tabernacle, - doral academy prep
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Madonna & Child (Painting), Bernardo Daddi
Tempera & gold on wood panel
1346 (late Gothic, 14th century Florence,Italy)Tabernacle, Andrea OrcagnaMarble, mosaic, gold, lapis lazuliSize: n/aProbably begun 1355, completed 1359Replacement painting for miracle image of Madonnaand Child. Florence - Orcagna member ofstone/woodworkers guildArchitectural sculpture to honor Daddi’s paintingChurch as Orsanmichele, power & patronage inFlorentine RepublicPilgrimages to this artwork, estates left to thisartworkPlace to distribute alms (food, money) to the poorflashcard
Life of John the Baptist,
Andrea Pisano
Gilded bronze door, Baptistry of SanGiovanni, Florence, 1330-36.
Each panel tells story of Life of Johnthe Baptist.
Continues Gothic revival of large scalebronze relief sculptures.
Florence cathedral (Duomo) designedby sculptors and painters.
Virgin & Child Enthroned, Cimabue
1280 (late Gothic Italy - Florence)
Tempera & gold on wood panel
*Painting shows transformation ofByzantine style
Set precedent (at 12 ft tall) formonumental altarpieces
Byzantine proportions; highlighteddrapery with gold.
Space: viewer suspended in front ofimage
Space: forms delicatedly modeled inlight and shade
More naturalistic figures!!!!!!
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Laid groundwork for Renaissance andGiotto…… know this….
Virgin & Child Enthroned, Giotto
•Tempera & gold on wood panel
•11 feet high, 1305, late Gothic Italy
•Most likely painted for church in Florence
•Groundbreaking spatial consistency…more realistic modeling of figures andperspective, more natural position of Maryand baby Jesus
•“Giotto outshone the fame of Cimabue,as a great light outshines a lesser” -Vasari
•Vasari also said that Giotto put an end tothe “crude” maniera grecia (Byzantinetraditions of painting)
•Giotto excelled in narrative painting andbringing in humanism into his artwork
•Major part of Florentine school of painting
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Lamentation, Giotto from Arena Chapel, Padua… 61/2 ft by 6 ft section…
Off center composition to emphasize Mary mourning Jesus’ death; diagonal ride frombare tree w/angels in background
Direct, emotional impact of art (Franciscan monks?) - Florentine school of painting
Maesta (Virgin & Child in Majesty), Duccio, Siena Cathedral, 1308-11.
Foremost Siennese painter in Late Gothic period.
Part of huge panel 14’ high; over predella with life of Jesus
Naturalistic, courtly style, brilliant palette of colors flashcard
Allegory of Good Government in the City, Lorenzetti, 1338, Siennese school
Powerful vision of orderly society, realistic perspective, Security plus gallows,
Also did painting of life in the country
Book of Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, grisaille and color on vellum, small book 1325.
Monochromatic painting technique (B&W mostly), narrative cycles of Life of Christ,Joys & Sorrows of Virgin, space is like Sienese; by Jean Pucelle