FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Roman Art, Masaccio, The Roots
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He wrote about artists, le vite (1568), placing them in terms of historical development. Describes (his) history as a process that leads to the emergence of the renaissance. Divides his lives into three sections, each section corresponds to the three epochs (as he saw them) of modern art: age of giotto (childhood, age of masaccio (youth / education, age of leonardo and michelangelo (maturity/completion) Historical transformation of forms implies the description of development. 1st to articulate the diff b/w greek, greco-roman and roman art. One of the founders of modern scientific archaeology and first who applied the categories of style on a large, systematic basis to the history of art. Form: connected with: material, technique, content, function, purpose (category of object to which the work belongs) History of ancient art in 1764 (geschichte der kunst des. Was murdered in a hotel bed for medals maria theresa gave him (cid:1) (cid:1) Artifacts were reproduced in engravings. (mirror-image of one another)
