Lect 1- ProtoRenasainsse, Giotto, "Madonna Enthroned"

Question 1

Giotto breaks with the Byzantine conventions of Cimabue & Duccio by…?

Answer 1

… by rendering figures with a greater concern for naturalism.

Question 2

What was Giotto influenced by?

Answer 2

The gothic sculpture of Giovanni Pisano and the use of shading by Roman painter Cavallini.

Question 3

What is scale used to denote in Giotto’s “Madonna Enthroned”?

Answer 3

The Theological/symbolic importance of figures.

Question 4

How are Mary and the Baby Jesus depicted as important in Giotto’s “Madonna Enthroned”?

Answer 4

By showing them larger and more central than the other figures.

Question 5

What are three gothic conventions in Giotto’s “Madonna Enthroned”?

Answer 5

The hierarchical scaling of figures, gold backdrop, and pointed arch throne.

Question 6

How does Giotto construct space in his “Madonna Enthroned”?

Answer 6

By overlapping figures and

by drawing observed receding lines.

Question 7

What proto-renaissance concept does it seem Giotto utilized to produce the naturalism of “Madonna Enthroned”?

Answer 7

Rendering from observation, esp. through use of a model.

Question 8

In what way does Giotto create the illusion of 3D space?

Answer 8

By rendering figures and objects within a coherent setting.

Question 9

What is a figurative convention that Giotto breaks, which can be seen in Cimabue & Duccio’s work?

Answer 9

The representation of the face.