Range c. 1400-‐1500 Early Italian Renaissance Terms/Concepts humanism, guild, lost wax casAng, linear perspecAve, holy trinity, aedicula, orthoganal, tempera, fresco, allegory, heroic (classical) nudity, contrapposto Monument List Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence Cathedral) 1420-‐1436 (dome completed under Brunelleschi) Donatello, David, 1446-‐1460. Masaccio, Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, 1425-‐1427/1428. Sandro BoQcelli, Primavera, 1482. Fra Angelico, AnnunciaFon, 1438-‐1445.
BapAstery Doors of Florence Cathedral, 1401-‐1402. Lorenzo GhiberA, Sacrifice of Isaac, compeAAon entry for the BapAstery Doors of Florence Cathedral, 1401-‐1402.
[pubic reputaAon] and it seems to me that the monies were well spent and I am very pleased with this.” ~Lorenzo “il MagnificenA” de’ Medici The City of Florence.
Florence The victor is whoever defends the fatherland. All-‐powerful God crushes the angry enemy. Behold, a boy overcomes the great tyrant. Conquer, O ciAzens!
me, I avoided him, he followed, I took flight; he was stronger…” –Flora in Ovid’s FasF “I enjoy eternal spring, a radient season..At the heart of the land my dowry lies a ferAle garden in the mildest of climates…My noble husband filled it with flowers, saying: ‘You, o goddess, shall rule over the flowers!’” –Flora in Ovid’s FasF
What role did they play in the development of 15th century Italian art? 2. What are some key similariAes and differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissances. 3. What is the significance to the use of classical themes in the context of 15th century Italy. 4. How are classical modes of depicAon present in non-‐classical subjects?