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Architecture of Brunelleschi and Alberti
Development of Linear Perspective
Figure 21-30 FILIPPO BRUNELLLESCHI,
cutaway view of the dome of Florence Cathedral,
Florence, Italy, 1420-1436 ( after Piero Sanpaolesi).
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Brunelleschi, Foundling Hospital, Florence
Figure 21-31 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, interior of Santo Spirito (looking northeast), Florence, Italy, designed 1434–4
1436; begun ca. 1436.
Figure 21-32 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, early plan (left) and plan as constructed (right) of Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy,
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designed 1434–1436; begun 1446.
FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, exterior of Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy, designed 1434–1436; begun ca.
1436.
Figure 21-33 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI,
facade of the Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce,
Florence, Italy, begun ca. 1440.
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Figure 21-34 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, plan of the Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence, Italy designed
ca. 1423, begun 1442.
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Figure 21-35 FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI,
interior of the Pazzi Chapel (looking northeast),
Santa Croce, Florence, Italy, designed ca.1423,
begun 1442, with glazed terracotta roundels by
Luca della Robbia.
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Figure 21-36 MICHELOZZO DI
BARTOLOMMEO, facade of the Palazzo MediciRiccardi, Florence, Italy, begun 1445.
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Figure 21-37 MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMMEO, interior court of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, Italy,
begun 1445.
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Figure 21-38 LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
BERNARDO ROSSELLINO, Palazzo Rucellai,
Florence, Italy, ca. 1452–1470.
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Figure 21-39 LEON BATTISTA
ALBERTI, west facade of Santa
Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca.
1456–1470.
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Figure 21-44 LEON BATTISTA
ALBERTI, west facade of Sant’Andrea,
Mantua, Italy, designed 1470, begun 1472.
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Figure 21-45 LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI, plan of Sant’Andrea, Mantua, Italy, designed 1470, begun 1472.
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Figure 21-46 LEON BATTISTA
ALBERTI, interior of Sant’Andrea (looking
northeast), Mantua, Italy, designed 1470,
begun 1472.
Where have we seen this coffered
barrel vault before?
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Perspective in Painting and
Relief
Figure 21-40 PERUGINO, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Italy, 1481–
1483. Fresco, 11’ 5 1/2” x 18’ 8 1/2”.
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Figure 21-26 PAOLO UCCELLO, Battle of San Romano, ca. 1455 (?). Tempera on wood, approx. 6’ x 10’ 5”. National
Gallery, London.
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Figure 21-17 GENTILE DA
FABRIANO, Adoration of the
Magi, altarpiece from Strozzi
Chapel, Santa Trinità,
Florence, Italy, 1423. Tempera
on wood, approx. 9’ 11” x 9’
3”. Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence.
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Carlo Crivelli’s, Annunciation with Saint
Emidius
Figure 21-24 DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO, Birth of the Virgin, Cappella Maggiore, Santa Maria Novella, Florence,
Italy, 1485–1490. Fresco, 24’4” x14’9”.
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Ghiberti,
Solomon and
Sheba,
Baptistery,
Florence
Figure 21-21 FRA ANGELICO, Annunciation, San Marco, Florence, Italy, ca. 1438–1447. Fresco, 7’ 1” x 10’ 6”.
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Figure 21-23 FRA FILIPPO LIPPI, Madonna and
Child with Angels, ca. 1455. Tempera on wood, 2’ 11
1/2”. x 2’ 1”. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
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Figure 21-22 ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO, Last Supper, the refectory, convent of Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy, 1447.
Fresco, 15’ 5” x 32’.
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Figure 21-42 PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA,
Enthroned Madonna and Saints Adored by Federico da
Montefeltro (Brera Altarpiece), ca. 1472–1474. Oil on
wood, 8’ 2” x 5’ 7”. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
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Figure 21-43 PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA, Flagellation of Christ, ca. 1455-1465. Oil and tempera on wood,
1’ 11 1/8” X 2’ 8 ¼”. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino.
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Figure 21-41 LUCA SIGNORELLI, Damned Cast into Hell, San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto, Italy, 1499–
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1504. Fresco, 23’ wide.
Mantegna in Mantua
Figure 21-47 ANDREA MANTEGNA, interior of the Camera Picta (Painted Chamber), Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy,
1465–1474. Fresco.
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Oculus
Figure 21-48
ANDREA
MANTEGNA, Camera
Picta (Painted
Chamber), Palazzo
Ducale, Mantua, Italy,
1465–1474. Fresco, 8’ 9”
in diameter.
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MANTEGNA:
GRISAILLE
Self
Portrait:
Mantegna
Figure 21-49 ANDREA MANTEGNA, Foreshortened Christ, ca. 1500. Tempera on canvas, 2’ 2 3/4” x 2’ 7 7/8”.
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
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