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Art in Renaissance Italy
by John T. Paoletti, Gary M. Radke (Contributor), John T. Paletti
This book accounts the art and artists of Italy during the time period from the mid-thirteenth century to c. 1600. Unlike similar books, which tend to overemphasize Florentine art, this book introduces new material and more extensive discussion of artists from Milan, Venice, Naples and other regions, in addition to coverage of the innovations and critical importance of Florentine art.
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History of Italian Renaissance Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
by Frederick Hartt, David G. Wilkins (Editor)
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from c. 1200 A.D. to c. 1594 A. D., this volume focuses on the works of art, their creators, and the circumstances affecting their creation.
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Alberti's theories of perspective
Assess the impact on 15th Century painting of Alberti's theories of perspective.
Alberti (1404-72), an accomplished mathematician and geometrician wrote his book Della Pittura in 1435. This treatise on painting included a discussion of the laws of mathematical perspective for artists. This gave perspective a scientific basis and made spatial measurement accurate for the first time.
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Landscape
In the 15th century, there was an increase of curiosity about the natural world. People started to place more emphasis on the naturalistic surroundings in painting, such approach is different from the fantastical settings in the Gothic/Medieval paintings. Artists used realistic colours, light and naturalistic scenes, and the local landscapes and plants, to help the viewer to identify with the story of the painting.
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Masaccio's The Tribute Money
The Tribute Money (c.1425) by Masaccio is located in the Brancacci Chapel, Florence. The painting is a continuous narrative, it is consisted of three scenes. The scenes are linked by the figures of St. Peter, Christ and the tax collector. The architecture, unlike the figures, is not monumental in scale, as it would distract from the drama of the scene illustrated. The landscape background shows the use of aerial perspective and consistent lighting.
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Piero's The Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ (c.1450) by Piero della Francesca is located in London's National Gallery. This painting depicts the story of Christ's baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist. Christ is portrayed as a rough Tuscan farmer. Another convert undresses, ready for his turn and three angels indicate the importance of the event by their glances. The landscape background applied the effect of aerial perspective to create depth.
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Leonardo's Madonna of the Rocks
The most extraordinary aspect of the painting is its dark and gloomy background, a wilderness of jagged rocks rising almost to the apex of the arch, through which, as through the mouths of caverns, we look into mysterious vistas flanked by still more rocky pinnacles, rising from dim watercourses until they lose themselves in the half-light of misty distances.
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