ARTH 2231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Babylonian Captivity, Rood Screen, Tiber
28 Sep 2016
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Italo-byzantine art style: using line to articulate form, modeling- variations from light to dark to suggest form (shading) Narrative tells a story; when narrative art emerged it signaled a shift to the beginnings of the renaissance: mosaics->frescoes, linear->naturalistic. Essau before issac painted by isaac master, 1290"s, fresco, knave of upper church, san francesco, assisi. Design techniques: diagonal lines=3d imagery, byzantine=flat gold background and lines, naturalistic=modeling, depth, shading. Narrative, naturalistic painting: space, lines and depth, anecdotal details, architectural details, details of scene, st francis renounced worldly goods. Modeling- 3d form of francis" body, more accessible, balance through opposites. Buildings visually buttress groups in front of them. Anatomical accuracy, ribs, view of leg. Formal analysis: composition, space and setting, figure, line, light, color. Rood screen- separated altar area from knave. Pope was political and religious leader: fighting in medieval rome: pope member of or enemy of certain powerful families. Babylonian captivity: popes left france and established papacy in avignon, france.
