Title: tabernacle, orsanmichele (florence)

Artist: Andrea Orcagna

Time period: 14th century Italy

Title: Madonna and Child

Author: Daddi

Time period: 14th century Italy (tabernacle, orsanmichele, florence.)

Title: Madonna and Child (with goldfinch)

Artist: Crivelli

Time: 1480

Title: The Holy Virgin Mary

Artist: Chris Ofili

time: 1996

Title: Virgin and Child Enthroned

Artist: Cimabue

Time: 14th century Italy (florence)

High altar in church of Santa Trinita, influenced by MANIERA GRECA ("greek manner") style of flattened composition, no depth or space.

Title: Virgin and Child Enthroned

Artist: Giotto

Time:14th cent italy (florence)

loc. high altar of Ognissanti, Florence. Giotto moved away from Cimabue's MANERIA GRECA style with more lifelike figures as he observed nature.  Notice the human body defined and depth.  

Title: Scrovegni Chapel

Artist: Giotto

Time: 14th cent Italy.

Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy.

Scrovegni family were usorors, chapel was way to ask for forgiveness.  romanesque style ceiling. flat wall imitates stones with paint, then pannels of narrative scenes.

Title: Lamentation

artist: Giotto

Time: 14th Century italy. (Scrovegni chapel, padua, italy.)

mary holds crucified son, sloped hill leads eye to jesus, turned backs pull you in to painting.  Giotto often uses bold blue sky to bring in eye. moving away from maniera grecca/ italo byzantine, but still there.

Title: Kiss of Judas

Artist: Giotto

time: 14th Century Italy

Panel in Scrovegni chapel Padua, Italy.

giotto uses bold blue skies to bring in the eye!

Title: Virgin and Child Enthroned

Artist: Duccio

time: 14th century italy

influence from italo-byzantine, drapery falls naturally. rich elaborate tapestry in background, more rounded madonna than cimabue.  

Title: Virgin and Child in Majesty

Artist: Duccio

time: 14th century italy (Siena)

central panel from Maesta altarpiece, siena cathedral.  more slender madonna than Giotto, natural drapery, fits in throne.  influence from italio-byzantine; Golden background.  This is a reconstruction as the original was broken up by Sienese and sold.  Saints and angels look on.  Duccio's signature is at the bottom of the throne.

Title: Raising of Lazarus

Artist: Duccio

time: 14th century italy (Siena)

back of Maesta altarpiece, Siena Cathedral.

tall, slender figures, are MORE DETAILED than Giotto.  notice byzantine tradition of gold background and jewel like colors.

Title: Annunciation

Artist: Simone Martini

Time: 14th century Italy (Siena)

Panel painting complimenting Duccio's Maesta. It appeals to the nobility of the time as Mary holds a book (literacy) and wears elegant gown.  Mary looks offended and skeptical of angel, but he offers here the olive branch that symbolizes peace.  The white lillies symbolize her purity, and the vase is a symbol for mary being a vessel.

Name: Plazzo Pubblico

location: Siena, Italy.

houses Frescos of the Sala Della Pace by  Ambrogio Lorenzetti

name: "the effects of good/bad government in the city and country"

artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti

time: 14th century Italy

fresco of Sala Della Pace.  The hope was for people siting in palazzo to make good choices, used strong contour lines

Name: Piazzo della Signoria (Town hall in florence)

Where guilds met, the tower was for protection and status symbol.  david was placed there.

Name: Duomo, florence cathedral

Architech: Arnolfo di Cambio and Talenti

Duomo was the spiritual center of florence, giotto later built the bell tower.

Title: "Life of John the Baptist" South doors, bapistry of San Giovanni (Florence, Italy)

Artist: Andrea Pisano

Time: 14th Century Italy (florence)

quatrifoil, carries over from gothic.  

title: "The baptism of the multitude"

artist: Andrea Pisano

time: 14th century italy

doors of baptistry in Florence