Monday, January 20, 2020

1)BASIC LINEUP of periods and artists for mini-course in Italian Renaissance art

MINI COURSE in ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART HISTORY

5 BLOG ENTRIES devoted to an outline for studying the art of the
Italian Renaissance:

1) Basic Lineup of Periods and Artists in Italian Renaissance Art
2) What to think about in each period
3) Most important works to examine
4)  Comparisons of note
5)  Resources for various topics

1) BASIC LINEUP of PERIODS and ARTISTS in Italian Renaissance Art


Gothic Predecessors:  1305-1400
Giotto –                Santa Croce, Florence, Maesta (Uffizi)
Duccio –               Maesta (Uffizi), Pinacoteca (Siena)
Simone Martini – Annunciation (Uffizi)

Early Renaissance Artists: 1401-1445
FLORENCE
Sculpture:      Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Della Robbia
Architecture:  Brunelleschi, Alberti
Painting:         Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Uccello, Gentile da Fabriano,                         Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Domenico Veneziano
Intarsia (wood inlay):  Florence Duomo Sacristy.

Middle Period Artists: 1445-1475
FLORENCE
Sculpture – Pollaiuolo, Della Robbia, Donatello, Bernardo Rossellino,
             Antonio Rossellino, Andrea del Castagno, Jacopo della Quercia
Architecture:        Michelozzo, Sangallo.
Painting:               Benozzo Gozzoli, Pollaiuolo, Andrea del Castagno.
Engraving:            Pollaiuolo.
Intarsia:                 Urbino Studiolo.

SAN SEPOLCRO and URBINO: Piero della Francesca
BOLOGNA: Niccolo dell’Arca(Lamentation) 
LORETO:  Melozzo da Forli.

Late Period of 15th-Century Artists: 1475-1500
FLORENCE:
Sculpture:              Verrocchio, Leonardo, early Michelangelo
Architecture:          Michelangelo, Leonardo
Painting:                 Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Ghirlandaio, Leonardo

VENICE:  Painting: Giovanni Bellini, Mantegna, Antonello da Messina

Early 16th-century artists: 1500-1550 –
FLORENCE and ROME:
Sculpture:       Michelangelo (David, Moses, Pietas)
Architecture:  Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
Painting:         Michelangelo, Raphael, Pinturicchio, Signorelli,                                         Leonardo

VENICE:        
Painting:         Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian


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