ITALIAN 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Lightdark, Chiaroscuro
Document Summary
Foreign powers are ghting on italian soil. 1494- france invades florence beginning the italian wars. 1512 copernicus" discovers (published 1543): heliocentrism: 1512 medici return to florence. 1559 treaty of cateau-cambr sis ends the italian wars. 1571 the battle of lepanto (ottoman forces attempting to encroach on western. 1562-1598 the wars of religion in france, between catholics and protestants. Romans are copying this greek type of sculpture. Shows david before the battle which is different. Not during medici rule, making it an embodiment of the people of florence vs their tyrant (medici) Scenes of bible surrounded by civic life, day to day ordinary life (secular) Beauty of scene vs the grief of actual subject matter. Protestants thought it was wrong to portray the saints, anti-catholic sentiment. Chiaroscuro ( lightdark : high contrast between light and dark. Saint peter is looking frightened and in pain, not holy/exalted. Showed the soles of his feet, the scene of the painting is dirty.
