ch.19, 20 & 21 part I Early Renaissance

Question 1

Lamentation

Answer 1

• small picture of Jonah and the whale
• perspective, men dont look foward
• tree - represents Adam and Eve’s sins and resurrection
• naturalistic, expressive
• chiaroscuro, light source
• rock slope focuses on Jesus

Question 2

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece) (Left side and General)

Answer 2

• Flemish
• oil on wood
• Robert Campin's workshop
• owned by the Merode family
• private display
• left side - shows the donors
    - walled garden (Marys symbol)
    - roses (Mary's symbol)
• naturalistic
• bad perspective

Question 3

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece) (Center Pannel)

Answer 3

• annunciation
• bad perspective, huge
• Gabriel flies in, pages are rustled, estinguished candel
• lily - virgin mary
• baby Jesus flies in through the window
• tilted floor, clutter

Question 4

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece) (Right Pannel)

Answer 4

• Joseph’s workshop
• mousetrap - symbol of Jesus
• domestic space, detail (typical of Flemish)
• proportion is off, bad perspective
• wrong period

Question 5

Arnolfini Portrait

Answer 5

• oil on wood
• Jan Van Eyck
• portrait for the bourgeoisie
• commissioned by Arnolfini
• not pregnant, fabric
• could be marriage or after death
• dog symbolizes fidelity
• wooden clogs symbolize sancity
• oranges - import and luxury
• window - light source
• bed - domestic, marriage
• woman by the bed, man by the window
• mirror has Jesus detail and reflection
• signed by Jan Van Eyck above the mirror

Question 6

Scrovengi (Arena) Chapel

Answer 6

• Padua, Italy
• brick architecture, fresco paintings
• unknown architect, Giotto di Bondone
• barrel vaulted
• chiaroscuro
• private chapel, Scrovengni
• story of salvation shown in 3 registers
• starred sky ceiling
• painted to look like marble

Question 7

David

Answer 7

• bronze
• Donatello
• first nude sculpture in 1000 years
• owned by the Medici (courtyard)
• represents Florence’s victory (Duke of Milan)
• inspired by the Greeks (bronze)
• Goliath’s head at his feet
• holds Goliath’s sword
• holding the rock
• contrapposto
• hat - Hermes
• eroticism, wing moving up the thigh

Question 8

Pazzi Chapel

Answer 8

• Florence, Italy
• Masonry
• Filippo Brunelleschi
• connected to Santa Croce
• Pazzi patrons
• private chapel, burials
• “chapter house”
• central plan, domed
• dome on pendentives
• rectangular building
• white and gray stone
• terra cotta colored medallions
• barrel vaulted

Question 9

Palazza Rucellai

Answer 9

• Florence, Italy
• stone masonry
• Leon Battista Alberti
• entablatures
• post and lintel at the bottom
• arches over windows
• 3 facade layers
• many pilasters
• cornice at the top
• influenced by the Colosseum
• influenced by the Medici palace
• unfinished
• ground floor - business
• 1st floor - social
• 2nd floor - personal