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This blog is an art history experiment for our Italian Renaissance travel course. We hope that you, our visitors, will not only take some time to read about what we are studying, but will ALSO feel free to make comments or ask us questions...especially after we see (most of) these things in person. As we travel, we will offer personal reflections on our experiences. After we fly out on the 17th, follow us as we visit Rome (May 18-20), Florence (20-24), and Venice (24-25). We return on Thursday, May 26...just in time for the holiday weekend.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Enthroned Christ with Madonna and Saints


Andrea Orcagna Enthroned Christ with Madonna and Saints, 1354-57
Dominican Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence 
Thomas Aquinas with a book and St. Peter with keys 
(Theology and Ecclesiastical Authority)
Mary (patron of Church) and John the baptist (patron of Florence) 
Archangel Michael and St. Paul on perimeter with swords
Martyrs St. Catherine of the Wheel and St. Lawrence with a gridiron
Predella- three scenes
1) St. Thomas Aquinas in ecstasy during a mass
2) Christ walking on water
3) Saving of the soul of Emperor Henry II 
Style:
Influenced by Giotto (gesturing, foreshortening)
Ambiguous Space, Italio-Byzantine style composition (restrained)
Exact delineation of forms (emphasis on line over anatomical modeling)
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