HISTART 62 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Piero Della Francesca, Federico Da Montefeltro, Castel San Giorgio

• School: Berkeley
• Department: History Of Art
• Course: HISTART 62
• Professor: Henrike Christiane Lange

Document Summary

Wandering painters / italy outside italy: mantua, urbino, bologna, ferrara, A great majority of art history is written about big cities, like rome and. Because of this, history is written from the perspective of these cities. Mantua is a little neglected: similar to venice, but more muddy and swampy, where andrea mantegna spent many years. Left his most important fresco ensemble here. Strong illusionism, combining perspective and detail naturalism. What look like relief sculpture is actually all painted. Cut poly-chrome marble inserted into frames that forms a fence-like structure that separates you from the paintings. Artistic networks connecting centers and periphery served a variety of social and political functions. The circulation of objects promoted the circulation of artists. Piero della francesca"s constributions to painting and perspective mark a new quality of theoretical consciousness, connecting to other intellectual endeavors. Mantegna, camera picta with group portrait of ludovico gonzaga and his family and entourage, castel san giorgio, mantua.