ARTH 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Girolamo Savonarola, Classical Antiquity, Watercolor Painting
24 Apr 2017
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The arm rest of the chair is parallel to us. Presumably looking out through the balcony or window; before her head turns towards us: a new sense of life and animation, uses geometry. A nice stable pyramid composition with the hands; does not look like it has been cut off: hands: smoothed out, idealized, convincing, detail with the oil glazes. 1505: water into spirals, geometric shapes occurring in nature, naturalism, observation, idealization. Face: idealized for renaissance standards: high foreheads, fine (or no) eyebrows, idealized, smooth transitions, forehead to nose blended. The relationship between painting and poetry: falling in love with a beautiful woman (the husk, the body vs. the soul) Wall painting never finished (lost battle of anghiari) Re-modeled with paintings by vasari: leonardo"s work does not survive; only copies available. Copy of leonardo da vinci"s, lost battle of anghiari, originally a mixed media mural, original made ca.
