WHEN THE WALL BECAME A WINDOW WEEK 2 STYLES BEFORE 1300 BYZANTINE SPLENDOR: Mosaics in various sites, Ravenna; St. Mark’s, Venice http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/art.html good overview of Byzantine art http://www.classicalmosaics.com/photo_album.htm ‐ large site with many excellent images GOTHIC AWE: Chartres Cathedral http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intdept/pnp/group1.html ‐ Chartres and many more important Gothic cathedrals MEDIA: all images can be found at the Gallery Euroweb site (http://www.wga.hu/index1.html) unless otherwise noted TEMPERA • Sandro BOTTICELLI Madonna of the Magnificat, c. 1485, Uffizi, Florence • GIOTTO: Ognissanti (All Saints) Madonna, 1305‐10, Uffizi, Florence • LIMBOURG Brothers: January from Les Trés Riches Heures, 1412‐16, Musée Condé, Chantilly • Bernardo DADDI: Virgin & Child Enthroned, c. 1338 Courtauld, London http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/fourpaintings/daddi/inner_centre/virgin_and_child.html excellent video about how triptych was made: http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/fourpaintings/daddi/qt_introduction.html CLASSIC FRESCO: GIORNATE: “ONE DAY’S WORK” • anonymous: Bull Leaping Fresco, c. 1500 BCE, Archaeological Museum, Heraklion http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bull_leaping,_fresco_from_the_Great_Palace_at_Knossos,_Cr
ete,_Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum.jpg •
GIOTTO: Life of Christ: Expulsion of the Moneylenders (Cleansing of the Temple), c. 1305, Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cappella_degli_Scrovegni (good images of all the frescoes in all of the cycles) •
Diego RIVERA: Epic of the Mexican People ‐ Mexico Today and Tomorrow, 1934‐35, Palacio Nacional, Mexico http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rivera/rivera103.html STYLISTIC TRANSITIONS: all images can be found at the Gallery Euroweb site (http://www.wga.hu/index1.html) unless otherwise noted • Bernardo BERLINGHIERI: St. Francis Altarpiece with Scenes from the Life of St. Francis, 1235, San Francesca, Pescia • GUIDO DA SIENA: Virgin and Child Enthroned, 1270s, San Domenico, Siena • Nicola PISANO: Pulpit for the Pisa Baptistry, 1265‐68, Pisa • CIMABUE: The Madonna in Majesty (Maestà), c. 1285, Uffizi, Florence • CIMABUE: Virgin Enthroned with Angels, 1290‐95, Louvre, Paris • CIMABUE: Madonna Enthroned with the Child, St Francis and Four Angels, c. 1280?, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi • attributed to Giotto/anonymous/St. Francis Master: Life of St Francis Cycle, c. 1280?, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_legend_of_Saint_Francis_painted_by_Giotto (good images of all of the frescoes in the St. Francis cycle) •
Dream of Innocent III St. Francis Renounces Worldly Goods Miracle of the Spring The Crib at Greccio St. Francis Appears to the Chapter at Arles Confirmation of Franciscan Rule Death of St. Francis/Francis Appears to Fra Agostino/Confirmation of Stigmata DUCCIO: Virgin and Child Enthroned (Rucellai Altarpiece ‐ note others spell this Ruccellai), 1285‐87, Uffizi, Florence •
Frederic LEIGHTON: Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence, 1854‐55, Royal Collection on loan to NGA London http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:1855_Frederic_Leighton_‐_Cimabue‐
s_celebrated_Madonna.jpg •
DUCCIO: Virgin and Child, 1295‐1300, Metropolitan Museum, New York http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/eust/ho_2004.442.htm •
DUCCIO: Maestà Altarpiece, 1308‐11, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels Entry of Christ Into Jerusalem Christ before Annas/Denial of Peter Temptation of Christ in the Temple •
GIOTTO: Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, 1305, Padua http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cappella_degli_Scrovegni (good images of all the frescoes in all of the cycles) Life of the Virgin Cycle (upper register) Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple Annunciation to Anna The Meeting at the Golden Gate The Annunciation to Mary Life of Christ Cycle (middle register) Christ Among the Doctors Adoration of the Magi Wedding at Cana Passion Cycle (lower register) Expulsion of the Moneylenders (Cleansing of the Temple) Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples Kiss of Judas Crucifixion Entombment Last Judgment •
SIMONE MARTINI: The Virgin and Child, c. 1326, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/iptg/ho_1975.1.12.htm •
unknown, undated: The Guidoriccio , Sala del Consiglio, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena (note, Gallery Euroweb site lists this as by Simone Martini) •
Ambroglio LORENZETTI: Sala della Pace, 1337‐39, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena Allegory of Good Government Effects of Good Government in the City and the Country Allegory of Bad Government Effects of Bad Government