FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lorenzo Ghiberti, Quatrefoil, Nanni Di Banco
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Week 3: ghiberti, donatello and the art of sculpture in 15th c. italy. Commission funded by the wool merchant"s guild (aka calimala) 34 figurative elements (10 biblical stones and 24 statuettes of biblical figures and ornaments) Ghiberti, gates of paradise, florence 1424-52 east doors, gilt bronze, 4. 57m. Ghiberti was paid 200 florins per year. The east doors move away from the quatrefoil design as a result, he could now engage in the method of linear perspective. He redivided the design of the door this shows how much detail and thought was put into the design. Creation of adam and eve, from the east doors of the baptistery, florence. Not fully constructed mathematically however, we have multiple scenarios therefore multiple vanishing points - linear perspective allowed ghiberti to portray multiple narratives. Jacob and esau from the east doors of the baptistery, florence applies a more mathematical approach on linear persp. again, displaying multiple scenes.
