ARH 126CTWI Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vanishing Point, Masaccio, Palazzo Medici Riccardi
5 Apr 2016
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Held up as exemplary of the early renaissance. Declared the first size nude (lack of sexual overtone) since antiquity. An attempt to revive antique prototype bodies. Downcast eyes, hat, boots (often indicator of an erotic overtone ) Neoplatonism: reconciling the platonic antique past with the christian present. Filippo brunelleschi, sacrifice of isaac, 1401 1402, bronze with gilding, 21 x17 . ***lorenzo ghiberti, sacrifice of isaac, 1401-1402, bronze with gilding 21 x17 . Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son, isaac, and when he went to follow through. Ghiberti was chosen for his strength in classical prototypes: isaac"s body. Lorenzo ghiberti, gates of paradise, 1425-1452, gilt bronze, height 15". Ghiberti did away with quatrefoil keeping them square. Painting on plaster, very durable, used back to. One point linear perspective (vanishing point not visible) 1480-1482, fresco on the wall of the sistine.
