ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Paolo Uccello, Domenico Veneziano, John Hawkwood

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 214
• Professor: Dawn Cunningham

Document Summary

Alberti is the first to write a treatise on linear perspective, opening it up to ppl who would like to manipulate the sys. Artists discussed today are the ppl who want to manipulate the sys. Paolo uccello, sir john hawkwood, cathedral, florence, 1436. Like do(cid:374)atello, li(cid:448)es a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)redi(cid:271)ly lo(cid:374)g life, u(cid:374)like do(cid:374)atello he does(cid:374)"t leave behind lots of art. He (cid:449)as a (cid:271)it diffi(cid:272)ult, he read al(cid:271)erti"s treatise a(cid:374)d adored the sys and the geometry of it. The sys starts to dominate his art, becoming the only thing you can see in the painting. Painting paid for by the city of florence. The (cid:272)ity does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e e(cid:374)ough (cid:373)o(cid:374)ey for a statue so they decided to honor sir john hawkwood in a painting. The wall used to be the same colour as the background in the painting a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ade the (cid:862)(cid:271)ro(cid:374)ze statue(cid:863) pop out of the (cid:449)all, (cid:272)at(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g the (cid:448)ie(cid:449)er"s eye.