Impact of Humanism in the Visual Arts, The

Synopsis

Examines the influence of humanism in painting, sculpture and architecture. In 9 sections: 1) Signs of Change: compares the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli in the chapel of the Medici Palace, Florence, with those by Andrea Mantegna in the Camera Picta of the Ducal Palace in Mantua; 2) Antiquity as Status: looks at the sculped portal of the Medici Bank in Milan, the facade of the Certosa in Pavia, and the tombo of Gian Galeazzo Visconti inside; 3) Sculpture: Responses to Antiquity: looks at Donatello’s marbled ‘David’ and bronze ‘David, Michelangelo’s ‘Bacchus’ and Giambologna’s ‘Rape of the Sabine Women’; 4) Gesture and Rhetoric: compares Donatello’s Cavalcanti ‘Annunciation’ with Bernardo Rosselino’s tomb for Leonardo Bruni, both in Santa Croce, Florence.

Series

Renaissance in Europe, The: A Cultural Enquiry, Course Aa305

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

Year of production

1999

Availability

Off-air recording

Documentation

5) Pictorial Rhetoric and Personal Status: examines the rhetorical elements in Andrea Mantegna’s painting ‘Pallas Athena Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue’; 6: The Pictorial Representation of Poetry: looks at Giulio Romano’s frescoes in the Sala di Troia representing the Trojan War in the Ducal Palace, Mantua; 7) Architecture - Antique Precedents: looks at some of the surviving buildings from antiquity including the Roman Forum, the Pantheon and the Baptistry in Florence; 8) New Inventions - Volumes, Surfaces and Decoration: looks at Brunelleschi’s Pazzi Chapel, Alberti’s facades for Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Sant Andrea in Mantua, and Palladio’s Redentore in Venice; 9) Breaking the Classical Mould: looks at Giulio Romano’s design for the Palazzo Te in Mantua.

Subjects

Architecture

Keywords

architectural design; buildings; humanism; paintings; Renaissance; Renaissance art; sculpture

Credits

Producer

Charles Cooper

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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