art hist early renn
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- masaccio
- brancacci chapel: adam and eve expelled from garden with bamflike use of light, eve looks so damn sad! look at how \"poignant!\" The \"total anguish\" on her face! They have weight, and look at that shadow on the back of their legs! Also his portraits of the saints are SUUUUUPER individualized.
- FRA FILLIPO LIPPI
- HAAAAY LIPPI. YOU MAKE SMALL CABINET PORTRAITS OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. IT\'S ALL ABOUT PLATONIC LOVE, BABY. OR SHOULD I SAY NEOPLATONIC LOVE? I THINK SO. SOME PEOPLE FOUND YOUR HEART TOO REAL AND TOO SEXY, WITH ITS DELICATE LINE AND IDEALIZED WOMEN. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU MADE THE VIRGIN A BEAUTIFUL ROUND WOMAN! BUT NOT ME.
- FRA ANGELICO
- DUDE. IT\'S 1440 AND YOU\'RE STILL MAKING ART THAT LOOKS RIGHT OUTTA THE MIDDLE AGES. WELL, NOT /RIGHT/. YOU HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE IN YOUR ARCHITECTURE, THAT\'S FOR DARN SURE. BUT YOUR PEOPLE! YOUR ANNUNCIATION! MARY AND ANGEL GABRIEL ARE SO LIGHT AND WISPY! SO INSUBSTANTIAL! LIKE A LITTLE GOTHIC MAN, YOU FOCUS MORE ON THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT THAN ON THE REALISM. IDK IDK IDK.
- UCCELLO
- TRIED TO SHOW HIS VIRTUOSITY IN PERSPECTIVE IN THAT BATTLE PAINTING, BUT KINDA FAILED.
- PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA: FLAGELLATION
- FLAGELLATION OF CHRIST, YEAH! OH MAAAAAN, LOOK AT THAT PERSPECTIVE. IN THE MASACCIO TRADITION! THAT BUILDING! SO CLASSICAL AND PROPORTIONAL!
- PIERO: RESURRECTION
- CHRIST HAS THE BODY OF A HERO! HEROIC BODY! A HERO! IT\'S INSPIRED BY GREEK STATUES BECAUSE THEY, LIKE THIS, HAVE NO EMOTION! YOU JUST CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD AND YOU HAVE NO EMOTION WHATSOEVER! IT\'S LIKE THAT CHARIOTEER WHO JUST WON A RACE, AND STANDS IN THE WINNER\'S CIRCLE WITH NO EMOTION! ALSO: SYMBOLISM. DEAD TREE ON LEFT SHOWING END OF OLD, LIVE HAPPY HEALTHY TREE ON RIGHT SHOWS START OF NEW REGIME.
- SIMONE MARTINI
- TASHMA\'S FAVORITE ANNUNCIATION. ELEGANT, SINUOUS LINE.