AHST 1304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Body Language
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Combination of the real and the ideal (anatomy/dissection vs. mary"s youth and beauty) Integration of the parts (non-additive composition) - can"t pull one part out without destroying the painting. Classicism - referencing back to roman and greek art, Pagan form with christian consent - seen in daniel (pisano) and. Importance of virgin mary: intercessor, mother of god, queen of heaven. Increase in secular subjects, portraiture, landscape and nude. King invites leonardo to france, to be at the court of the king. Leonardo da vinci, madonna of the rocks, begun 1483. Made up the scene/landscape in the background of the painting - combination of the realism and the ideal. Plants do exist, the rocks look real, background is idealized - made it up with his imagination. Pyramid shape in the figures - the people in the painting are forming a triangle. Mary is there with baby jesus and st. john the baptist and an angel with the wing.
