ARTH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wrinkle, Giovanni Arnolfini, Erich Heckel
19 Apr 2016
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Understand the difference in the look between northern renaissance art and souther renaissance art. Renaissance is not a singular thing, depends on where it happened. Influence of classical (ancient greek and roman) art and architecture. Interest in individuality, and in person achievements and fame. Interest in mathematics, rationality, balance, proportion, clarity. Subject: first life-sized male nude sculpture created in europe in about 1000 years, nude was seen as sinful, indication that the italian renaissance was attempting to revive the subject. Leon battista alberti, facade for the church of sant andrea (mantua, italy; designed 1470) Entrance mimics roman triumphal arches (arch of titus, rome; after 81 ad) Suggests a church is a building like any other and can borrow military characteristics. People experience a triumph by walking into god"s space. Corridor borrowed from vaults found in classical roman architecture (bath houses) Designed a number of churches that borrowed elements to remind you of classical past.
