ART 1361 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Sandro Botticelli, Aerial Perspective, Florence Cathedral
23 Jan 2018
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By the end of the middle ages the most important cultural spots were north of. Both political power and patronage of the arts were dominated by the wealthy. The medici family rose from the middle class and became the leaders of the artistic and intellectual patronage. Was considered the hub for the italian renaissance. The florence cathedral was completed in this time period. Filippo brunelleschi achieved the feat of creating a dome atop of the. Donatello was one of the most successful sculptures of the italian. In bronze he created the first free standing, life size nude in years (david) In 1443 he was called to create an equestrian portrait cast out of bronze. He used surviving roman portraits as sources for the statue. Masaccio introduced linear perspective and his career culminated into the frescos he painted on the walls of the brancacci chapel, one of which being "the expulsion of adam and eve from paradise"
