Classy Things:
All assignments have to be done before class, this will make for better discussion during class.

Oct 14th: Discuss 2. Readings from Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the mind. 


Notes:

* Michelandgelo, Bruges Madonna 1503-04
was in Florence but sold to a Flemish merchant and left Italy. She seems to anticipates the prophet. Iconic appearance. Icons go back to medieval, put ideas on a pedestal. The dress she wears is a classical approach, vertical folds, iconic quality. Not so much a happy mother but more someone who sees the future. ....the hood she wears takes the place of the halo, ancient art and ancient sculpture.
interlacing of the hands. The Christ Child seems to be taking his first steps but is still in the staftey of his mothers cloths. She seems to be holding  a book that suggests a prophet.

*Donatello, Virgins and Saints, High Altar, Sant'
Bisantin proto type, the child seems to be still in the womb. Icon vs narrative, this was more narrative. Madonna seems to be rising from the thrown to be giving the Christ child to "us". A lot of motion.
Michelangelo is always competing with  Donatello.

* Raphael, "La Belle Jardiniere" 1507
Born in Orivino. Goes to were all the action is; Rome. " Take the marble Madonna, and hide it away" told his father to put away the Madona and child because he was afraid Raphael would steal the idea.
. Took many different ideas from Michelangelo, the difference is that the Christ child has already "left" his mother but he returns to the tender mother. Singular form.

*Leonardo, Madonna with St. Anne, 1508-13, Paris, Louvre
Made the Mona Lisa during this period as well. Raphael learned a lot from this and other

*Taddei Tondo 1500-1502, Michangelo
The shape is referred to as a Tondo; circular, round. Unfinished, possibly the one that he was said to "hide away". The head of the Madonna is too flat and it show again that she the prophet. violent actions, over excited and the Child flees at the sight of the bird that John the Baptist holds. The child is not yet ready to take on the bird, or the souls of the world. The Madonna, again, shows no emotion. the Child is in contrapasto. This idea was derived from a sarcophagus from Media, Media= a lover kills her children,

*Donatello, Feast of Herod, Baptismal font, Siena 1425
3 leading
Sculpture usually starts then painting.
"Feast of Herod"=The sculpture depicts the Beheading of St. John the Baptist after Salome asks Herod Antipas for his head on a platter. The scene depicts an executioner presenting the severed head, and Herod reacting in shock.
Great attention and great narrative. Square pannel, child present, linear system and a contraposto due ted purpose. 

*Madonna de la Cartilino 
Raphael has serine landscape 

*Raphael, Madonna of Meadow, 1505
in a triangular form. what ever the children play with is a shadow to the future, or what is going to happen. "Raphael creates THE perfect mother" All of the "Madonnas " come from Leonardo's Madonna with St. Anne.
Madonna always wore read and blue, Compassion and faith. It was vital in the churches view/ 

*Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificent
Circular frame but triangular image. Florentine by way of the scarf that the Madonna wears. Many angels no wings. They are more involved with each other than they are with the Madonna. 

*Pitti Tondo, 1505, Bargello, 33' diameter
Pitti was a family that were taken over by the Medici family. Unfinished but great monumental. The contrast to the Bruges Madonna is that the child is carefree and she is looking into the future. John the Bap waits in the back grown. 
The head breaks the frame. with her cape she protects the child.

*Doney Tondo, Michelangelo 
Strange iconography 
Doney family = important patrons for Raphael, Michelangelo paints for them.
this was probably done as a "birth plate", given with presents atop it. The minute heads stand virtical on the plate.
HAD NEVER SEEN A BARE ARM OF A NUN BEFORE THIS. She is a Madonna of humility because she sits on the ground.
The nudes in the back are traditional Roman athletes. Interpretations= are they in a baptism? is it the foundation to a building?
The "Holy family group". Seated between the feet of Joseph, Madonna takes much care in protecting the child.
Very Chiaroscuro, shows that Michelangelo was a sculpture. "The best paintings should be sculpture".
All the twisting and athletics, just seems to do much about nothing.
Theologically, her virility shows in the strength of her arm .

