Quattrocento

The cultural and artistic events of 15th century Italy are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento (from the Italian for '400, or from "millequattrocento," 1400). Quattrocento encompasses the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages (most notably International Gothic) and the early Renaissance. International Gothic is a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy, Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere

Sandro Botticelli's Annunciation, painted from 1489-1490, is an example Quattrocento art. In Christianity the Annunciation ( grc Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, Evangelismós tēs Theotókou in Greek) is the revelation

1 Historical context
2 Development of Quattrocento styles
3 List of Italian Quattrocento artists
4 See also
5 Footnotes

Historical context

After the decline of the Western Roman Empire in 476, economic disorder and disruption of trade spread across Europe. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial This was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages, which lasted roughly until the 11th century, when trade picked up, population began to expand and the papacy regained its authority. The Early Middle Ages is a period in the History of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500

In the late Middle Ages, the political structure of the European continent slowly evolved from small, highly unstable fiefdoms into larger nation-states ruled by monarchies, thereby providing greater stability. In Italy, urban centers arose that were populated by merchant and trade classes, who were able to defend themselves. Money replaced land as the medium of exchange, and increasing numbers of serfs became freedmen. The changes in Medieval Italy and the decline of feudalism paved the way for social, cultural, and economic changes. This is the History of Italy during the Middle Ages. Late Antiquity Gothic Wars and the Lombard conquest Italy was invaded by the Visigoths Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed The Quattrocento is viewed as the transition from the Medieval period to the age of the Renaissance. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere

Quattrocento lay at the forefront of what was to become the Italian Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 14th Its international manifesto resembles a happening of cultural and artistic events during the 15th century which embraced the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance: a forefront collection of high-end individualism in the arts to promote the presence of a scientific, cultural, social and economic revolution in hope of preserving the Monarchy through Christianity. A happening is a performance event or situation meant to be considered as Art. The arts is a broad subdivision of Culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings ^[1]

Development of Quattrocento styles

Quattrocento art shed the decorative mosaics typically associated with Byzantine art along with the Christian and Gothic media of and styles in stained glass, frescoes, illuminated manuscripts and sculpture. Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine Empire from about the 4th century until the Fall of Constantinople For the Blackford Oakes novel see Stained Glass (novel The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured Glass or to the art Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or An illuminated manuscript is a Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration such as decorated Initials borders and Instead, Quattrocento artists and sculptors incorporated the more classic forms developed by Roman and Greek sculptors. Classical sculpture it refers to the forms of Sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and the Hellenized and Romanized civilizations under their

Tommaso Masaccio's fresco, The Tribute Money

List of Italian Quattrocento artists

Since the Quattrocento overlaps with part of the Renaissance movement, it would be inaccurate to say that a particular artist was Quattrocento or Renaissance. Masaccio (born Tommaso Cassai or in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone; December 21, 1401 &ndash autumn 1428 was the first great The Tribute Money is a Fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio, located in the Brancacci Chapel of the Artists of the time probably would not have identified themselves as members of a movement.

