborers that work for commission to visionaries that focus on the meaning behind the artwork.

TERM: Humanism - an intellectual movement that uses the study of literature, art, and civilization of classical Greece and Rome to alter contemporary (new) thinking

  • FOCUS ON HUMANS AND THEIR INTELECTUAL GROWTH

  • how to balance faith with mans achievement?

  • prompted secularism (separation of religion and work) because they could not agree with catholic religion and Greek mythology , leading to a focus on reason, ethics, and individualism in art and culture.

Michelozzo di Bartolome by Palazzo Medici in Florence, Italy

Importance:

  • portrayed the wealth and influence of the Medici family, reflecting the ideals of civic humanism and the integration of architectural styles that emphasized both functionality and aesthetic appeal.

  • art work and statues inside

Statue of David by Donatello in Florence, Italy

Importance: First life-sized, freestanding nude since antiquity

  • chose Young David (the future king of Israel) as a political statement using the biblical story of David to show the importance and strength of the city of Florence

  • STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH illustrates the triumph of the underdog against a big giant

  • signifies FAITH in God

    • David could not defeat the large giant alone, he used the power of God to save his people

TERM: Contrapposto - suggests movement and animation in a standing figure to MAKE THE FIGURE MORE LIFELIKE

  • human standing with most of its weight on one foot with arms and shoulders twisted off axis

DUKE AND DUCHASS OF URBINO CAN BE SAID AS NAME FOR BATTISTA SFORZA AND FEDERICO DA MONTEFELRO BY PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

LECTURE 12:

The Last Supper by Leonardo in Milan, Italy

  • linear perspective

COMPARED TO Last Supper by Ghirlandaio in San Marco, Florence

Mona Lisa by Leonardo in Florence, Italy

  • Lisa Gherandini is her name

    • unknown as to why this portrait is created because many woman don’t get portraits of them created

    • commissioned by Francesco del Gherandi

  • popular because of how many times it was stolen

Importance:

  • portrait

  • first time hands were included in a portrait because he wanted to show he was capable of it

  • Mona Lisa is more connected to the viewers because of the simplicity of her clothing, hair down, and eyes looking at the viewer

TERM STUFMATO: the fine shading that produces soft transitions between colors and tones and light and dark

  • seen in Mona Lisa through the subtleness of her chin without lines or borders

Madonna of the Goldfinch by Raphael in Florence, Italy

Raphael is desired because of his idealized and beautiful paintings

  • suggests a halo with the clouds

  • controposto in the baby

  • on a rock to show humility of the virgin

  • a commission that wants elegance and relatability

importance to michelangelo statue in 1501-04 shows david BEFORE he fights which has never been done before to picture him as an intelectual and show his thoughts before the fight

  • makes the penis smaller to show his more intelectuality

  • he thinks with his head not his penis

Michealngelo Creation of Adam: first time God is portrayed moving and muscular, figured behind God are unknown

  • making God more relatable because “God created man in his own image”