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FLORENCE RENAISSANCE TIMELINE 3 Meaning Clusters Source NGA Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005 1444 Federigo da Montefeltro becomes duke of Urbino. Federigo sponsors several building projects including the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino and the Palazzo Ducale in Gubbio. 1445 The Della Robbia family of sculptors produce luminous, glazed terracotta reliefs. These include those in the Pazzi Chapel. 1449 Benozzo Gozzoli a painter trained in Florence and Rome under Fra Angelico becomes a master. 1450 Gozzolli begins a series of frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Saint Francis for the Church of San Francesco in Montefalco. Alberti writes a treatise “On Architecture”.

INDEX Art 3 1. Florence Renaissance Timeline 3 444 2. Renaissance 1 333 3. Mannerism 1 333 4. Famous People 5 - Artists 444 5. Florence Renaissance Timeline 3 444 1452 Ghiberti completes San Giovanni’s east portal with scenes from the Old Testament. They are later called "Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo. The doors illustrate Ghiberti’s transition from International Gothic to classical form. Alberti integrates classical orders with complete understanding in the facade of the Palazzo Rucellai. Leonardo da Vinci is born in Tuscany. Piero della Francesca begins painting the Legend of the True Cross for the Church of San Francesco, in Arezzo. Meticulous attention, scientific perspective and a carefully calculated proportion effect a stately grandeur in this fresco. 1457 Agostino di Duccio begins the ornamental facade of the Oratory of San Bernardino, in Perugia

RENAISSANCE ART 1 Meaning Clusters The “Renaissance” refers to Europe’s cultural and political “rebirth” after the dark ages. Humanists in Italy revived ancient learning of Greece and Rome. Brunelleschi studied ancient Roman buildings to understand the harmony of classical proportions. He reintroduced elements of classical architecture such as the columned arcade. His system of one-point, or linear perspective, converges lines to a single point in the distance called the vanishing point. Masaccio used a light source coming from a single direction to model figures with shadow. This projected depth beyond a flat painted surface. In religious painting of the late Middle Ages space opens out from the picture plane. It surrounds the viewer. Space recedes from the viewer's eye into the picture plane of early Renaissance works. Making the viewer the point of reference creates a realistic illusion of space.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS “Renaissance”_______________________ ___________________________________ Humanists__________________________ ___________________________________ Brunelleschi_________________________ ___________________________________ ____________elements________________ ___________________________________ ___________one-point________________ ___________________________________ _________light______________________ ___________________________________ ____________depth__________________ ___________________________________ ___________________space___________ ___________________________________ ___________recedes__________________ ___________________________________ _____________point of reference_______ ___________________________________ Source NGA Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

MANNERISM 1 Meaning Clusters Mannerism comes from the Italian word maniera meaning “style”. Mannerist artists emphasized their own individual style above realistic depiction. Vasari believed excellence in painting demanded refinement, richness of invention, and virtuoso technique. Mannerists thought recreation of nature was less important than mental elaboration. Intellectual bias reflected the artist’s new societal status. Painters and sculptors were no longer mere craftsmen. They were regarded as highly as scholars and poets. Typical characteristics of Mannerism included: artificiality bizarre acid colors illogical compression of space elongated proportions exaggerated anatomy serpentine figures

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS Mannerism_________________________ ___________________________________ __________artists____________________ ___________________________________ _________excellence__________________ ___________________________________ ________recreation__________________ ___________________________________ Intellectual__________________________ ___________________________________ Painters____________________________ ___________________________________ _______regarded____________________ ___________________________________ __________characteristics_____________ ___________________________________ illogical_____________________________ ___________________________________ serpentine__________________________ Source NGA Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

FAMOUS PEOPLE 5 Meaning Phrases ARTISTS Claude Monet French impressionist open spaces and light Leonardo da Vinci Italian “Renaissance Man” artist, inventor, architect, engineer painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper human anatomy Michelangelo painted fresco on the Sistine Chapel Sculpted David in Florence Pablo Picasso Spanish cubist multiple angles on two dimensions went through different periods Blue, Rose Synthetic, Analytic

Raphael Florentine painter and architect soft style Rembrandt Dutch painter richly detailed mythical, biblical and historical themes Vincent Van Gogh Dutch painter loose brush strokes dark tones of color post-impressionist loved pointillism COMPOSERS Claude Debussy Impressionist music La Mer Frederic Chopin Polish romanticist played and wrote for the piano polonaise, mazurka nocturne Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

FLORENCE RENAISSANCE TIMELINE 3 1444 Federigo da Montefeltro becomes duke of Urbino. Federigo sponsors several building projects including the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino and the Palazzo Ducale in Gubbio. 1445 The Della Robbia family of sculptors produce luminous, glazed terracotta reliefs. These include those in the Pazzi Chapel. 1449 Benozzo Gozzoli a painter trained in Florence and Rome under Fra Angelico becomes a master. 1450 Gozzolli begins a series of frescoes depicting scenes from the life of Saint Francis for the Church of San Francesco in Montefalco. Alberti writes a treatise “On Architecture”.

1452 Ghiberti completes San Giovanni’s east portal with scenes from the Old Testament. They are later called "Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo. The doors illustrate Ghiberti’s transition from International Gothic to classical form. Alberti integrates classical orders with complete understanding in the facade of the Palazzo Rucellai. Leonardo da Vinci is born in Tuscany. Piero della Francesca begins painting the Legend of the True Cross for the Church of San Francesco, in Arezzo. Meticulous attention, scientific perspective and a carefully calculated proportion effect a stately grandeur in this fresco. 1457 Agostino di Duccio begins the ornamental facade of the Oratory of San Bernardino, in Perugia. Source NGA Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005