3e - Late Gothic Painting
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LATE GOTHIC PAINTING & SCULPTURE LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Be careful here! While it is tempting to think of this movement toward naturalism as “progress” it is important to remember that this art is not less good, nor even less “advanced” than what comes later in the Renaissance (you might think of Leonardo or Michelangelo). Art is always a response to the needs of the moment and for the late 13th and early 14th century, symbols of the spiritual remained potent systems for understanding. LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Artists to Know Late Gothic Art & Painting Cimabue Giotto (Florence) Nicola Pisano Duccio (Siena) Simone Martini Lorenzettis LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting What you need to know about Late Gothic Late 1200s – Early 1300s Black Death wipes out 25% of Europe Also known as “Proto-Renaissance” Gothic ARCHITECTURE = France Late Gothic PAINTING = Italy Think of Late Gothic Painting as the “Hellenistic Period” of the High Gothic Era – Emotional, Detailed, and a more Humanistic Connection LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting How does Late Gothic art create the bridge between Byzantine and Renaissance art? Byzantine Virgin and Child LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Virgin and Child Renaissance Virgin and Child Late Gothic Art & Painting Giotto Di Bondone, Interior of the Arena Chapel , 1305-1306. LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Exterior of Arena Chapel Late Gothic Art & Painting shhhhhh - come after school and I will provide test questions the day before the test. This is only for people paying attention SHHHHHHHHHHH LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting Chiaroscuro …the use of dramatic contrasts of dark and light to produce modeling Giotto Di Bondone, Lamentation, ca. 1305 Arena Chapel LATE GOTHIC LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING The Illusion of Depth & Form Late Gothic Art & Painting Giotto Di Bondone, Crucifixion, ca. 1305 Arena Chapel LATE GOTHIC LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING No more Cookie-Cutter poses… Late Gothic Art & Painting Giotto Di Bondone, Flight into Egypt, ca. 1305 Arena Chapel LATE GOTHIC LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting Röttgen Pietà, c.1300-1325 CE. Painted Wood. This oddly distorted little work is known as the Roettgen Pieta. A pieta is common depiction of the Virgin Mary throughout art history as she holds the body of her dead son Jesus in her lap. Created ca.1325 by an unknown German artist, represents the moment of despair when Mary recognizes the depth of her loss. LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING Late Gothic Art & Painting Röttgen Pietà, c.1300-1325 CE. Painted Wood. The wooden statue of Mary holding dead Jesus is purposely disproportionate and contrasts sharply with other European statuaries of the time. Although the statue is painted wood, the colors used for Mary and Jesus Christ are dull greys and browns. To symbolize Mary's grief and Jesus's low place in society at the time of his death, Mary and Jesus's clothing are not elaborate or ornamented. This draws further attention to the pain and suffering evident in this sculpture. It goes without saying that the time period and location that the Rottgen Pietà was carved, just prior to the Renaissance, in territorial Germany, was a harsh area rife with poverty and other problems such as starvation and plague. LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING LATE GOTHIC ART & PAINTING
