Early Renaissance Art

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STYLE ARTISTS and IMAGES VOCAB

STYLE

• naturalism and realism
  • strong, harsh
• humanism, glorification of the individual
• use of antiquity
  • classical, Greco-Roman models/precedents (venus pudica pose)
  • classical architecture
    • triumphal arch, barrel vault, pediment
    • orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian)
  • classical lettering style
• lighting
  • more natural, no more striations
  • modeling, looks real
  • cast shadows
• figures
  • heavy
  • use of gestures
  • clearly weighted down, gravity
  • contrapposto (weightshift)
• convincing use of space
  • single-point perspective, vanishing points
  • aerial, linear perspective
• geometry, use of proportions, modules
• economical, uncluttered, simple
• narrative
• OVERALL: clarity, directness, economy, spiritual and physical gravity
• EXAMPLES: Donatello, Masaccio, Brunelleschi

ARTISTS and IMAGES

Masaccio The Expulsion The Brancacci Chapel, Florence 1425
Masaccio The Tribute Money The Branacci Chapel, Florence 1427
Masaccio Holy Trinity Florence 1428
Donatello St. Mark Orsanmichele, Florence 1411-1413
Donatello The Feast of Herod Bronze Relief Siena 1425
Donatello David Bronze Florence 1428-1432 ***see Verrocchio's and Michelangelo's Davids
Donatello The Penitent Magdalen Wood Baptistery, Florence 1454-1455
Filippo Brunelleschi The Hospital of the Innocents or Ospedale degli Innocenti Florence 1419-1424
Filippo Brunelleschi Church of Santo Spirito Florence c. 1436

VOCAB

contrapasto
single-point perspective
linear perspective
aerial perspective
humanist
'Venus Pudica' pose
trompe l'oeil
basilica
module
barrel vault
pediment
triumphal arch
architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian (see p129 in Gardner)
Giovanni Rucellai

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