FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Giorgio Vasari, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Antonio Manetti
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Renaissance = rebirth/renewal of art and disciplines (around. Artists were studying examples of classic art of roman/greek (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Only one cathedral (seat of the bishop) Used for rite of baptism into a christian church. Separate building from the cathedral (st. john) Competition, assign the commission (funded by wool. Merchants" guild of florence) of the door of the baptistery to the best artist. Has quatrefoil frame, to make it more modern. Referenced from the thorn puller, 1 c. bce rome, In the muscles and bust, translated the same features from the thorn puller to his work. Produced the scene as a unit, and then was attached to the frame. (lighter, just one block and not in pieces) To me was given the palm of victory by all the experts and by all those who had competed with me to all it seemed that i had at the time surpassed the others without exception. : filippo brunelleschi.
