7/6/16 Art History II

Today's Class- We continued looking at early Northern European Renaissance art, with a focus on printmaking.  The introduction of paper to Europe in the early 15th century made mass printing of words and images practical, art and books reproduced from carved wood blocks and etched and engraved metal plates.  Many of the examples I showed in class were from 35mm slides in my collection, and are not in the textbook, so will not be on the exam.  After the break we moved on to chapter 20, Italian Renaissance art of the 15th century

Important Terms- woodcut, etching, engraving, dome, perspective, contrapposto, foreshortening, quatrefoil, vanishing point

Important Works- Dome of the Florence Cathedral (Brunelleschi), Competition Reliefs (Brunelleschi and Ghiberti), David (Donatello), Equestrian Statue of Erasmo Da Narni (Donatello), Gates of Paradise (Ghiberti), Christ Giving the Keys to St Peter (Perugino), Trinity with the Virgin, St John the Evangelist, and Donors (Masaccio), Battista Sforza and Federico  Da Montefeltro (Piero della Francesca),  David (Vercocchio), Birth of Venus (Botticelli), Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (Durer)

Homework- Tomorrow I'd like to see the first current events art articles from everyone.  

Next Class- We'll hear about some current events from the class, and move on to chapter 21- 16th century Italian art.