Proto-Renaissance Art

starting to get the right idea

STYLE ARTISTS and IMAGES VOCAB

STYLE

• does not yet reference antiquity
• lighting
  • more natural, no more striations
  • modeling, looks real
  • cast shadows
• figures
  • heavy
  • new range of gestures gestures
• convincing use of space
  • not yet single-point perspective, but definite depth
• economical, uncluttered, simple
• narrative
• OVERALL: clarity, directness, economy, spiritual and physical gravity
• EXAMPLES: Giotto

ARTISTS and IMAGES

Giotto Di Bondone Madonna Enthroned Florence 1310
Giotto Di Bondone Lamentation Over Christ Arena Chapel Frescoes, Padua 1305-1308
Giotto Di Bondone Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate Arena Chapel Frescoes, Padua 1305-1308

VOCAB

tempera
fresco
giornata
foreshortening
modeling
picture plane
Trecento - 14th Century (1300s)
Quattrocento - 15th Century (1400s)
Cinquecento - 16th Century (1500s)

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