"the Doney Madonna Twist "
The artifical bonds are ended by the "true family bonds" of Christianity

* Raphael, Entombment, 1508
The Madonna is fainted but having that symbolic death. The Mary's support her and 

*Bronzino, Exposure of Luxury, 1545
Mannerism, allegory . Venus the Goddess of Love and her son Cupid. Perversion of the Holy family. 

*Salone del Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio, Frescoes by Vasari
may well be that Vasari may have covered up fresco by Michelangelo and Leonardo. 

*Leondardo, Battle of Anghiari (central portion; copy by Rubens)
infrequent Florentine victories over the Milanese.  interested in horse forms again. He used wax to get an atmospheric affect that failed miserably. the top faded away and the the bottom melted. 
May of 1506, gave up and went back to Milan. a Swaztica composition. 

Technical failure. 

*Uccello, Battle of San Romano, c. 1445
The most important victory.  Beautiful abstraction, learning linear perspective. beautiful use of decorative lances. Leonardo would look at this for his Battle of Anghiari

*Michelangelo, Battle of Cascina, 1505 (copy by Aritstotile da Sangallo)
Poor depiction. parts of it were stolen. 
All poses. Battle of 1364. 

*Pollaiuolo, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, 1475
very semetrical composes. trying to repeat poses of action for anatomy studies. 

Renaissance art is linear , Baroque are is painterly.

GROUP DISCUSSION


Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo made his own free standing scaffolding. The Original ceiling was light blue with stars. The original depiction was of enthroned prophets. The project, at the beginning, is in his way and then becomes his version of the history of the world. He gets to do what he wants. It is a flatten version of the tome of Julius. Classical system, like sculpture. The points of view are all different. they all shift. Are the surrounding paintings or are they their one work? The Nidnui sit and surround the narrative scenes of Ginsus . They represent the befores of the world.  they are only half conscience of what is about to happen. Oak leaves were apparent in a lot of the work.  
Jan 1509- 4 years to complete. 
He was depressed and couldn't work with anyone. 

the only place where the system comes together is over the alter, with Jonah and the whale. 

Dante, 14th century, Michelangelo 
later scene are done first on the ceiling. 
The first scene is the drunkenness of Noah, everything in the old testament is a reconfiguration of the new. Failed savior. 
second scene flood. 

*Arch of Constantine, Rome, c. 300
a modge podge of collected materials.

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9/16/13
Classy things: 

  Getting to know you. Everybody. : )

Have to have all readings and blogs about the readings done a day before class time.

Next week: have to have gone to the library and read the book pertaining to your project readings.

• Slide exam slides will be in D2L  and also the books in the library. Slide exam will be OCT 21

NOTES

Humanist: focused on the power of language, studied the use of language to create power....  new classical education. Used it as power. Tried to create the "ideal man".

Questioned the superal natural-ism....

they wanted more focus on a more realistic setting as doing things as a "person" rather than having to mount to the "godliness" of the church.

after the Roman Empire fell; the Dark Ages: 476- 800, followed
Middle ages; monasteries were great keepers of books and learning. Many were thought of as Barbarians
Renaissance is what came from the Dark Ages : always Christian, always trying to reconcile human thought as Christians. Pagan poetry was looked at but not thought highly of.

"life long learning"

"virtue" vital theme in ancient Rome, "dignity" of man; it wasn't inherent but more like something you developed.

How does ones wealth relate to civic duty and power? By having education, the lower class was able rise to power. The upper class "Pleebs" takes responsibility to take care of each one another. "Education of Princes" Best education was from the wealthy. They would patronize the Humanist.

• You must have money to "build"  

Is Humanism still and elite  thing? ....

Humanism looking more at natural form, looking more away from landscape, male form "perfection".
More civic projects,


*Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, 1482 Washington, DC
depicting the Medici family, pictured the "new world", mastery of lineiar perspective. Centralized form, more staged, more symmetrical

*Leonardos Adoration....
more chaotic, more emotion. brilliant  ...."figures seem to create it's own space". More Formal, the virgin is out in the open. Much more emotional. get the sense of compostion and abstract design
Philosopher on left, young man "patched" looks away as if not interested.
"The purpose of art is to express the mind of man" . spent so much energy designing it, doesn't want to finish it.

*Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Magi, 1488
going for the same complexity, centralized form, more political imagery. "everyone must be in the picture"
more materialistic. very colorful, very gaudy.

*Filippino Lippi's Adoration, Uffizi
Trying to understand Leonardo but cannot come close to what Leo was doing. expressions on the face were highly different.

*Masaccio, Tribute Mone, c 1425 Brancacci Chapel, Florence
propaganda, a perspective setting, stitching of diagonal planes. the feet of figures show a depth.

*Piero della Francesca, Annunciation, legend of the True Cross
reviving , 1450s, architecture from ancient Rome. If you didn't know the iconicness, you would think the angel was praising the column. The paint must be put on the fressco before it dries or else it won't last, hence no dove.

* Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1480's Florence, Uffizi
His way of thinking is still a little medieval. Neoplatonic in Florence ; Love makes the world go round.
In order to achieve the "ideal beauty" you must break it down.

One thing to learn from Leonardo is that "light comes out of Darkness".
Spends 20 years in Milan, there he finds patronage with Lodivico.
*The Galleria, Milan

* the Castello Sforzesco, Milan
where Leo spends his 20 years. can find fresco's that he did. also contains Michaelangelo's last sculpture.

*Leonardo, Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani), 1483, Kracow, Czartoryski Museum
the Ermine is a symbol of the Duke, she was mistress of the duke. iner-life to the portrait makes it unlike anything of it's time. Generally portraits were profiles, this is 3/4 view. Has a spark of life to it. 1492 sonnet about the paint; says it is able to listen. The pose is a whole new way of creating a portrait.

*Madonna of the Rocks, Parsis, Louvre
The church in Milan commissions this, the botanical interest of Leo shows. They all have medicinal properties that encapcilate the Virgin. John the Baptist is a child that is wanting to touch the "christ child". Madonna will not let him touch "christ"
The Angel must be showing that St. John is our mediator into heaven. Very Florentine, gesture with hands alot. all through Barque, dark imagery.

*Madonna of the Rocks, :London
similar to the one in Paris, yet it is the same painting twice. It may be the French got the first  painting very early and because they took the painting, he had to do it a second time. This one has halo's and different plants to it. The Angel is not pointing to St. John, making it not as Florentine as the other one. WHY ARE THEY IN A CAVE? Leo may have been studding a lot rocky areas before doing this painting.

*Raphael, Alba Madonna

Classy things

Class notes/ stuff:

Creating a blog> Have to create a new Google account and then you will be able to make a blogger.com account. go through the steps that they have set up for you.

Please make sure that you have a idea of what you want your project to be and email it to Harvey ASAP!

Discussion for next week.

Please be checking your D2L's!


GUIDE
*=works of art


Sistine Chapel
Starting with the Sistine Chapel, the original ceiling of the Sisitine chapel was light blue with stars, later would be painted by Michael Angello . Sides of the inside were fressco (fake tapestries). built by Pope Sictus IV. He wanted the sermons to be illustrated.

Ingres 19th C.
"out with the old, in with the new" All of the frescoes were destroyed and Michael Angelo would soon paint over.

Popes during this time really had alot of power and authority. It became more propaganda fresco.
They were great for the arts because the Franciscan and Domincian were always to out do each other.

*Parigino from Paruga. Christ giving the keys to St. Peter,  the key to the kingdom of heaven, Keys = papal symbol for power.
St. Peter "the rock in which he found the church" , started the Catholic faith in Rome.
Brunilesci invented the linear  "vanishing point" way of drawing. Something was only invented under a great need for it!
*Best fresco because it was the best sencse of concentration. not as busy, but also on the verge of high Renaissance. centralized structure and spaciousness. the sense of public ceremony

Temple in Jeruslem was the center, St. Peters Basilica would become the same for Rome.
the iconography used in pagan rituals became the earliest imagery in Christian art.

