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1300 in Italy (Art)
Back in the day “Florence had been the artistic center of Italy.” (The High Renaissance). Michelangelo was hired to paint the Sistine Chapel by the pope who was ruling at the time. “Sistine means ‘relating to Sixtus” (The High Renaissance).The article states that it was a “perspective and proportion were perfected as artistic techniques, and balance and harmony of composition were important goals of the High Renaissance artists.” (The High Renaissance). A famous artist’s name Leonardo was very talented with these paintings. The article also states that Leonardo was “very detailed with drawings of plants and animals.” (The High Renaissance). “If Leonardo was the standard-bearer for naturalism and observation, than Raphael was the standard-bearer for harmony and balance” (The High Renaissance).
“Known now as the Scrovegni Chapel or Arena Chapel, this little building is the first great milestone in Italian art, and an early pointer in the direction of the Renaissance.” (History of Italian art). "The reason is that the frescoes on its walls are the chief masterpiece of Giotto. The artist is already working in a Franciscan church in Padua, probably in about 1305, when Scrovegni employs him for his arena project.” (History of Italian art). Giotto is a master at placing images on walls and makes it look like a stage is set for that scene that goes on. “Giotto achieves a three-dimensional quality, a sense of depth and space, by his unprecedented use of modeling, shadow and perspective.” (History of Italian art). Giotto had this talent of making his paintings look like they are posing and then he paints them onto the wall. The article states that “Giotto’s secret is different. His hint of movement is that of a coiled watch spring. He freezes his figures just when the energy is already in place for the next moment.” (History of Italian art). “Giotto painted Scrovegni at the base of the Last Judgement on the west wall, presenting his chapel to three female saints. Rich private donors keeping company with saints, will become a feature of Renaissance art.” (History of Italian art). “In 1308 the cathedral authorities commission from Duccio the great altarpiece now known as the Maestà (‘Majesty’).” (History of Italian art). “Duccio has only two sides of a great screen to decorate, whereas Giotto has all the walls of a chapel.” (History of Italian art). Later in the 14th century or beyond the 14th century the frescoes would be bigger and end up covering the entire wall. The article also states that “With these masterpieces in Padua and Siena, Italian painters bring to a new peak two great traditions of Christian art – the fresco cycle and the altarpiece.” (History of Italian art).
In the beginnings of the Renaissance “the work of artists such as the painters Cenni di Pisano, Duccio di Buoninsegna and the sculptor Nicola Pisano.” For these three people they were very different in their areas of being artistic, for example Cenni and Duccio were painters and ended up painting magnificent works of art while Nicola was a sculptor. (Italian Renaissance Art) “For many the first Renaissance artist is the Florentine painter Ambrogio Bondone, better known as Giotto.” (Italian Renaissance Art). “After Giotto the progression of the Renaissance movement was interrupted by the rise of the International Gothic Style.” (Italian Renaissance Art). ” It ended up becoming popular and helped get over the Black Death.” (Italian Renaissance Art). Florence flowered and became the host of the early Renaissance era and came with artistic ideas. “Tomasso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi, more commonly known as Masaccio was one of the most important people of the Early Renaissance painters (some historians believe he is the first true Renaissance painter.)” (Italian Renaissance Art). “In Venice, the Bellini family of painters and sons Gentile, Giovanni, Andrea Mantegna were the standard-bearers for the ideas of the Renaissance.” (Italian Renaissance Art). “Many artists in Italy looked toward ancient Greece and ancient Rome for their inspiration.” (Italian Renaissance Art).
“The Florentine architect Filppo Brunelleschi is often called the father of Renaissance architecture. In designing buildings he focused on mathematical systems of proportions.” (Architecture of the Renaissance). “Brunelleschi was the artist who devised the system of linear perspective that would become one of the key elements of Renaissance drawing and painting.” (Architecture of the Renaissance). Brunelleschi had a way of making things for the public easy to look the way he designed buildings.
In numerous articles I’ve noticed that the authors have mentioned that some artists have been painting flat gold backgrounds that were used before the Renaissance eras.
“The High Renaissance (1500-1540)” The High Renaissance (1500-1540). Lakeside Publishing Group, LLC, n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.
“History of Italian Art.” History of Italian Art. History World, n.d. Web.
“Italian Renaissance Art.” History Reference Center. N.p.,n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.
"Architecture of the Renaissance." History Reference Center. Lakeside Publishing Group, LLC, n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012.