Art of the Middle Ages

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Art of the Middle Ages
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Art in Italy

• Beginning of Renaissance
• Rebirth of Greco-Roman culture
• Italy not as advanced as France, England or
  Germany
• They had gothic cathedrals
• Italians had Byzantine tradition

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Middle Ages Paintings

• More realistic but still very two dimensional
• Very religious in nature
• Anatomy not as understood as during the
  Renaissance
• Often triangular symbolizing the trinity
• A lot of haloes
• Usually not much of a background

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• Anatomy
• Crucifixion

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CimabueCrucifixion
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Cimabue
Giotto
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Duccio
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Giotto

• Renowned for realism
• Also, large scale scene paintings
• Wooden panel painting
• Emotion within the characters

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The Meeting of Joachim Anna
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Pieta
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Art in Northern Europe

• Spread of ideas
• Also heavy into religious depictions
• Also, non-religious
• Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
• Illustrated prayer books

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Late Gothic Architecture

• Italian buildings labeled gothic
• Duomo Italian cathedral
• No buttresses solid wall surface
• Duomo, Florence
• Dome is added in Renaissance by Brunelleschi

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Duomo, Milan
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Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
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Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
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Doges Palace, Venice, Italy
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Choir, Gloucester Cathedral
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