Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Sandro Botticelli, Cupid
4 Mar 2016
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*the question of humanity and mankind at the centre of its reflections* Man the measure of all things (da vinci) Classical idea of the perfect human being the male nude. Cities in competition, making cathedrals higher and higher. There were no trees long enough to construct a dome wide enough. So for some time it was open to the elements. New way of making a dome: light, empty wood shell with stones and keystone, was much lighter. *brunelleschi* used his mind to calculate and come up with this new form of dome. Ospedale degli innocenti (hospital of the innocents) Very human building; not huge or massive, building was part inside and part outside- provided civic use, people could meet there and discuss. Asked to design a chapter house: area where people can discuss matters in peace- all carefully, rationally worked out. The virgin and child with chancellor rolin. Beautiful split in middle: the divine world, and the civic world.
