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17 Cards in this Set
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Botticelli's Adoration of Magi
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-1476
-5 medici family members present -botticelli has self portrait as well Classical pagan elements |
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Botticelli's Primavera
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1482
depicts mythological figures in a garden. Flora: goddess springtime, raped by zephyr (wind) theme of fertility of world |
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Andrea Mantegna's Camera Deglia Sposi
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looking at an opening in ceiling, has putti playing and people looking down from the opening.
commissioned by ludovico gonzage art of deceiving the eye, creates 3-D look |
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Donatello's St. George
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1415-1417 commissioned by armourer's guild
sculpture of the Saint holding a shield schiacciato relief, base flattened, shallow carvings to create more striking effect |
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Donatello's David
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1430
first free standing nude statue since ancient times first major work of renaissance sculptor. Shows male youthful beauty. Was a symbol of Florence. |
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Donatello's Annunciation
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1428-1433 for franciscan church of santa croce
sculpture of angel gabriel bowing to the virgin She is not scared, greeting gesture with hand on chest, of the angel shows beauty of ancients. |
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Donatello's Cantoria
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1439 (Chior Stall)
picture of dancing boys/men behind 5 columns slightly pagan, compared to god of wine. Luca Della Robbia's is much less pagan. |
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Donatello's Mary Magdalene
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1454
wooden sculpture, prostitute but as a desert mother solemn look, hands only beautiful part, with hair covering her body. During the rule of savonarola, personified that period of florence. |
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Masaccio's Brancacci Chapel
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1425
life of st. peters and adam & eve linear and atmospheric perspective two parts with adam and eves expulsion. Emotions expressed through faces and gestures. As a whole represented human sin and the redemption through peter. realism and representation of all classes of florence both poor people as well as saints suffering. Combined figural & drapery style of Donatello (giotto) w/ perspective and motif from classical antiquity. |
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Luciano Laurana and Ducal Palace at Urbino
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1468
Famous courtyard with arches and columns for Federico de montefeltro. He was from Dalmatia. |
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Donatello's Zuccone
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1408-1436
ugly statue of a bald prophet uses ugliness to express moral weight and dignity |
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Raphael's School of Athens
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1510-1511
perfect embodiment of the classical spirit of the high renaissance, on the walls of the stanzi. A huge hall of philosophers with aristotle and plato. |
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Raphael's Galatea
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1512
she riding shell chariot, ideal beauty, platonic love gazing into the heavens. Putti flying shooting arrows. |
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Michelangelo's David
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1501-1504
nude marble sculpture with incredible detail. In a tense mood, defense of the civil liberties, depicted before fought Goliath. |
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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
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1508-1512
commissioned by Pope Julius 2nd humanities need for salvation, 9 scenes from book of the genesis. Creation of adam, with god giving life to him. |
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Titian's Venus of Urbino
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1538
young nude women, embodiment of venetian female nude paintings. Erotic, unconcerned nudity. Commissioned by Guidobaldo della Rovere |
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Giorgione's Tempest
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1506-1508
commissioned by venetian noble gabriele vendramin. Landscape painting with nude women nursing baby and man looking at her. |