Notes on Italian Peninsula 1000 - 1400 AD

Giotto

1. Starting paining on the wall
2. Marks a resolution in painting
3. First painter to break out into what would be Renaissance painting

Donatello

4. Primarily a sculptor
5. First major bronze casting
6. Mary Magdalene wood is considered one of the great sculpture by early Renaissance
• She is portrayed very harshly
• Entirely carved in wood
7. Goes for the unique personality of his subject

Brunelleschi

8. Develops technique of perspective
9. You can paint things as the eye actually sees them with perspective
10. The paintings include classical forms
11. The merging of mathematics, classical order, and Christianity come together to form the three major influences of Italian Renaissance art

Medici

12. Foster and patronizes the growth of Florence

Principality: late known as a duchy, was a place of autonomous monarchial rule..a prince or duke would rule over much more area and often be supported by great courts