The Renaissance ~ 15 Century Italian Art

The Renaissance ~ 15 Century Italian Art

The Renaissance ~ 15th Century Italian Art
(Chapter 21)
1420 – 1500 The Early Renaissance (Florentine)
Art to Know:
21.1 Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac
21.27 Botticelli, Birth of Venus
21.14 Dome of the Florence Cathedral
21.15, 21.16 Santo Spirito, Florence
21.17, 21.18, 21.19 Pazzi Chapel,
21.31 Ghirlandaio, Birth of the Virgin
Santa Croce
21.35 Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai
21.2 Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac
21.36 façade of Santa Maria Novella
21.4, 21.5 The Gates of Paradise
21.43, 21.44, 21.45 Sant’ Andrea,
Mantua
21.8 Donatello, Saint Mark
21.9 Zuccone (Habbakuk)
21.39 Castagno, Last Supper
21.23 David
21.40 Lippi, Madonna and Child
21.32 Gattamltata
21.11 Masaccio, Tribute Money
21.12 Expulsion of Adam and Eve
from Eden
21.13 Holy Trinity
21.41 Della Robbia, Madonna and Child
21.20, 21.21 Bartolommeo, Palazzo Medici
– Riccardi, Florence
21.47, 21.48 Mantegna, Room of the
Newlyweds
21.50 Dead Christ
21.42 Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys
of the Kingdom to Saint Peter
21.22 Uccello, Battle of San Romano
21.24 Verrocchio, David
21.33 Bartolommeo Colleoni
Trecento 14th C
Quattrocento 15th C
Quatrefoil
Lantern
Pilaster
Rusticate
Orthogonal
Trompe l’oeil
Stringcourse
21.53 Piero, Brera Altarpiece, Enthroned
Madonna
Vocabulary:
Renaissance Man
Antique
Canonization
The Marquis Ludovico
Gonzaga
Federico da Montefeltro
Savonarola
De Re Aedificatoria,
Alberti
Review terms:
Linear perspective
Atmospheric perspective
Contrapposto
The Medici Family
Themes:
Renaissance architecture, idea of competition for commissions, the influence of ancient Rome
and new science. Further discussion and exploration of humanization, perspective and volume
in paintings continues during the Renaissance.