13/03/2012. Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Course Outline. Key Notions. -Atmospheric perspective -Composition -Foreshortening -Linear perspective

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1 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Course Outline The Early Renaissance The Black Death The 100-years War The Avignon Papacy Van Eyck Masaccio Piero della Francesca Mantegna Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Key Notions -Atmospheric perspective -Composition -Foreshortening -Linear perspective Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 1

2 Italy 1400 Source: 7 Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Proto-Renaissance ( ) Early Renaissance ( ) High Renaissance ( ) Late Renaissance ( ) Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 1. The Black Death ( ) 2. The 100-years War ( ) 3. The Avignon Papacy ( ), and the Great Schism ( ) Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 2

3 The Black Death ( ) Source: 12 Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Dürer: The Ravisher; Death and the Landsknecth; The Four Riders Source: 9 Proto Early High Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin The 100-years War ( ) Source: 11 Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 3

4 The Avignon Papacy ( ), and the Great Schism ( ) Source: 12 Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Florence, c Source: 13 Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Florence, 1400 Source: 7 Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 4

5 Jan van Eyck ( ), or the Impact of Color -Northern Renaissance -Flemish painter -Gave oil painting its credibility Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434, Oil on oak, 82 x 60 cm, National Gallery, London Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, details Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 5

6 The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin, 1435, Wood, 66 x 62 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Suckling Madonna Enthroned, c. 1436, Oil on wood, 65,5 x 49,5 cm, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Marriage: Giotto Vs Van Eyck Source: 9 Proto Northern Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 6

7 Masaccio ( ), or a Question of Perspective -Early Renaissance -Italian painter -First to use Brunelleschi's perspective Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Brunelleschi s experiment Source: 12 Northern Early High Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Trinity, , Fresco, 667 x 317 cm, Santa Maria Novella, Florence Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 7

8 Crucifixion: Giotto Vs Masaccio Source: 9 Proto Early High Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Piero della Francesca ( ), or Mastery of Composition -Early Renaissance -Italian painter -Used mathematics, namely geometry, to compose complex paintings Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Baptism of Christ, , Tempera on panel, 167 x 116 cm, National Gallery, London Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 8

9 Baptism of Christ: Giotto Vs Francesca Source: 9 Proto Early High Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Andrea Mantegna ( ), or Spatial Illusionism -Early Renaissance -Italian painter -Influenced Dürer and Da Vinci Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1475?, Tempera on canvas, 68 x 81 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Foreshortening Source: Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 9

10 Lamentation of Christ: Giotto Vs Mantegna Source: Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Required reading -Gombrich, The Story of Art, p Suggested readings -Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 2. p ; vol. 3, p. 3-7, Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin Bibliography and Sources 1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities 2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 3. Davies, Janson s Basic History of Western Art 4. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 2 and vol Eirmerl, Giotto et son temps 6. Gombrich, The Story of Art 7. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages 8. University Laval Course Notes Rogers, Art, a World History Landrus, Les trésors de Léonard de Vinci Early Renaissance, St. Lawrence,, Beaudoin 10