My dissertation “The Facture of Non-Linear Perspective in Quattrocento Florence” challenges the scholarly focus on linear perspective during this period by considering the theoretical knowledge of optics by artists as well as the artisanal experimentation with materials in creating pictorial space. This research hinges on Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452-1519) definitions of multiple types of perspective, including color, acuity, and aerial perspective. In looking back across the fifteenth century, there was consistent interest on the part of Florentine painters, sculptors, and goldsmiths in portraying optically convincing landscape spaces that did not necessarily adhere to a strict geometric construction. My approach to this subject utilizes technical studies from restoration and conservation campaigns over the past several decades to uncover the material composition and procedures used by these artists to achieve these goals. Compared against instructional treatises on artmaking, the innovative deviations from common preparatory methods and the incorporation of the oil medium from economic exchanges with Flanders at the end of the century demonstrate a curiosity and experimental turn by these Florentine artists. By taking pursuing this avenue of inquiry, my dissertation bridges the period writings on optics with the networks of shared knowledge in the unique interdisciplinary workshop environment of Quattrocento Florence. / Art History
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/10341 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Reddicks Pignataro, Megan |
| Contributors | Hall, Marcia B., West, Ashley D., Cooper, Tracy Elizabeth, Fiorani, Francesca |
| Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
| Source Sets | Temple University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 359 pages |
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| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/10303, Theses and Dissertations |
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