A History of European Art

Early Renaissance Sculpture in Florence......................................... Lecture 11 Now we have to remind ourselves that ...

Lecture 11: Early Renaissance Sculpture in Florence Two of the most important sculptors of the early 15th century were Lorenzo G ...

We will look at the panels from the top left, the Creation of Man, and the third down on the left, the Story of Joseph. The Crea ...

Lecture 11: Early Renaissance Sculpture in Florence The greatest Florentine sculptor of the 15th century, and probably the most ...

running a highly pro¿ table business. Luca’s work in stone sculpture is less well known but is proof of his artistic genius. We ...

Lecture 11: Early Renaissance Sculpture in Florence St. George, c. 1415, marble, 6’ 10” H (210 cm H), Museo Nazionale del Bargel ...

Early Renaissance Architecture in Florence ..................................... Lecture 12 This city offers much in the way of ...

Lecture 12: Early Renaissance Architecture in Florence Brunelleschi intended that a matching arcaded building should one day bal ...

masonry and the construction of a double dome (an inner and outer shell) to reduce the total weight. He also invented a lifting ...

Lecture 12: Early Renaissance Architecture in Florence Classical drapery around the neck. Beneath his chin is his personal emble ...

Outside of Florence, Alberti designed two churches in Mantua. Our example shows one of these, Sant’ Andrea, designed in 1470 but ...

Lecture 12: Early Renaissance Architecture in Florence King, Brunelleschi’s Dome. Murray, The Architecture of the Italian Renais ...

Masaccio and Early Renaissance Painting ...................................... Lecture 13 The Brancacci Chapel in the church of ...

Lecture 13: Masaccio and Early Renaissance Painting Chapel are divided into two tiers, which are then subdivided into narrative ...

On the left wall of the chapel is the largest painting by Masaccio, The Tribute Money. This unusual subject tells a story from t ...

Lecture 13: Masaccio and Early Renaissance Painting Our next image shows Masaccio’s The Trinity (c. 1428, Santa Maria Novella), ...

average person. The intersection of the two pyramids—two triangles—is in the body of the cruci¿ ed Christ. The concept of the Tr ...

Lecture 13: Masaccio and Early Renaissance Painting How did the introduction of one-point perspective change painting? Does Mas ...

Jan van Eyck and Northern Renaissance Art ................................... Lecture 14 In this and the next lecture, we are tu ...

Lecture 14: Jan van Eyck and Northern Renaissance Art Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441) is one of the most famous artists of the North ...