ARTHIST 1AA3 Lecture 4: Presentation2NorthSouthEuropeRenaissance
30 Oct 2015
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Art + social context in 15th century northern & sourthern europe. Intro looking @ pieces made in florence and mancua. Trinity with the virgin, st. john the evangelist and donors - masaccio 1426. Mural painting: wall painting commissioned to paint on the side walls of a church - st. maria novella in florence. Think of how location in church is important to meaning of work began painting around 1425, finished around 1428. But 1426 is the date the lenzi family finished their tombstone in front of the fresco two members of lenzi kneeling in prayer (just outside architectural place) crucifixion of christ: symbol of catholicism. We see in central axis god the father, white bird (symbol of holy spirit) and christ. We see mary and john the evangelist (same flanking in van eychs piece) Masaccio tricked our eyes to perceive work in different ways also created work that receeds into space, the column and arch look to have volumn.
