ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sandro Botticelli, Portinari Altarpiece, Hugo Van Der Goes
27 Sep 2016
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Panofsky"s definition: the great revival of arts and letters, under the influence of classical models, which began in italy in the fourteenth century and continued during the fifteenth and sixteenth and -- the rebirth of nature . A new way of explaining the artistic rebirth that encompassed both antiquity and nature, both architecture/sculpture and painting: Architecture and sculpture: reject gothic, imitate the ancients (gothic facade of siena. Gothic" comes from the name of a barbarian german pride. Painting: turn away from byzantine models to nature (byzantine inspiration in: cimabue, Architecture and sculpture were lost when barbarians invaded the peninsula. Blamed christianity for loss of antiquity, forcing artists to remake images and not letting them turn to nature. Term applied by historians in the 19th century to divide up historical time periods to make it easier to study. Advocates: there was a renaissance, it was a different and unique time. Deniers: the renaissance was a continuation of the middle ages.
