ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Orsanmichele, Filippo Brunelleschi, International Gothic
19 Oct 2016
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Arth 214 renaissance art; october 19, 2016. Houses of god and men in florence, 1400-1450 ancient ideals and modern ostentation. Leonbattista alberti, self portrait, c. 1435, bronze portrait medal (washington: from a family exiled from florence. Most learned architect of the 15th century in italy (humanist) Could jump over the head of a standing man allegedly. Hired to work for the pope: seven liberal arts. Rhetoric how to persuade an audience. Quadrivium (the four ways) pertains to matter. Geometry based on euclid, 1 point, join points, curve. Astronomy still believed earth was centre of spherical universe: grad school. Law: alberti"s architectural treatise: de re aedificatoria ( on buildings , befriended artists, decided to join them and became famous, inspired by portraits on coins. Five major orders of classical architecture (discussed by vitruvius: tuscan. Volute a scroll like support: corinthian. Alberti"s palace in florence: palazzo rucellai, fa ade (left 5 bays only, and detail of tuscan order from pal.