Also see the list of 27 prominent 15th century painters made contemporaneously by Giovanni Santi, Raphael Sanzio's father as part of a poem for the Duke of Urbino. Donatello ( Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi; c 1386 &ndash December 13, 1466) was a famous early Renaissance Italian Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 – April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. Lorenzo Ghiberti (born Lorenzo di Bartolo) (1378 &ndash December 1, 1455) was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known Masolino da Panicale (also known as Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini) ( Panicale, Umbria c Fra Angelico (c 1395 &ndash February 18 1455) born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter referred to in Vasari Paolo Uccello (born Paolo di Dono, 1397 &ndash December 10 1475) was an Italian painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual For the village near Livorno see Sassetta (LI Stefano di Giovanni, known as il Sassetta, ( Siena 1392 &ndash 1450 or Fra' Filippo Lippi (1406 &ndash October 8 1469 Gentile da Fabriano (c 1370 &ndash c 1427 was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style Masaccio (born Tommaso Cassai or in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone; December 21, 1401 &ndash autumn 1428 was the first great Francesco Squarcione (c 1397 &ndash 1468 was a Padovan artist Piero della Francesca (c 1412 &ndash October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. Domenico Veneziano (c 1410 &ndash 1461 was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active mostly in Perugia and Tuscany. Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (1399 or 1403 - 1482 was an Italian painter working primarily in Siena. Francesco di Giorgio Martini (baptised September 23, 1439 – 1502 was an Italian painter of the Sienese School, a sculptor an architect Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo (1412&ndash June 6 1480) known as Vecchietta or Lorenzo di Pietro, was an Italian Sienese School Jacopo Bellini (c 1396 - c 1470 was an Italian painter Jacopo was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Domenico di Bartolo (c 1400/1404 &ndash 1445/1447 was an Italian painter of the Sienese School. "Castagna" redirects here For other meanings see Castagna (disambiguation. Benozzo Gozzoli (c 1421 &ndash 1497 was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence Cosimo Tura (c 1430 &ndash 1495 also known as Il Cosmè or Cosmè Tura, was an Italian early- Renaissance (or Quattrocento Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio (c Melozzo da Forlì (c 1438 - November 8, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter near the Umbrian school, the first who practised Antonio del Pollaiolo ( January 17, 1429 /1433 &ndash February 4, 1498) also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Antoniazzo Romano, born Antonio di Benedetto Aquilo degli Aquili (c Francesco del Cossa (c 1430 &ndash c 1477 was an Italian early- Renaissance (or Quattrocento) painter of the School of Ferrara. Andrea Mantegna (c 1431 &ndash September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance artist a student of Roman Archeology, and son in law of Desiderio da Settignano, real name Desiderio de Bartolomeo di Francesco detto Ferro (c "Crivelli" redirects to this page See Crivelli (surname for more Vittorio (or Vittore Crivelli was an Italian painter, brother of Carlo Crivelli. Andrea del Verrocchio, born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, (c Joos van Wassenhove (or Justus van Gent) Justus or Jodocus of Ghent, or Giusto da Guanto (c Pedro Berruguete (c 1450 &ndash 1504 was a Spanish painter his art is regarded as a transitional style between gothic and Renaissance. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 &ndash January 11, 1494) was a renowned Florentine Renaissance painter a contemporary of Botticelli Pietro Perugino (1446–1524 was the leading painter of the Umbrian school who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance Antonio Gamberelli (1427 &ndash c 1478/1481 nicknamed Antonio Rossellino for the colour of his hair was an Italian sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (circa 1435/40 &ndash 28 December 1491) was an Italian sculptor and medallist Gentile Bellini (c 1429 &ndash February 23, 1507) was an Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio (c 1460 &ndash 1525/1526 was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, who studied under Gentile Bellini. Giovanni Bellini (c 1430 – 1516 was an Italian Renaissance painter probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters Ercole de' Roberti (c 1451 &ndash 1496 also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and Luca Signorelli (c 1445 - October 16, 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter who was noted in particular for his ability as a draughtsman Giovanni Santi x (c 1435 &ndash August 1 1494) was an Italian painter and Poet, father of Raphael. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and The Duchy of Urbino was a sovereign state of northern Italy The first lords of Urbino were the Montefeltro who obtained the title of counts from Emperor Frederick

Footnotes

^ Frederik Hartt. The Trecento (Italian for 300 or from "mille trecento" 1300 refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history Cinquecento ( Italian for five hundred; short for "millecinquecento" 1500 is a term used to describe the Italian Renaissance of the Seicento (Italian for six hundred short for "mille seicento," 1600 is a term used to describe Italian culture of the seventeenth century. History of Italian Renaissance Art. New York: Abrams (1994)

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the 1400s, the 15th century Renaissance Italian period

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