FILE: 001.2_Early_Ital_Ren_Firsts.jpg

TITLE: Early Italian Renaissance "Firsts"

DESCRIPTION: 1st nude Biblical figure=Sacrifice of Isaac,relief sculpture by Ghiberti (#5). 1st free-standing nude since classical antiquity=David, sculpture by Donatello (#16). Linear Perspective invented by Brunelleschi. Sculptor's Perspective invented by Ghiberti (Solomon & Sheba #7). Painter's Aerial Perspective AND specific light source invented by Masaccio (Tribute Money #19). 1st Expressions on faces of Biblical characters since Giotto's Madonna (in Gothic Style#13) = Masaccio (Expulsion of Adam & Eve #20). Extreme foreshortening AND Worm's Eye View Perspective invented by Mantegna (Dead Christ #31, & St. James Led to Martyrdom #30).1st time donors interact w/ sacred figures (Birth of Virgin, Ghirlandaio #36)