FAH337H1 Study Guide - Siena Cathedral, Florence Cathedral, Palazzo Vecchio
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Florence was slow to recover (florence of the largest city in population in europe at the time: they thrived on banking and commerce --> but siena didn"t recover, no heirs. florence saw it as underdog overcoming, and faith in god --> florence is a city favored by god, florentine was faith of god --> florence plays the role of the father of. North doors, ghiberti: gothic style, classical figures/nudes, classical touches, in the background with the architecture, he includes architecture in his backgrounds. East doors, ghiberti: didn"t hold competition, since north door was so good, they gave him this one, in new renaissance format, high relief --> figure come out at you and uses perspective. Statues outside the orsanmichele are not the originals, taken out to clean, and place un museums, now are replaced with plastic copies. Pietro di govanni --> late gothic style, gold background --> oinly 3 statues fill the niches pre-
