ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - Piero Della Francesca, Uffizi, Scrovegni Chapel
28 Nov 2012
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Chapter 9 the heritage of masaccio the second renaissance style. Peace between florence and milan that art begins to flourish. Cosimo comes back into the city and art changes. How did the medici assert themselves into these images. Other banks decline as they rise: fra angelica. Commissioned by palla strozzi for his buria chapel in the sacristy of sta. Jerusalem: storm in the background, trouble is coming, hills of the tuscan landscape, florentine work. o familiar landscape, we are meant to be standing on the hill with the crucifixion. Cathartic experience: dramatization. o mourners frame the scene, levels of framing. o classically inspired body. o emotions come from the people in the scene, not the wounds of. Christ. o christ is till untouchable: fra angelica. The annunciation and scenes from the life of the virgin. Madonna and child with the birth of the virgin and the meeting of joachim and anna.
