Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455)
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence Baptistery doors, The Story of Joshua [Panel] At: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Ghiberti#/media/File:Firenze.Baptistry.door01.JPG (Accessed 08.10.2020)
“…Ghiberti explored and expanded the utility of linear perspective to create believable, atmospheric, and deep settings for his biblical dramas. Their naturalism is heightened by exquisite attention to pose, gesture, expression, and decorative detail, much of which came during the chasing phase, thus revealing Ghiberti’s expertise in cold-working of the metal and mastery of surface detail surely derived from his experience as a goldsmith.” (Leader, 2008 online)
Precise and verified composition, it amazes with its harmony. The panels convey the life of movement. People on the panels are captured not just standing still, but turning, tilting or walking. Due to this, it is interesting for the viewer to trace the development of events. Master brings people and objects into groups, which separates the panel levels and shows the perspective.
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924-2005)
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Untitled (Relief), c.1949-50 Terracotta, 8.3 x 33 x 38.1 cm [Relief] At: https://www.thefineartsociety.com/artworks/147-sir-eduardo-paolozzi-untitled-relief/ (Accessed 08.10.2020)
Eduardo Paolozzi, 1980 'Making reliefs encapsulates all that is wonderful in sculpture and operates that part of the senses that painting, no matter how grand, cannot possibly touch' (The Fine Art Society, online)
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Stadtlandschaft (urban landscape) 1993, bronze relief [Relief] At: http://www.noack-bronze.com/en/Paolozzi_Eduardo.html (Accessed 08.10.2020)
The most interesting thing in the artist's work for me is that he explored the volume on a plane. The reliefs resemble the structure of cities from an aeroplane flight altitude. Moreover, these structures resemble the mechanical construction of complex machines. This combination of structures evokes associations of both a top view and an inside view. I will try to focus on this opposition of the general and the particular. For example, how does the plane compare to the volume on the screen? Where is the border of relief and drawing?
Bibliography and references
1. Sir Eduardo Paolozzi [Online] At: https://www.thefineartsociety.com/artworks/147-sir-eduardo-paolozzi-untitled-relief/ (Accessed 08.10.2020)
2. Anne Leader, Editor, IASblog, Italian Art Society April 8, 2008. Gary M. Radke, ed. The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece At: http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/1102#.X38-IGgzaUk (Accessed 08.10.2020)
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