FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Antonello Da Messina, San Giobbe, Pastoral Concert
Document Summary
Renaissance venetian art venice in the sixteenth century: giorgione, titian and the notion of colore. Jacopo de barbari, view of benice, 1500, woodcut. Shows the distinctiveness of the city of venice. A city funded on an island, main transportation are canals, the city is surrounded by the lagoon (natural defence) By boat direly to the area around the basilica of st. mark (the center) Distinctive geographic location: space is limited, building of venice has to rise up which is very different all the other cities. The south sea: the climate is very humid and damp , in terms of works of art, fresco was never painted dry in summer and humid in winter bad for keeping fresco. Centre of trade, wealthy citizens, main centre for book production. When encountered in the pass: printing culture technique (durer + raimondi) Giovanni - came from a family of artists.
