[FA 30B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 19 pages long Study Guide!
7 Feb 2017
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Highly volumetric bodies, ample drapery creates 3d effect, if not necessarily correct body anatomy. Giotto, pact of judas and visitation, fresco, padua, italy, 1305. Contrast of judas being talked to by the devil, and the pregnant mary and. Juxtapostion between the idea of miracoulosu fertility leading to salvation, versus the sinful power of money, that leads to corruption. Counterpoint of barren metal and fruitful womb . A money lender who built his fortune in this way. He was trying to apologize for his sin, and rehabilitate his image through this artistic chapel. The patron of the chapel full of giotto"s paintings. Simple geometric matrix, ground plane, and his style has its limits, however he can still be extremely expressive. The rocky ledge leads the eye to the dead christ on the on mary"s lap. She is suspended in grief as she looks at jesus"s feet.
