ART 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nino Pisano, Roman Art, Contrapposto
Art 102
1/25/17
Nino Pisano
Artist- nicholas from pisa - low standing
- Last names reserved for upper class
- Title: art wasn’t titles, identified by subject
Political rivals- in Italy city-states
- Cause artistic competition
- Large religious complexes “town pride”
Religious imagery - explain and guide devotion
-many people illiterate
Nino’s Figure
- Pagan origin (hercules) - can be Christianized
- Hercules (strong) considered pagan precursor to Christian virtue ( moral strength)
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Appearance of figure is different:
-shows contrapposto: makes him look alive
-ready to act, athletic,nude
- different from rigid and thinner figure in medieval art
Ex, Christ in Chartes, France
- Modeled on ancient Greek Roman art
- Examples in Pisa
- Roman past pride source for Pisa
- New interest in way body works
- Revive Greek-Roman art and reject current art
- Became major themes in renaissance
Virtues- represented through personification
-location on structure convey meaning
-symbol of birth
Cathedral and baptistery - civic identity
- Baby joins religion and community
Pisano’s pulpit - housed in and viewed in
- Baptistery - not in museum, seen in daily life
1/27/2017
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