"last judgement" by Michael Angello......type- ology. Old testament, Moses, and Christ on opposite walls , new testament at the back.
 between the windows is the succession of the last 30 popes. The arches of the windows are the suscession to Christ, all the peoples that were "lost".

This chapel was originally for the Virgin. Many of the original frescos were destroyed for  others to paint on it. Tran sends political history but turned into the political agenda of the popes.

each fresco took a total of +4 months. This is the shift of power from Florence to Rome, this was the start of it.
nephew of Sictus IV has Michael Angello to finish the chapel. Bozari says that Boticelli
All the images linded up with the people at the same level, atmospheric perspective, central solid element, 3 masses- two holes ( 3 big landscape areas, two areas for your eyes to travel).

* Perugino, scenes of Moses, including Circumcision of  Moses' Son
to include patrons of the paintings in the paintings was a common thing, they would just be there. Moses wears green and yellow. Circumcision is replaced by baptism. Prefiguration to the new testament.

*Luca Signorelli, Last Days of Moses
weird neud figure, Albeiriti said to have many different types of people in the image an many people .

*Perugino, Baptism of Christ

*Botecilli, the youth of Moses.
Moses is seen 7 times in this fresco. Botecilli has much more vigor ( slaying the eygptian task master)
"moses is seen at the good shepard" There will always be a lady "running" in with something on her head.

*Botecelli, Temptation of Christ and other scenes
Strange because it is the replacement of the Jewish sacrifice, taking front in the temple of Jerusalem. The young aculite was thought to be the young Jesus. the temlpe of Jerusalem was actually the old St. Peters, The devil is the tempting Jesus to show himself as "god".
" a boy caring grapes stepping on a serpent is acient roman art"

Dominican monks = black and white robes
Franciscans monks = brown robes.

* Comsimo Rosselli and Piero do Comsimo, Crossing aof the Red Sea
" a column of fire" = lightning but the Christians thought it was an actual column

*Domenico Ghirlandaio, Calling the Apostles, Sistine Chapel 1481- 82
Mastered Atmospheric painting. Had regiments of cloaked figures, had heavily draped figures.

*Botecelli, Punishment of Korah, Sistine Chapel 1481- 82
Both Moses and the Pope ( at the time) felt challenged, very accurate arch of Constantine,
Constantine Christianize Rome. " March of Constantine" . The Sons of Aron were struck by lightniing, Moses was being stoned, very violent picture

*Michael Angelo, seated moses with horns
Mis translations of hebrew to latin made it sound as if Moses had horns, so many early Christian art peices had that

*Cosimo Rosselli, Giving of the Law
Won the popes competition. Shows the pope is not infallible. no sense of consecration. " TOO much gold" .

*Andrea Del Verrocchio, Baptism of Christ, c. 1470, Florence, Uffizi
 Verrocchio did all types of commissions. many decorative things, altar pieces were big
very sculptural style, angels were present holding robes while Christ is baptized.
modern = Squarish frame, naturalistic, high elevation. Gothic= many panels, gold back grounds
monumentality was what Renaissance painters aimed for .
Verrocchio says that Leonardo worked on this painting as a young apprentice: the background was what Leonardo was said to have had a hand in. very soft and aireal, it was far beyond what Verrocchio would have originally put there.
Landscape is only of interest to them as a background, figures were the important part.

Leonardo was interested in landscapes. Created the first "pure" landscape in the Renaissance area. Valley Veiorno, doesn't see it as worth painting but becomes so impressionistic.

Contro pasto- turning movement

Leonardo
Leonardo had a metaphysical look into art. Spiritual and physical .
Ciarroscuro- light and dark
"the boudries of bodies are less" spiritual convention being the essences of matter
"Everything is Everything"-Leonardo

*Leonardo, Annunciation, late 1470's
Baldovinetti, one of the artist that Leondardo admires. enlcosed garden was a symbol of virginity. a real sense of atmosphere.
the annunciation is usually on seperate arches of the room.

*Fra Filippo Lippi,