Renaissance Midterm

Renaissance Midterm:

Keep in mind in particular:
• Indication of patron/patrons, whereas possible
• Historical context;
• iconographic description;
• stylistic description
• biographical elements of the artist
• pertinent references to other works of art of the same artist or of other artists
• place (church, palace etc.) in which the work is or was displayed;
• museum in which the work is now displayed
• comparisons with other works of art, other artists…
• linguistic accuracy and tidiness

Five of the following pictures (taken from Schneider Adams’s Italian Renaissance Art and ROME ART & ARCHAEOLOGY) will be projected during the exam:

Polykleitos, Doryphoros
Cimabue, Crucifix 1270
School of Pisa, Cross 15
Cimabue, Enthroned Madonna and Child
Nicola Pisano, pulpit
Nicola Pisano, Adoration of the Magi
Nicola Pisano, Fortitude
Giotto, Crucifix (Santa Maria Novella)
Giotto, Ognissanti Madonna
Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel (all except Hope, Despair, Justice, Injustice)
L. Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac
F. Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac
Donatello, David, 1408-1409
Donatello, Saint George
Donatello, Saint George slaying the Dragon
Donatello, Saint Mark
L. Ghiberti, John the Baptist
Nanni di Banco, Four Crowned Saints
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi
Masolino, Crucifixion (Branda Chapel in San Clemente, see Rome Art & Archaeology)
Masolino, Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (Branda Chapel in San Clemente, see Rome Art &
Archaeology)
Masolino, Disputation of Saint Catherine (Branda Chapel in San Clemente, see Rome Art &
Archaeology)
Masaccio, Virgin and Child
Masaccio, Trinity
Masaccio and Masolino, Brancacci Chapel (all)
Benozzo Gozzoli, Procession of the Magi

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