A History of European Art

Giotto: Flight into Egypt, Massacre of the Innocents, Baptism of Christ, Marriage at Cana, Raising of Lazarus, Kiss of Judas, Cr ...

Lecture 8: Duccio and the Maestà Duccio and the Maestà ..................................................................... Lec ...

textbooks, but many museums recognize his signi¿ cance. For example, the Metropolitan Museum acquired a small but beautiful pain ...

Lecture 8: Duccio and the Maestà Their quality resides partly in the ¿ nely detailed, subtly composed scenes that often measure ...

London. Observe the colors of the angel and the shallow architectural space. Consider the second predella scene of the Nativity ...

Lecture 8: Duccio and the Maestà Our next scene, Trans¿ guration, is an unfamiliar theme to many viewers. When Jesus went with P ...

Nativity, 17 ¼ x 30 ½” (43.8 x 77.5 cm), and Calling of Peter and Andrew, 17 x 18” (43.5 x 46 cm), from the Maestà, National Gal ...

Lecture 9: Sienese Art in the 14 th Century Sienese Art in the 14th Century .................................................... ...

were painted by Lippo Memmi, a pupil and brother-in-law of Simone, but the entire center panel is by Simone. Note the elaborate ...

Lecture 9: Sienese Art in the 14 th Century Francis) at Assisi, which had become one of the most important pilgrimage sites in I ...

painted in Italy or anywhere since ancient Roman times. The painting shows the forti¿ ed town that was captured, a fortress, and ...

Lecture 9: Sienese Art in the 14 th Century at this wall in two parts: city and country, starting at the point that divides them ...

with orchards, farms, castles, or villages. In the distance are heavily forested areas with sharper mountain ridges beyond. The ...

Lecture 9: Sienese Art in the 14 th Century Guidoriccio da Fogliano, 1328, fresco, 40’ W (12.2 m), Sala del Consiglio, Palazzo P ...

The Black Death and the International Style .................................... Lecture 10 The tragic outbreak of the Bubonic P ...

Lecture 10: The Black Death and the International Style of Giotto was cancelled out as if it had never existed. Gone are the nar ...

both artists are intent on forcing us to confront the dead body of Christ in these works. Such profound pessimism could not last ...

Lecture 10: The Black Death and the International Style brothers’ February from the Très Riches Heures (c. 1413–1416). Another a ...

was essential to satisfy the need for Classical literature, and Cosimo had hundreds copied. Humanism, a term that is intimately ...

Lecture 10: The Black Death and the International Style Limbourg Brothers: February, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ...