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Art Analysis 1
Art Analysis
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Art Analysis 2
Art Analysis
Part 1
Question 1:
The two elements include the painting’s bodily proportions that ensure that it looks more
natural, and the tone, which is utilized to establish distance and depth. Giotto utilizes lighter
tones in the figure’s body.
Question 2:
They achieve a natural appearance because in the figures’ body, they depict a natural
movement or form of an actual individual. For instance, some paintings depict people kneeling,
and they are painted in a way that makes them look real. There are also elements of form with a
three-dimensional illusion within a two-dimensional painting.
Question 3:
Based on her face, Mary seems to be judging the angel speaking to her. She is clearly
confused. This seems to be more of a naturalistic and realistic reaction than decorative.
Question 4:
The motive of the Effects and Allegory of Bad and Good Government is to elevate the
government’s political doctrine, which stayed in power until 1355 in Siena. This is evident in
two themes foretold in the engravings on the Simone Martini’s Maestà: that of Fairness and on
the other hand, subservience of private affairs to those of virtuousness, based on an Aristotelian
background concept that was highlighted in St. Thomas Aquinas’ work and propagated in the
fourteenth century by Remigio de' Girolami.
Part 2
Question 1:
Brunelleschi was definitely very talented, enabling him to plot the Florence Cathedral’s
dome. Besides his artistic talent, he was also able to establish the linear perspective.
Question 2:
It was supposed to be a draw.
However, Brunelleschi declined sharing the contract with
Ghiberti due to his ego and eventually professed him as the competition’s victor for the
Baptistery gates. Ghiberti was victorious since his designs were less costly and weighed seven
kilograms less.
Question 3:
Single-point perspective is a drawing technique that has a single vanishing point in the
horizon line. It establishes an illusion on a photo or paper whereby items look smaller towards
this vanishing point. Orthogonal lines meet in this vanishing point to highlight the perspective
image.
Art Analysis 3
Part 3:
Question 2
On the surface, the painting seems to be in horizontal lines. However, after careful
observation, it is evident that they are molded in a semi-circle, with the vanishing point being
Jesus’ head. The mountains and hills in the background, and Peter bowing by the water body, all
utilized atmospheric perspective to depict a depth illusion by establishing erratic shades of darker
and brighter or pale colors. Such diverse elements were combined harmoniously to create a
continuous narrative.
Part 4
Question 1
a.
Donatello’s David is the initial Renaissance sculpture that was not supported since
antiquity.
b.
Contrapposto is a posture applied in sculptures whereby a character is bent, with the
weight only standing on a single foot.
This portrays a natural posture that actual
individuals would use.
c.
This was the operatic of Cathedral of Florence who contracted Donatello, and was
exhibited in Medici Palace’s courtyard in Florence.
d.
David was a significant Florentine symbol since it portrayed him as a seamless Florence
symbol who was strong, courageous, and an allegory against the Medicis.
Question 2
Although Donatello’s David denotes strength and courage, Botticelli’s Venus birth
denotes human desires; physical and intellectual love. It was not exhibited for more than fifty
years due to being controversial. The painting has several characters such as Horae, Venus,
Cloris, and Zephyr. Gold was utilized to showcase the cattails that emerging at the edge of the
water, to the Rose’s leaves that were beneath Zephyrs, to the wings and drapery among the
Zephyrs, to the leaves and trunks on ones of the sides, and the shell’s contour carrying Venus.
Question 3
Fra Filippo Lippi exploited his mistress who was a former nun before she renounced her
vestal pledges. She was also considerably younger than him. He also used their child to model
the paintings. Cimabue’s paintings utilized stiff figures and patterns which mirror Byzantine’s art
style. Prominent figures are likewise centered and on a bigger scale compared to Fra Filippo’s
paintings in which all figures are drawn on a similar scale. Additionally, Cimabue utilized
shadows and patterns to established depth. Giotto’s painting of Madonna has various figures
around her. On the other hand, in Lippi’s painting, Madonna interacts with various figures,
showing her to be more human and with more emotion.
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