Chapter 14  RENAISSANCE PRECURSORS, 13th–14th CENTURIES1200-1300(Proto Renaissance of Italy)

Who were the main artists of 13th and 14th century Italy? 

How did they help to bring about the revolution in art known as the Renaissance? 

What was a very devastating occurrence during this period and how did it appear and influence art?

1. Identify the works and define the terms in this chapter.2. Describe the emergence of humanism in Italy.3. Label the locations of the leading art centers the time period4. Describe the process of tempera painting and fresco.5. Compare Giotto and Cimabue.6. Describe the structure of an altarpiece.7. Describe the steps of apprenticeship in an artist's studio.8. Give a brief description of the life and philosophy of Saint Francis

of Assisi.9. Compare Duccio's Maestá with Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes.10.Describe how Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Good Government frescoes

were innovative.11.Discuss the effects of the Black Death on society and art in the

second half of the fifteenth century.

14.1 Nicola Pisano, relief including Annunciation to Mary at the upper left, Annunciation to the Shepherds at the upper right, Nativity in the center, and Washing of the Infant Christ at the lower center, c. 1260.

14.2 Cimabue , Madonna Enthroned , c. 1280–90.

14.3 Giotto , Madonna Enthroned c. 1310.

14.4Giotto, Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305. Interior view, looking east

14.5 Giotto, Nativity , Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305.

14.6 Giotto, Last Judgment  Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305.

14.7 Giotto, Last Judgment (detail of fig. 14.6), Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305.

Lamentation, Giotto, Arena Chapel

14.8 Giotto, Justice , Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305.

Painted in GRISAILE style

14.9 Duccio , Rucellai Madonna , 1285

14.10 Duccio, Maestà , from Siena Cathedral, 1308–11.

Duccio,  Maestà , Altarpiece complete, from Siena Cathedral

14.11 Duccio, Kiss of Judas , from the Maestà , 1308–11.

14.12 Giotto, Kiss of Judas , Arena Chapel, Padua, c. 1305.

What is Dante's Inferno all about?

14.13 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Effects of Good Government in the City and the Country, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 1338–39

Effects of Good Government on the Country Side

--Showing observational painting of Sienna country side

Allegory of Good and Bad Government

What was caused major destruction in the 1300's?

1329 Famine1333 Eclipse/Flood1335 Smallpox outbreak1340 Banks failed1348 Bubonic plague   50-70% of Florentines and Sienense died

Andrea Orcagna, Triumph of Death

14.14 Andrea Orcagna, Triumph of Death , showing figures invoking Death, c. 1360.

14.15 Claus Sluter , portal, Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, 1385–a93

14.16 Claus Sluter, Well of Moses, Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, Francebegun 1395.

14.17 Limbourg brothers, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ,

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