exam 1 Flashcards
Late Gothic Art in Italy
Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Saint Francis Altarpiece, 1235
This altarpiece is painted in tempera on wood in the Byzantine or maniera greca style. It depicts the stigmata as well as several scenes from the saint’s life.
Late Gothic Art in Italy
Cimabue, Enthroned Madonna and
Child (Santa Trinita), ca. 1280-1290
tempra on wood
The art of this period comprised scenes and forms that appeared relatively flat and highly stylized. Cimabue was a pioneer in the move towards naturalism, as his figures were depicted with rather more lifelike proportions and shading.
Late Gothic Art in Italy
Giotto, Enthroned Madonna and Child (Ognissanti),ca. 1310
-tempra on wood
The painting has a traditional Christian subject, representing the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child seated on her lap, with saints surrounding the two
Late Gothic Art in Italy
Giotto, Arena chapel fresco cycle, padua, 1305-1306
Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, view towards altar
fresco cycle presents a narrative of the Life of the Virgin and the Life of Christ.
Late Gothic Art in Italy
Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel:
Giotto, Lamentation, 1305-1313
Fresco
The figure at Jesus’ feet is St. Mary Magdalene, identifiable by the flowing blond hair. Mary is of course the woman holding his head. And the beardless young man with his arms outstretched is St. John the Evangelist.
Directly to the left of this image is a decorative border with Jonah being swallowed by the great fish. Typologically, Jonah’s three days in the fish refer to Christ’s in the tomb.
Late Gothic Art in Italy
Simone Martini, Annunciation
Altarpiece from Siena
Cathedral, 1333
Tempra on wood
The Annunciation shows the archangel Gabriel entering the house of the Virgin Mary to communicate her that she will soon get pregnant.
The work is composed of a large central panel depicting the Annunciation, and two side panels with St. Ansanus (left), and female saint, generarally identified with St. Margaret or St. Maxima, in the right, and four tondoes in the cusps: Jeremiah, Ezechiel, Isiah and Daniel.
Late Gothic Art in the North
Robert Campin, Mérode Altarpiece, ca. 1425-1428
-Oil in wood
Left panel: donors
Central panel: the Annunciation
Right panel: Joseph in his workshop
Late Gothic Art in the North
Claus Sluter, the Well of Moses (Hebrew prophets), Charterhouse of Champmol, Dijon, 1395-1406
-limestone with traces of paint
Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel and Isaiah
executed combining the elegance of International Gothic with a northern realism, but with a monumental quality unusual in either.
Late Gothic Art in the North
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, closed view, 1432
oil wood
Late Gothic Art in the North
Jan van Eyck, Ghent
Altarpiece, open view, 1432
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, open view: detail of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, 1432
oil on wood
Late Gothic in the North
Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride (the Arnolfini wedding), 1434
refined the technique of oil painting
oil in wood
Late Gothic in the North
The Limbourg Brothers, Month of January, from Les Très Riches Heures
du Duc de Berry, 1413-1416: February
INK ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS: A type of illuminated manuscript used in the middle ages for personal
devotion. They contain prayers for different times of day (known as the “hours of the Virgin”).
They can also contain calendar pages with secular illustrations, such as the one below.
Late Gothic Art in the North
The Limbourg Brothers, Month of February, from Les Très Riches Heures
du Duc de Berry, 1413-1416
INK ON VELLUM
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Botticelli, Primavera, 1482
TEMPRA ON WOOD
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Filippo Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac
1401
competition panel for baptistry doors
GILDED BRONZE
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Abraham
1401
competition panel for baptistry doors
gilded bronze
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Donatello, David 1440-1460
BRONZE
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Nanni di Banco, four crowned saints,
with details of predella relief of stone carvers, marble, Orsanmichele, 1411-1413
15th Century Italian Renaissanc Art
Masaccio, Tribute Money, Brancacci chapel,
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
Fresco
1424-1427
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Masaccio, Holy Trinity , Santa Maria Novella, Florence
1427
Fresco
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Michelozzo, Medici Palace, Florence, 1444
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Piero della Francesca, Brera Altarpiece
1472-1474
oil on wood
15th Century Italian Renaissance Art
Sant’ Andrea, Mantua, designed by Alberti in ca. 1472: façade and entrance portico
