Section 12b: Early Renaissance (Italy) (p. 318-337)


1.  How was the style of art in the Early Italian Renaissance different from that of the Northern Renaissance?

2.  What Classical elements were included in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi?

3.  Why were so many Early Italian Renaissance buildings so decorative on the inside but not on the outside?

4.  How were the use of column orders of the Palazzo Rucellai similar to that of the Roman Colosseum?

5.  How does View of an Ideal City illustrate Italian Renaissance Philosophy?

6.  Artistically speaking, how are the doors of Ghiberti similar AND different from the Bernward Doors?

7.  How did Masaccio create the illusion of depth on the wall of the Trinity fresco?

8.  How is Masaccio's use of modeling slightly different than Giotto's?

9.  What is the difference between intuitive perspective and linear perspective? Give any example from the book for each technique.

Terms To Know

sacristy
impost block
palazzo
rusticated
sgraffito
pilaster
 
linear perspective
atmospheric perspective
modeling
Neoplatonism
balustrade

 

 

Artwork to remember

Botticelli, Birth of Venus (1484-1486) The Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
Masaccio, Trinity Fresco, 1425-1428 Brunelleschi's Dome Fra Angelico, Annunciation, 1438-45
Masaccio, Tribute Money, c1427 Andrea Mantegna,Camera Picta, 1465-1474
   
Donatello, David, c1420