FA 30b Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Filippo Lippi, Northern Renaissance, Robert Campin
5 Feb 2017
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Inconsistent point of view, the perspective is kind of intuitive. The table is a bird"s eye view but the ceiling doesn"t match up to that perspective. Lacks the hallmark albertian perspective of the italian renaissance. Reflection of the humble abode of mary in nazareth, but it is done in contemporary 1500s style home. They are not situated logically in space. Mathematical albertian perspective, common vanishing point, and space is constructed with mathematical concepts. Premised on the idea of penetrating light rays, metaphor for mary"s birth. Linseed oil is the binding medium in oil paint, versus the opaque yolk binding in tempera paint. Oil paint dries very quickly, so that colors can be blended almost completely before they dry. The brushstroke can be completely blended away. The oil paintings were done on gessoed brilliant white surfaces. Capacity of the medium to create jewel like inner radiance. Starting as early as the 1500s, the northern renaissance painters used oil.
