ARTH 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, Last Judgment
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Renaissance period (not huge focus on the exam) Very human, development of space, people in space, depicting space. Gothic period in terms of time line, but very early renaissance. Interior is decorated with masonry, stonework and stained-glass. Use of the pointed arch, pointed windows. Last judgement happening in an earthly place. Seem as though they are standing on clouds. Hell is happening in a dark, place. Detail from a panel in the lamination in the arena chapel. Angels are all individual, expressing grief in different ways, flying everywhere. Adam and even from the garden in the sistine chapel. Turning a serpent into a human figure. Strip clothing away in order to show off all he knows about human anatomy. The gold ground in terms of religious imagery. You will most likely not know the picture. Comparisons (specific formal elements and making a comparison to support that) try to make 2 comparisons. Example: figure of woman drapery, no arms etc.