Quattrocento Italian Art
William V. Ganis, PhD
Filippo Brunelleschi
Sacrifice of Isaac
1401-1402
gilded bronze relief
1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.
Lorenzi Ghiberti
Sacrifice of Isaac
1401-1402
gilded bronze relief
1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 5 in.
Donatello
Feast of Herod
Baptistery,
Siena Cathedral
ca. 1425
gilded bronze relief
1 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. 11 in.
Donatello
Saint George
ca. 1415-1417
marble
6 ft. 10 in. high
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Gates of Paradise
Baptistery, Florence Cathedral
1425-1452
gilded bronze relief
approximately 17 ft. high
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Gates of Paradise
Isaac and His Sons
Baptistery, Florence Cathedral
1425-1452
gilded bronze relief
panel approximately 2 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 7 1/2 in.
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Isaac and His Sons
Baptistery, Florence Cathedral
1425-1452
gilded bronze relief
Donatello
Saint George
ca. 1415-1417
marble
6 ft. 10 in. high
Nanni di Banco
Quattro Santo Coronati
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
ca. 1408-1414
marble
figure approximately life-size
NICHE’ SCULPTURE
Nanni di Banco
Quattro Santo Coronati
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
ca. 1408-1414
marble
figure approximately life-size
Donatello
Saint Mark
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
1411-1413
marble
figure 7 ft. 9 in. high
Donatello
Saint Mark
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
1411-1413
marble
figure 7 ft. 9 in. high
Donatello
prophet figure (Zuccone)
Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy
1423-1425
marble
figure 6 ft. 5 in. high
INTERNATIONAL
STYLE
Gentile da Fabriano
Adoration of the Magi
Altarpiece
from Santa Trinita,
Florence, Italy
1423
tempera on wood
approximately
9 ft. 11 in. x 9 ft. 3 in.
Masaccio
Tribute Money
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
ca. 1427
fresco
8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in.
“MONUMENTALITY”
EMOTIVE AGONY
Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine,
Florence, Italy
ca. 1425
fresco
7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
ILLUSIONISM
Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
ca. 1428
fresco
21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
ca. 1428
fresco
21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
Filippo Brunelleschi
dome of Florence Cathedral
Florence, Italy
1420-1436
classical
24 ribs from the baptistery enable
cupola to be built without
scaffolding
Filippo Brunelleschi
Santo Spirito
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1436
Filippo Brunelleschi
interior of Santo Spirito
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1436
Filippo Brunelleschi
plan of Santo Spirito
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1436
planned
constructed
Filippo Brunelleschi
interior of Santo Spirito
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1436
Filippo Brunelleschi
12 rib melon dome over crossing
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1436
Filippo Brunelleschi
Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1440
Filippo Brunelleschi
(loggia by Giuliano da Maiano)
Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1440
Filippo Brunelleschi
Pazzi, Chapel, Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
begun ca. 1440
Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Florence, Italy
begun 1444
Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Florence, Italy
begun 1444
Paolo Uccello
Battle of San Romano
ca. 1455
tempera on wood
approximately 6 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
Donatello
David
ca. 1428-1432
bronze
5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high
Andrea del Verrocchio
David
ca. 1465-1470
bronze
approximately 4 ft. 1 1/2 in. high
Antonio Pollaiuolo
Battle of the Ten Nudes
ca. 1465
engraving
approximately 15 x 23 in.
Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus
ca. 1482
tempera on canvas
5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.
Antonio Pollaiuolo
Hercules and Anteus
ca. 1475
bronze
approximately 18 in. high