GOD Spiritual Realm

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GODSpiritual Realm (Faith Divine Revelation)
MAN Earthly World (Reason)
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GODSpiritual Realm (Faith Divine Revelation)
MAN Earthly World (Reason)
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Factors Influencing the Renaissance in Italy
Religion

• Humanism
• power of reason
• individual achievement
• recognition of talent genius (fame)
• civic responsibility
• love of classical culture learning

• Capitalism
• competition among city-states
• new art patrons

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15 th CENTURY EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Mathematical Perspective
Pictorial Illusionism
Rebirth of Classical Forms
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Brunelleschi, Santo Spirito, Early 15th Century
Linear Perspective
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Brunelleschi, Santo Spirito, c. 1436
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Masaccio, Holy Trinity, Sta. Maria Novella, c.
1426
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Masaccio, Holy Trinity, Sta. Maria Novella, c.
1426
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Masaccio, Holy Trinity, Sta. Maria Novella, c.
1426
patronagedonors
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Masaccio, Brancacci Chapel, 1427
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Masaccio, Tribute Money, 1427
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Masaccio, Tribute Money, 1427
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Masaccio, Tribute Money, 1427

• Linear Perspective
• Aerial (Atmospheric) Perspective
• Overlapping Planes

• Fixed Light Source
• Modeling in Light Shade
• Cast Shadows

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Expulsion from Paradise, Masaccio, 1427
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Pollaiuolo, Battle of the Ten Nudes, ca. 1465
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The Dead Christ, Mantegna, c. 1501

• Foreshortening

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Camera degli Sposi, Mantegna, c. 1474
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Camera degli Sposi, Mantegna, c. 1474

• trompe loeil
• di sotto in su

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Mantegna,
Saint James Led to Martyrdom, ca. 1455
St. Sebastian, c. 1460
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Donatello, David, late 1420s - late 1450s
Verrocchio, David, c. 1565
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Donatello, The Prophet Habbakuk (Zuccone) c.
1445
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Verrocchio, Bartolmmeo Coleoni, c. 1565
Donatello, Gattamelata c. 1445
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Botticelli, Birth of Venus, ca. 1482
Neo-Platonism
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Birth of Venus, Botticelli, ca. 1482
Aphrodite of Knidos, Praxiteles, c. 350 BC