ARTHI 6B Lecture 3: Giotto and Duccio
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Hard copies due in section in a week. King herod doesn"t want a new king, sent soldiers to kill all males below age of 2 (jesus) Angel tells joseph to leave bethlehem . Fresco secco: adding lapis after fresco was dried (but it flakes off) Joseph often shown as an old fool, but not here. Vertical: donkey walking in a direction, joseph and mary"s gaze, angel"s. Diagramming: simple levels of forms and lines. 3 kinds of lines: verticals, horizontals, diagonals. Horizontal and vertical: focus onto a point. Diagonals: move eye from a to b. Background: reinforced with same shape shifted up by mountain. Triangle: points to the right, direction of donkey walking. Gaze: mary right, joseph left, jesus diagonal left, angel diagonal left. Jesus gaze onto mary"s breast: drinking milk from her is theologically important, dual nature of divine and physical/human, shows christ"s humanity with need of sustenance. Gesture: behind mary hand right, angel hand right.
