ART 1300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Counter-Reformation, Rhine, Entablature
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Massacio"s work embodies 3 key renaissance interests: realism, perspective- application of mathematics, ilusion. In france: realism, perspective- application of mathematics to organize, first to demonstrate true linear perspective, rounded arches from classical architecture, fresco, renaissance. Linear perspective- creates a consistently receding illusion of depth and pictoral space, created the optical effect of objects receding in the distance through lines that appear to converge at one point, the vanishing point. One point perspective: horizontal line, vanishing point, orthogonal lines, transverse lines. Influence of classical antiquity in the stature of the bodies: foreground/middle ground/ background, triumphal arch of constantine, rome featured, vanishing point- door of the church, horizontal lines- where the sidewalk meets the sky, renaissance. In florence: birth of venus, by sandro botticelli, subjects straight from classical mythology, resurrection of the nude in painting, early work on canvas, looks to ancient depictions of venus, renaissance.
