ARTH 1138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Doni Tondo, Patron Saint, Aerial Perspective
19 May 2017
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French cardinal had a contract for michelangelo to create pieta out of marble. Pieta is a french theme (not common in italy) Make jesus" life real and palpable to the audience. Paradox: full length male on woman"s lap yet it doesn"t look weird. Mary"s face has a classical constraint: spiritual experience, feelings are contained, violent dignity, spirit has a terrible peace and harmony. Michelangelo"s technique: saw gure inside stone, similar to peeling an onion, person comes out of stone, reveal sculpture from inside, side-inward instead of top-to-bottom. Statue depicts the scene right before he kills goliath. Contraposto pose: greek trend, stance of power, balance, mechanics of human body motion. Universal image of mankind; standard of manliness. Medium: oil and tempera (bene ts of both) Wall separates holy family from everyone else (from naked people) John the baptist doesn"t experience salvation because he gets killed before jesus" cruci xion.
