Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy - Early Renaissance - Sculpture

4 important questions on Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy - Early Renaissance - Sculpture

In Renaissance culture individual genius was promoted and artists gained a heightened sense of self worth.
Can you give an example that supports this claim?

A great example is that the individual genius of artists was encouraged by competition that could determine who was the best and therefore worthy of designing something.

Can you explain the continuous narration technique?

Continuous narration is a technique of simultaneous presenting events, in a work of art, that took place sequentially.

Who was Lorenzo Ghiberti?

  • Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) was an Italian sculptor in the early Renaissance.
  • He is most famous for his Gates of Paradise, as entitled by an impressed Michelangelo, a sculpture in the east doors of the Baptistery of Florence.
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What can you tell about this wooden sculpture?

  • Penitent Mary Magdalene by Donatello (1453-55).
  • Mary is depicted after living for years in the desert, rejecting earthly life in anticipation of the soul's immortal life after resurrection.
  • Mary is intentionally unnerving and repulsive; the absence of beauty makes her both powerful and memorable.

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