HA 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Byzantine Art, Tempura, Quatrefoil
18 Oct 2016
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Narrative of st. john"s life (cid:687)patron st. (cid:688) and virtues. Relief: higher and more 3d than earlier gothic. Movement, human like: pisano, the baptism of the multitude. Realistic and natural figures, symbolic, important: cimabue, virgin and child enthroned, 1280. Naturalistic: giotto, virgin and child enthroned, 1305-1310. Angels are positioned back in the space rather than just stacked. Foreshortening in mary"s lap: making what looks to be very long look short and distorted when it"s close to the picture plane, makes things look like they are extended back into space: giotto, arena chapel, padua, 1305-1306. Kiss of judas, arena chapel, 1305-1306: betrayal, commotion around. Jesus and judas, yet one intimate moment vs. duccio"s betrayal of jesus, Giotto has made it more psychologically real for us vs. duccio"s. Lorenzetti, effects of good government in the city and in the country, Last judgement, divine right, combining state and church. Attack on the castle of love, ivory chest with scenes from courtly.
