CAS AH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Santa Croce, Florence, Gentile Da Fabriano, Santa Trinita

• School: Boston University
• Department: History of Art & Architecture
• Course: CAS AH 112
• Professor: Jodi Cranston

Document Summary

Rationalization/organization of space; want to show an organized space geometry. Linear perspective; use of chiaroscuro (the use of light and dark) to model forms great realism. Christ sitting on the virgin"s lap, and the virgin again in the center of the painting; the virgin is holding flower (symbolizing purity?) Detailed decoration on the clothing (drapery), the crown, the carpet, the chair, and etc. The pope lowering his body creating dimensional difference; disjunction; position of place. Figures are the center; bigger scale than what the ratio of figures and the ceiling suggest. Subject, composition, pose, proportions does the whole or even individual parts of the figure or natural objects in the work look natural?, line, space. Florence has enormous amount of wealth due to trade and banking. Brunelleschi, a gold smith, supervised the completion of the dome (much larger scale than he usually worked on); this shows that no specific training for architect in 15th century.