AHIS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lorenzo Ghiberti, Masaccio, Doryphoros
2 Sep 2016
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Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems: florence medici family, banking family, supported the artists, used the arts to spread their influence to nearby cities, florence baptistery, constructed in the late 4th century, the current building was built in 1059, romanesque style. , florence, c. 1470: facade false structure, new facade older church behind it, roman style (arches and symmetry to form and harmonious repetition, leon alberti wrote a famous treatise, masaccio, holy trinity i. Byzantine ruler is placed within this scene: alludes to the suffering of the church after the fall of the byzantine empire to the turks whole were (islam, monastery of san marco, florence, medici family sponsored (helped) for this building to be built, medici family helped to commision private and public buildings alike, fra angelico, annunciation.
