Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier - Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding its Meaning

Praise for Italian Renaissance Art: Understanding Its Meaning

Superseding earlier textbooks full of oversimplified description, Professor Joost-Gaugiers book teaches students how to read and discuss art. Its central insight that the Renaissance was an idea that motivated artists of the time is supported by the authors sensitive interpretations.

Luba Freedman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

An engaging introduction to the subject, with a welcome emphasis on arts formal language. Students will relish Joost-Gaugiers descriptions of Renaissance paintings and her erudite narrative.

Mary D. Garrard, Professor Emerita, American University

This edition first published 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Joost-Gaugier, Christiane L.

Italian Renaissance art : understanding its meaning / Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-30607-9 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-118-30611-6 (paperback) 1. Art, RenaissanceItaly. 2. Art, Italian15th century. 3. Art, Italian16th century. I. Title.

N6915.J66 2013

709.45'09024dc23

2012036170

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

List of Illustrations

Map of places mentioned

Masaccio, Trinity

Pontormo, Deposition

Masaccio, Birth Scene

Pontormo, Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Florence, Ospedale degli Innocenti (Brunelleschi)

Mantua, Palazzo del Te, courtyard (Giulio Romano)

Florence, Santo Spirito, interior (Brunelleschi)

Rome, Palazzo Spada, exterior (Giulio Mazzoni)

Florence, Pazzi Chapel, interior walls (Brunelleschi)

Fontainebleau, Chteau, Gallery of Franois I, interior wall

Donatello, Mary Magdalene

Benvenuto Cellini, Narcissus

Donatello, Miracle of the Mule

Rosso, Dead Christ

Florence, Santa Croce, interior, view to altar

Florence, Pazzi Chapel, interior, view to altar (Brunelleschi)

Masaccio, Tribute Money

Masaccio, Saints Peter and John Distributing Alms

Masaccio, Saint Peter Baptizing

Masaccio and Masolino, Saints Peter and John Raising the Cripple and Saints Peter and Paul Raising Tabitha

Fra Angelico, Annunciation

Fra Angelico, Maest

Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels ( Barbadori Altarpiece )

Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin

Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with an Angel

Domenico Veneziano, Annunciation

Domenico Veneziano, Saint John the Baptist in the Desert

Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ

Bartolomeo di Tommaso, Stigmatization of Saint Francis

Piero della Francesca, Madonna and Child with Saints ( Brera Altarpiece )

Benozzo Gozzoli, Scene from the Life of Saint Francis

Benozzo Gozzoli, Journey of the Magi

Uccello, Battle of San Romano

Uccello, Woman Selling the Host

Justus van Gent, The Eucharist

Donatello, Bronze Crucifix

Donatello, Pazzi Madonna

Desiderio da Settignano, Madonna and Child

Desiderio da Settignano, Young Christ and John the Baptist

Antonio Rossellino, Madonna and Child

Antonio Pollaiuolo, Portrait of a Woman

Antonio Pollaiuolo, Hercules and the Hydra

Antonio Pollaiuolo, Dancing Nudes

Botticelli, Fortitude

Botticelli, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Botticelli, Annunciation

Botticelli, Primavera

Botticelli, Miracle of Saint Zenobius

Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat

Filippino Lippi, Saint John Raising Drusiana

Botticelli, Mystical Nativity

Ghirlandaio, Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Ghirlandaio, Birth of the Virgin

Ghirlandaio, Old Man with His Grandson

Verrocchio, Christ and the Doubting Thomas

Sassetta, Madonna of Humility

Sassetta, Madonna of the Snow

Sassetta, Betrayal of Christ

Giovanni di Paolo, Saint John the Baptist Goes into the Wilderness

Giovanni di Paolo, Annunciation

Matteo di Giovanni, Massacre of the Innocents

Donatello, Feast of Herod

Matteo di Giovanni, Madonna and Child with Angels

Matteo di Giovanni, Madonna and Child

Sano di Pietro, Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Francesco di Giorgio, Annunciation

Francesco di Giorgio, Coronation of the Virgin

Neroccio deLandi, Madonna and Child with Two Saints

Melozzo da Forl, Sixtus IV and His Court

Antonello da Messina, Saint Jerome in His Study

Antonello da Messina, Madonna and Child

Vincenzo Foppa, Crucifixion

Milan, Santa Maria presso San Satiro, interior (Bramante)

Milan, Cathedral, exterior

Bramantino, Risen Christ

Francesco Squarcione, Polyptych with Saints

Marco Zoppo, Madonna and Child

Cosm Tura, Madonna and Child

Andrea Mantegna, Saint James Led to Execution

Andrea Mantegna, ceiling (oculus), Mantua, Castello di San Giorgio

Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ

Jacopo Bellini, Burial of the Virgin

Antonio Vivarini, Santa Sabina Altarpiece

Giovanni Bellini, Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Giovanni Bellini, Agony in the Garden

Antonello da Messina, Madonna and Child with Saints (San Cassiano Altarpiece)

Giovanni Bellini, Madonna and Child with Saints

Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child with a Fly

Ercole de Roberti, Portrait of Ginevra Bentivoglio

Benedetto Bonfigli, Madonna and Child

Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter

Perugino, Crucifixion

Pinturicchio, Susanna and the Elders

Leonardo da Vinci, Adoration of the Magi