Art Appreciation
Art Appreciation
Art Appreciation
Along with the architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), and the sculptors
Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455), and Donatello (1386-1466), Nanni di Banco helped
to shape the course of the Early Renaissance in Florence, Italy, and was an
important figure in the transition from International Gothic to Renaissance
art.
1. St. Luke - (1408)
(1414-21)
tree for acorns at the bottom right. Frederick Hartt explains that perhaps Nanni contrasts the animal's greed with the divine grace granted to St.
Thomas. He also sees the energetic style as proto-Baroque.
The main relief is composed of eleven sections of white marble. Notice the elaborate border of inlaid marble in a design of hanging lamps
shown in perspective; lamps are a traditional symbol of Mary, but the specific nature of these examples may reflect the use of hanging lamps in
Florentine ritual in honour of the Virgin.
Orsanmichele
The Four Crowned Martyr Saints
are carved out of three marble
blocks, the two rightmost figures
crafted from a single piece. The
recent conservation has revealed
that the four saints' hair and
or
had gilded decoration. During
restoration campaigns in the
late eighteenth and mid-