ARTHI 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sea Foam, Quatrefoil, Lorenzo Ghiberti
Document Summary
Duomo"s art director held a competition to make bronze doors for the east portal. Narrative: angel"s halting of abraham"s sacrifice of isaac. Panel represents abraham"s faith: abraham was told to kill his son as a sacrifice, and right before abraham was going to, an angel came down and god rewarded him for his faithfulness. Abraham appears in a gothic pose with outthrust him contemplating the act he is about to perform. Genuine appreciation of the nude male form (naturalism) Acanthus scrolls decorate the altar, commonly seen on roman buildings. Birth of esau and jacob isaac has to bless one of his son isaac sends esau to hunt and jacob gets blessed. Three different scenes presented in varying degrees of projection. Better use of space - three dimensional. No more frame illusion of looking through a window. Venus: the greek aphrodite, born of the sea foam, goddess of love and beauty and fertility.
