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Basilica of Santa Maria Novella

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Important landmark
- Gothic and early renaissance architecture
- built between the 13th and 15th century
- finshd in 1456-1470

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What was the principal of Basilica of Santa Maria Novella

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Principal of a Dominican church in Florence

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Who completed the marble facade of the Santa Maria church?

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Leon Battista Alberti in the mid-15th century and has a mix blends classical elements with medieval Gothic features.

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when did the construction of Santa Maria novella begin

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1279 under the direction of two Dominican friars

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How did the beginning of the Santa Maria novella have gothic structure

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pointed arches, ribbed vaults and large windows with stain glass
Had a Latin cross layout

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How did the Church represent Early renaissance architecture?

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The facade of the church towards the bottom has gothic style, but the top has renaissance elements like central pediment, pilasters and a harmonious use of colored marble

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The Facade completed by Alberi was…

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notable due to its use of Geometric patterns and mathematical precision.

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The facade of Santa Maria novella represents…

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represents one of the most important examples of Florentine Renaissance

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When was the facade completed

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1470 and started around 1458

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At the top of the Santa Maria facade is what?

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A sun to recognizes the emblem of the neighborhood and the covenant of the church

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What was used to tell time in the church

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armillary sphere and Gnomon, which threw shadows on the astronomical quadrant (Italian and Bohemian method)

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Masaccio’s Holy Trinity

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has a vanishing point right at the tomb and displays at the top the Eternal father, the Holy Spirit as a dove, and then Jesus crucified

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What does the Skelton have above it in writing ( Holy Trinity)

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“WHAT YOU ARE, I ONCE WAS; WHAT I AM, YOU WILL
BECOME” your time on earth is finite, but in Christ we can have an eternal salvation

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Donatello’s marble David

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His marble David 1408-9
- Contraposto
- His clothes have a prince like quality not a hero
- no expression in face

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Brunelleschi crucifix

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1410-1415 , more proportionate, realistic, and measured due to his use of mathematical proportion of the ideal man and anatomy

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materials used for sculpting during this time

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stone, wood, terracotta, and bronze.

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Which methods are using when making a bronze sculpture

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Indirect and Direct method and hallow casting method

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Donatello’s Saint George

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  • Facial expression is serious
  • Foot off the platform giving him life
  • standing tall and dressed in armor (looks like a hero)
    1416-20
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Donatello’s Saint John

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-1409-1411
- very serious and philosophical looking
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Donatello’s profits

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  • Two profits standing opposite of each other on the bellower
  • Abandonment of classical art and beauty
  • Phycological intensity
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Donatello in padua

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  • First sculpture to bring an equestrian aspect since Rome
  • The general has no hat or helmet to symbolize he’s human too, not just a military general
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Schiacciato

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Donatellos technique to show dimension and depth

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Donatello’s Mary Magdalene

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  • Last work
  • one of the most famous works in female expression
  • Wooden
  • Eyes focused on an inner vision
  • 1455
  • weak, exhausted, in pain, weary soul
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two main people in our class this week

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Masaccio for painting
Alberti for architecture

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Background on Masaccio
Tommaso + accio (ugly ) = Masaccio (1401-1428) - first true renaissance painter - made believable space on a flat surface - Linear perspective - Cast Shadows - chiaroscuro (using light and dark) - inventive spirit
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Masacchios Painting
- Rejects Gothic style - knows humanistic ideals - Knowsa and reinterpret Giotto
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Masacchios important works
1- Sant’Anna Metterza 2- Brancacci Chapel 3- Trinity
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Masacchios Trinity
Has a spatial arrangement of pyramid, triangle, and trinity - VP is right above the tomb - Light and the sun ( through the Octal window the trinity is illuminated) showing that light is the very essence of god and the resurrection 1427 Last work
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Brancacci Chapel
Masaccio and masolino were asked to work on it, the work was made to represent the histories of saint peter and was worked on by them in 1423-1427
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Who completed the Brancacci chapel
Filippino Lippi 1480 ad then the church caught on fire in 1771
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what works were masaccios in the apes of the brancacci chapel
the entire left side beside the bottom left, the middle besides the top left and none of the right
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The tribute by Masaccio
1425 -Has unusual subject like a tax collector - depicts a scene - has 3 scenes in one setting - First example of linear perspective
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Artistic characteristics in Masaccios the tribute
- Contraposto - shading light and dark to appear solid - Christ is the same hight of the apostles - REJECTS THE HIERARCHICAL AND IERATIC APPROACH - foreshortened halos and arms and feet - colors go from warm to cool ( right to left)
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Leon Alberti
Intellectual and cosmopolitan(studies multiple genres) "universal man" - Genoa 1404 - Rome 1472 - Architect, mathematician, author, ext... - Renaissance humanist
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Painters started to do what?
Sign their work by putting themselves in it and use the light in the building and correlate it with the painting
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The adoration of Magi and coronation of the virgin displays what
International gothic style (1423)
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Renaissance Humanist
influenced by the study and revival of classic antiquity and believed in the importance of human achievement and scholarly subjects
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At the top of Santa Maria novella there is what
A temple of the sun
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when did the council of Florence happen
1439
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who was Giorgio Pletone
one of the most renowned philosophers in the Byzantine era, discovered a philosophy tied to an ancient solar cult and founded ideal theocentric society which worshiped the sun god
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What was the Armillary sphere
intended to determine the vernal equinox
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what was the Astrological sundial?
passage of the zodiac signs; used to tell the time of day
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What was the quadrant used for?
to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis, the height of the sun throughout the year, and also marks the hours
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The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry), illuminated manuscript
Created in 1412-1416 by Limbourg brothers and was a Christian devotional book or collection of prayers that were said at chronicle hours
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Spring equinox
a day where day and night are equal marking it as a day of awakening in nature making it relatively close to easter ( the sun will shine on the trinity during these days) ( symbolizes resurrection)
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What does the The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry tell u?
that Duke berry was very interested in art, science, and the natural world, showed how astrology was woven into daily life at the time
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Santa Trinita facts
Blend of gothic and renaissance architecture - remodeled by Nicola Lamberti -1421-1490 - most important work was the fresco in the gothic style chapel by Ghirlandaio's
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The Confirmaton of the Rule
Most important work and is set in Florence, saint Francis is being received by the Pope. Offers the most reliable portrait of the people depicted. Lives in Saint Trinita
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Who Is rumored to have helped Masaccio with his trinity
Masaccio's friend Brunelleschi ( he was also friends with Donatello) he used precise mathematical measurements and proportions also using light as a tool as-well
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Masaccio extra things
born in San Giovanni Valdarno in 1401. uses the works and tequniques of Donatello, Giotto, and Brunelleschi
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What was masaccios first piece
San Giovenale Triptych in 1422, shows a child instead of a man like previous works
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Virgin and Child with St. Anne, ( Masaccio)
1424 saint anne is blessing her daughter and watching over Mary; stresses solid and full volume, meaning she is the third person
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Masaccio VS Gentile Da Fabriano vs Lorenzo Monaco adoration of the Magi
massachios- 1423, uses linear perspective, concise portrayal, and has space Gentile da fabriano- very bizytine looking and internatinal gothic style Lorenzo Monaco- very plain but similar to Fabrianos and has gothic style
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De re aedificatoria
De re aedificatoria is a classic architectural treatise written by Leon Battista Alberti between 1443 and 1452 foundational text on Renaissance architecture.
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Ghirlandaio
Florence 1448 –1494, focused on showing the power of Florence, focused on human expression and narritve art. Combined classical art with deep realism. Focused on reflecting the society and culture and citizens of florence

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