Early Italian Renaissance

Quattrocento1400s

Linear Perspective Arrives!

ARCHITECTUREQuattrocento

Filippo BrunelleschiDome of Florence Cathedral(AKA Brunelleschi’s Dome) 1417–36;

Filippo BrunelleschiFoundling Hospital, Florence Designed 1419; built 1421-44

Andrea della RobbiaDetail of Terra-Cotta Medallion

Filippo BrunelleschiPazzi Chapel1442-65Florence, Italy

Filippo Brunelleschi; continued by Michelozzo di BartolomeoNave, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, : c. 1421–28, 1442–70

Church of San Lorenzo, Florence.

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo,Façade, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence 1446

• Rusticated first level

Leon Battista AlbertiPalazzo Rucellai, Florence. 1455–58; never finished

• Stringcourse• Pilasters• Beveled stones

Leon Battista AlbertiChurch of Sant’Andrea, Mantua Designed 1470, begun 1472

• 1st use of triumphal arch since Ancient Rome

Leon Battista AlbertiNave, Church of Sant’Andrea, Mantua Vault width 60’Designed 1470

Contarini Palace1421–37

• Guess where?

SCULPTUREQuattrocento

Left: Brunelleschi Right: Ghiberti

Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401-1403, bronze

Lorenzo GhibertiGates of Paradise (East Doors), Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence Gilt bronzeheight 15' (4.57 m)1425–52

Lorenzo GhibertiJacob and Esau , panel of the Gates of Paradise (East Doors), Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence Gilt bronze1425–52

Sgraffito decorationPalazzo Medici-Riccardi

Nanni di BancoThe Four Crowned Martyrs Marbleheight of figures 6’c. 1409–17Orsanmichele, Florence (photographed before removal of figures to museum)

DonatelloEquestrian Monument of Erasmo Da Narni (Gattamelata) Bronzeheight approx. 12'2”1443–53Piazza del Santo, Padua

DonatelloDavid, bronze1420s-60sFlorence

• Meant for a Medici palace, not for public viewing

DonatelloMary Magdalen Polychromy and gold on woodheight 6'1" 1450s(?)Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence

Andrea del Verrocchio. (Bronze cast by Alessandro Leopardi)Equestrian Monument of Bartolommeo Colleoni Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice Bronzeheight approx. 13' Clay model 1486–88; cast after 1490; placed 1496

Antonio del PollaiuoloHercules and Antaeus Bronzeheight with base 18”c. 1475Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

PAINTING & PRINTQuattrocento

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi (detail), tempura on panel, 1423

Int’l Gothic Style

MasaccioTrinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors Fresco21' X 10"5”c. 1425–27/28Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

MasaccioThe Expulsion From ParadiseFresco7' X 2' 11”c. 1427Brancacci Chapel

Masaccio, The Tribute Money, Fresco8'1" X 19'7”c. 1427, Brancacci Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Paolo Uccello, The Battle of San Romano, Tempera on wood panel6' X 10" 7”1438–40 Commissioned for private Florentine Residence

Fra Angelico, Annunciation, Fresco, 7’½" X 19'6”, c. 1438–45, Monastery of San Marco, Florence

Andrea del CastagnoThe Last Supper Fresco16' x 32’, 1447, Refectory, Convent of Sant’Apollonia, Florence

Piero della FrancescaRecognition and Proving of the True Cross Fresco, 11'8" X 24'6”San Francesco, Arezzo

Piero della FrancescaResurrection fresco c.1463Palazzo Comunale, San Sepulcro, Italy

Piero della Francesca, Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro, Oil on wood pane,leach 18 ½ X 13”, c. 1474, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Andrea MantegnaRoom of the NewlywedsFrescoesDiameter of false oculus 8'9” room 62' 6" square1465–74Ducal Palace, Mantua

Perugino, The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter, Fresco11'5½" X 18' 8½”, 1481On the right wall of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome Linear

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Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, Tempera and gold on canvas5'8⅞" X 9' 1⅞" c. 1484–86, Uffizi, Florence

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, Tempera on wood panel6’8” x 10’4”c. 1482 , Uffizi, Florence

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Birth of the Virgin, fresco, 1485, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

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