FSN 132 Lecture Notes - John Hawkwood, Diptych, Piero Della Francesca
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Drapery falls in a very decorative way. Limbourg brothers: january tres riches heures de duc de berry 1413-1416 (12. 30) Giotto has more naturalism aka more terrifying. Gentile de fabriano; adoration of the magi 1423 (13. 27) Linear or scientific perspective (picture plane, vanishing point, orthogonals) Uccello: perspective drawing of a chalice, c. 1430-40 (13. 16) Foreshortening done wrong (feet too small and head too big) Revival of roman art and antique subject matter. Equestrian statue of the roman emperor marcus aurelius (7. 48) Ghiberti: meeung of solomon and sheba 1450-52 (13. 10. Greater relief at the front to shallow relief at the back. Expulsion from the garden of eden (13. 24) Giotto: kiss of judas (12. 19) vs. massaccio: tribute money. Giotto able to tell a story with gestures and way figures are looking. Piero della francesca: battista sforza and federico da montefeltro 1475 (13. 47) Representing the figures in front of the landscape. Landscape going blue in background (atmospheric or aerial perspective)
