ART H 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ospedale Degli Innocenti, Nicola Pisano, Filippo Brunelleschi
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Early renaissance sculpture: pisano, donatello, etc. On a panel - one viewing point. Greek and rome: one-point perspective, orthogonals, arcade, loggia. Artists: nicola pisano (1220/1225-1284, giovanni pisano (1250-1315, lorenzo ghiberti (1387-1455, brunelleschi (1377-1446, donatello (1386-1466) Makes it a little illegible at times. There is a central person in this one, not just a pillar. All the columns are different stones because of this. Lions more dramatic/ engaged: annunciation, nativity, and adoration of the shepherds (reliefs in the pulpits, nicola. Mary is more proportionally sized and everything is more natural. More dynamic: baptistery of san giovanni, florence. Brunelleschi and ghiberti - sacrifice of isaac. Feast of herod, baptismal font, siena cathedral, 1425. Mathematical system to display objects in space naturally: donatello. First full figure nude, cast in bronze, since antiquity (first and second century bce) Originally would have been gilded in some places in gold or copper. Its an additive process, not subtractive, like marble!
