ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART

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ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
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WHICH APPROACH?

• VASARI life and works
• ICONOGRAPHY AND ICONOLOGY
• L.B. ALBERTIS On Painting and the study of
  composition.

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ALBERTIS ON PAINTING

• PERSPECTIVE
• HISTORIA
• THE PARAGONE

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HISTORIA

• The relationship between bodies, members and
  planes
• The principle of dignity
• The relevance of size and function in achieving a
  harmonious composition
• The principles of variety and copiousness

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HISTORIA

• The function of movement of animate and inanimate
  things in a painting
• Reception of light the use of white and black
  and their role in the creation of relief
• Invention
• The relationship between beauty and nature

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Alberti and Perspective
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Alberti and comparative analysis of paintings
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The Madonna and Child
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Madonna and Child
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BOTTICELLIS MYTHOLOGIES

• WIND
• GOMBRICH
• DEMPSEY

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DESIDERATA

• Discussion of problems of artistic technique
• The workshop
• Patronage
• The applied arts
• First-hand experience of the works studied
  (gallery visits study trips)
• Photographic exam papers