ARTH 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Simone Martini, Dominican Order, Ambrogio Lorenzetti
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Paletti: crucifix angled at people, at the point of high altar. Arena chapel: private, no one allowed except for people invited by enrico and his family (cid:1) _ceiling is 60 ft high usury: loan money and when paying back, pay interest. In dantes inferno: reginaldo screveni_ example of usury, circle of hell. _wanted to save own soul and his fathers soul (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) chapel. (cid:1) Bardi chapel: owned by the bardi family (bankers_extremely successful in. Next to bardi chapel_peruzzi chapel (in competition with one another) Scenes from life of st. francis were in the bardi chapel. Giotto was hired to decorate first the bardi chapel, and then the peruzzi. Trial by fire- tested and accepted challenge for who can walk through fire and not be burnt__ francis wins this battle (cid:1) Hara lacaovi_ don"t know what to do with empty space (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)