ARTH 2550 Lecture Notes - Sacred Conversation, Classical Architecture, San Marco Altarpiece
25 Feb 2014
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Moving away from chronological to spatial continuum. Pietro name of patron therefore depicted life of st peter. Work left unfinished, masaccio died and masolino moved on to other projects. Masaccio, tribute money, fresco, 1420s, brancacci chapel, florence (8. 9) Masaccio, expulsion of adam and eve (before and after restoration), fresco, Less of colorist like grotto, more of a sculptor. Very explicitly quoting antiquity; eve modeled off of modest venus- gesture of modesty and shame because she ate from the tree of knowledge and she is now self-aware (knows she is naked and needs to cover up) A sculpture of modest venus was owned by medici family. Appropriate in the context of this particular story. Moving into new phase of the renaissance. Adam: covering his face showing shame like eve. Classicism had an understanding of light and volume. Very finely contoured in light and dark considering its fresco (tempera was used)
