Florence was 15. Century, the center of modern art. The money aristocracy had portraits and paintings in order. An exhibition in the Alte Pinakothek shows how the painter benefited from them.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Portraits as a business card
Aristocratic patrician families were due to Marry in competing dynasties for the propagation of their wealth and their positions of power. In the 14th century. 15. Century they ruled practically the Italian city of Florence. With your patronage, you also promoted the fine arts and such, very decorative portraits of your family members in order.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Selfie in the Renaissance era
The often representative images of the city by well-known artists, such as Filippino Lippi, then caused a strong competition among the wealthy Florentines. Everyone wanted to be in a painting to immortalize how this unknown young man. The artists ‘ workshops, such images could also Malgehilfen and apprentices to make, had to do well.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Art as demonstration of power
Banker Cosimo de ‘ Medici – here’s a portrait-relief by an unknown artist – was one of the most powerful men in the Renaissance. Members of his influential family and held the most important Offices in Florence. They controlled the guilds, operated by the large banking houses and guided the fortunes of the Florentine Republic by skillful offices of patronage.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Expressive Visual Language
Precisely date this picture, which is in the possession of the Bavarian state painting collections,. Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli painted the “lamentation over the dead Christ” between 1490 and 1495 on a soft, light-coloured poplar wood. After a thorough restoration, it glows in the expressive power of the old colors.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Sketches and studies
In the exhibition drawings. This sketch of a rearing horse made by Leonardo da Vinci as a study in movement. In the 15th century. Century, he operated a large artist’s workshop in Florence. To him, it was a true to life illustration of the muscles of the animal. For his anatomical studies, he had the body-washers in the internal organs of deceased people.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Biblical scene with contemporaries
Also the painting “adoration of the Magi” by Sandro Boticellli is one of the jewels of the exhibition in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. It shows a biblical scene, but the people in the pictures are enjoyed Botticelli’s time. Were identified, among others, Cosimo de Medici, his son and his grandson.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Portraits as a business card
Aristocratic patrician families were due to Marry in competing dynasties for the propagation of their wealth and their positions of power. In the 14th century. 15. Century they ruled practically the Italian city of Florence. With your patronage, you also promoted the fine arts and such, very decorative portraits of your family members in order.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Selfie in the Renaissance era
The often representative images of the city by well-known artists, such as Filippino Lippi, then caused a strong competition among the wealthy Florentines. Everyone wanted to be in a painting to immortalize how this unknown young man. The artists ‘ workshops, such images could also Malgehilfen and apprentices to make, had to do well.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Art as demonstration of power
Banker Cosimo de ‘ Medici – here’s a portrait-relief by an unknown artist – was one of the most powerful men in the Renaissance. Members of his influential family and held the most important Offices in Florence. They controlled the guilds, operated by the large banking houses and guided the fortunes of the Florentine Republic by skillful offices of patronage.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Expressive Visual Language
Precisely date this picture, which is in the possession of the Bavarian state painting collections,. Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli painted the “lamentation over the dead Christ” between 1490 and 1495 on a soft, light-coloured poplar wood. After a thorough restoration, it glows in the expressive power of the old colors.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Sketches and studies
In the exhibition drawings. This sketch of a rearing horse made by Leonardo da Vinci as a study in movement. In the 15th century. Century, he operated a large artist’s workshop in Florence. To him, it was a true to life illustration of the muscles of the animal. For his anatomical studies, he had the body-washers in the internal organs of deceased people.
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Alte Pinakothek presents “Florence and its painters”
Biblical scene with contemporaries
Also the painting “adoration of the Magi” by Sandro Boticellli is one of the jewels of the exhibition in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. It shows a biblical scene, but the people in the pictures are enjoyed Botticelli’s time. Were identified, among others, Cosimo de Medici, his son and his grandson.
A woman looks out of the picture the viewer directly, in the Italian painting until the middle of the 15. Century frowned upon completely. Modestly and demurely, the most noble ladies showed not more than your profile.
A frontal view of how the art world saw later with the famous “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, was at this time unthinkable. Sandro Botticelli was the first Florentine painter to paint it dared to be a female figure with the glance to the viewer.
