Lecture 3: Renaissance Art in Later 15th Century Italy

Slide List

Review

Brunelleschi. Pazzi Chapel. Begun 1440.
Alberti. Santa Maria Novella. Florence. 1456-70. {sculpture}
Ghiberti. Porta del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise), Florence Baptistry (Cathedral).
- Detail: Story of Jacob and Esau, 1429 panel - review of perspective, relief, new respect for artist.
Masaccio.
- The Holy Trinity. Fresco. S Maria Novella, Florence. 1425.
- The Tribute Money. Fresco. c.1427. Brancacci Chapel, Florence.

Sculpture

Donatello.
- St. George. c.1415-17. Marble. Orsanmichele, Florence. {patronage today}
- David. 1430.
  - in the round & courtyard of palace (3 sl)/Verrocchio's "David", 1470.
- Gattamelatta. 1425. Bronze. Padua. {public sculpture}
  - equestrian sculpture
  - viewpoint
- Mary Magdalene. wood, devotional. 1455.
Verrocchio. David. Before 1476.
Desiderio da Settignano.
- Monument to Carlo Marsuppini. S Croce, Florence. Marble. c.1453. {humanism}
- Bust of Marietta Strozzi. c.1460. {individual}
Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Hercules and Antaeus. 1475. Bronze. {collecting}
Lucca della Robbia. Madonna and Child. Orsanmichele, Florence. Enamelled terracotta. c.1455-60. {inexpensive materials, piety}

Painting

Fra Angelico. Annunciation. Fresco. San Marco Monastery, Florence. 1440-45. {courtyard or atrium}