ARTH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pope Leo X, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Palazzo Vecchio

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 345
• Professor: Professor Una D' Elia

Document Summary

Medici family: son of lorenzo de medici. Giorgio vasari, election of leo x, palazzo vecchio, florence, 1556-61: suggests how the event of his election is tied up in this idea that because he is from the. Medici family he is from the golden age. Approval of order by innocent iii, domenico ghirlandaio, 1482: great court of lorenzo de medici has now become a memory, a myth, detail of the kids. Lore(cid:374)zo"s dad (cid:449)rote hi(cid:373) a letter gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g hi(cid:373) ad(cid:448)i(cid:272)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) he (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e (cid:449)e(cid:374)t to ro(cid:373)e: quote on slide, and in reading. Leo x did not follow all of this advice. Attri(cid:271)uted to a(cid:374)to(cid:374)io d"orsi(cid:374)o be(cid:374)i(cid:374)te(cid:374)di, cardi(cid:374)al gio(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:374)i de" medi(cid:272)i, pol(cid:455)(cid:272)hro(cid:373)e. They wanted realistic effigies to (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)uousl(cid:455) e(cid:454)press a perso(cid:374)"s prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e. pol(cid:455)(cid:272)hro(cid:373)e terra(cid:272)otta has the same effect here: done much later than when his father had recommended him to do. Julius is alo(cid:374)e, leo"s (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e to i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) is a(cid:374) e(cid:373)phasis o(cid:374) (cid:272)reati(cid:374)g lega(cid:272)(cid:455)