Renaissance
Perspectives IV
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Bronze David on head of Goliath, Florentine
republican allegory originally in courtyard of Medici palace, Florence,
Donatello,
1428-32 |
Bronze Bartolommeo Colleoni, Venetian
condottiere, Campo di Santi, Venice, Andrea del Verrocchio, c 1483-88 |
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The Birth of Venus, uniting celestial and
terrestrial growth, Florentine allegory, Botticelli, 1485 |
Venus and Organ Player, showing Venetian
setting for practicing the arts of love and music, Titian, c 1576 |
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Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, showing
rationalization of Gothic cathedrals, 142 foot span, Filippo Bruneleschi,
completed1436 |
Milan Cathedral, displaying Milanese power
through
Gothic enlargement and elaboration, in contrast
to Florentine geometry. |
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