Painting as a business card
The panel painting was reserved in the middle ages religious motives. Only in the middle of the 15th century. Century, the wealthy Florentine citizens and politically influential dynasties discovered, such as the banker family, the Medici, the portrait as an Instrument of their strategic marriage policy. An artistically valuable painting was a good card, to be in competing families with marriageable daughters.
Series production in large workshops
In Florence, artists were organized in large workshops. For the many portrait commissions that have been supplied with appropriate, often gilded frames, were different craftsmen needed.
Leonardo da Vinci worked initially as a young painter in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. The city of Verrocchio earned as a sculptor, a lot of money for sculptures for palaces and churches, and was well connected in the political caste of Florence.
Also, Sandro Botticelli, Francesco Botticini and Biagio d’Antonio worked with Verrocchio, the most talented painter, sculptor, and Frame Builder of his time, employed a very business-minded.
From the workshop series were expensive portrait paintings, a financial gold mine for Verrocchio. The Nouveau riche noble families of Florence, cracks to dates for portrait sessions at the soon to be nationally known painters, who produced such representative paintings well-versed in the series.
Art gallery displays 120 masterpieces
The functioning and ideas of the artists of this time were alongside their own artistic ambitions, is at the heart of the current exhibition in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. “Florence and its painter. From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci” is the name of the title, behind the one of the most important chapters of European art history.
120 masterpieces of painting and sculpture, and drawings from the same Florentine era, compiled by the curator, Andreas Schumacher and his Team. Revealing is documented in the exhibition, such as individual paintings are created in the Florentine workshops. An aspect that the creators of the exhibition as an art historical Background is very important.
The finest Oil painting: “adoration of the Magi” by Botticelli (1475)
Valuable loans from all over the world
Many of the famous paintings are collections of precious items on loan from international museums and art: from New York, Washington, Vienna, Florence and Berlin. But it is also valuable holdings of the Bavarian collections of paintings, which Ludwig I. of Bavaria in the 19th century. Century, has collected, are to be seen in the exhibition. Some freshly restored, and to discover new for visitors.
Florence: time of change
In the middle of the 15. Century, around the year 1470 around, made in the art metropolis of Florence is a train-breaking transition. The whole city was one big construction site, in every corner of splendour were built full of palaces, the changing powerful and representative of the city image. At that time, the Florence, what we can admire today, as a tourist.
The noble dynasties and banker families of Florence were mainly due to the cloth trade, and a daring financial transactions rich. Its private residences were filled with paintings, sculptures, and precious painted furniture – as a sign of their immense wealth.
Decorative: “betrothal of Jason and Medea” by Biagio d’antonio (1487)
The medieval-religious humility had long since given way to a worldly Ostentation. Rather than give generously to the Church, invested the wealthy citizens of Florence their money, rather in her private palaces, with decorative art.
Import from the Netherlands
The artists ‘ workshops in Florence, was: they deserved well of the lucrative contracts of the money nobility. Over 50 painters ‘ workshops existed at that time in Florence. The spectacular art of the orders of the Medici carried on the competing competition among the artists is enormous. In addition, imported oil Painting from the Netherlands that were made in an entirely new technique of painting vibrant, the business of commissioned art.
New artistic freedoms
Leonardo da Vinci and his Italian painter colleagues studied with great interest and admiration the novel materials of the Dutch masters. With his ideas of the naturalist, designer and artist was ahead of da Vinci of his time anyway. The naturalistic painting technique, he took over immediately.
Genius and artist: Leonardo da Vinci (self-portrait)
But with the new craft Knowledge, he was able to implement it as it might be in his mind. The fine, true-to-life facial features of the portrayed and also the wrinkles rich robes were in previously unprecedented perfection paint.
So far, the Florentine painter in the medieval Tradition of Egg painting-Tempera. The oil Paints from the Netherlands enabled smoother Transitions, increased shades of the color nuances and thus new forms of artistic expression.
In this socio-political atmosphere created in the Florence of the Medici unique masterpieces which made Florence the centre of the modern art. The exhibition in Munich this time of change vividly present.
The exhibition “Florence and its painter. From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci” in the Alte Pinakothek until 27. To see January 2019 in Munich. The catalogue is published in German and English language in the Hirmer Verlag.