Arth 207 Midterm

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Robert Campin
"Merode Altarpiece" (1425-28)

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A puzzling work, Holly says. Left panel incites gendered viewing of sacred events. Joseph occupies right panel. Work demonstrates Panofsky's notion of Flemish interior "naturalism" and perhaps a "concealed" Christian meaning within.

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Donatello
"Judith and Holofernes" (1446-50)

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A trophy of the new Republic's victory over the Medici, as McHam says, the statues depiction of Judith's killing Holofernes represents moral victory because the inherently weaker woman could have slain the powerful warrior only by the grace of God. The Medici had originally intended for these virtures to be linked to them, yet the statue was moved to the piazza where the Republican government effectively solicited the interpretation that it had overcome the rule of the oppressive Medici because God had willed it - like Judith. It is also the first multifigure freestanding group cast in bronze in the Renaissance and symbolized the Republic's righteous rule across the vast public space of the piazza. Finally, the statues position before the palazzo symbolically proclaims Florence the new Jerusalem as her brave act saved the Jews and warded of a threatened second destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, along with Michelangelo's David on the other side of the palazzo.

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Michelangelo:
"David" (1501-4)

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Like Judith, David's victorious demeanor and placement in front of the town hall of Florence reinforced the Republic's message of its divine protection and likened the city to the new Jerusalem. His twisting head facing Rome, McHam points out, might allude to his protection and anticipation of a return of the de Medici family grouped there.

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Nanni di Banco:
"The Four Crowned Martyrs"

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(1409-1417)
Orsanmichele, Florence

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Donatello:
"Saint George"

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(1415-17)
Orsanmichele, Florence

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Andrea PisanoL:
Florentine Baptistery South Doors

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(C. 1330)

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Lorenzo Ghiberti:
Florentine Baptistery North Doors

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(1403-24)

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Filippo Brunelleschi:
"Foundling Hospital,"'Ospedale degli Innocenti"

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(Begun 1421)

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Massacio:
"Trinity"

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(1426-27)

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Pasquier Grenier:
"Story of the Trojan War"

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(1475-95)