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
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
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.