ARTH 1520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza Della Signoria, Lisa Del Giocondo
16 Apr 2016
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In england chaucer was doing the same for vernacular middle english in the canterbury tales. Petrarch(1304-74) scholar and poet in italy, and one of the earliest humanists, he rediscovered cicero"s letters that initiated the 14th centruy renaissance. An expanding middle or merchant class introduced a new relationship between artist and patron. They were organized by occupation and were founded on an apprentice system. In northern europe painters belonged to the guild of st luke. In 14th cenutry painters beganto emerge as personalisties, there economic and social freedom also promoted individuality and experimentation. This was from the byzantine mosaics and it has continued to proved models for painters going forward. Other empires inherited the culture from this period. Moves towards lifelike depcition of people in art, the trend begins in florance in. The use of gold adds precious quality and seems to be an attempt to create a divine radiance.
