Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano, probably c. 1438-40 in the National Gallery, London Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Lorenzo was vicious! lol. I hope he at least compensated these people well for their trouble... I always love seeing my archers do their thing. And I think that decorative / scientific contrast is interesting! It's what I was attempting to incoherently babble about last night. 😋 It definitely makes for a unique aesthetic.
I'm here because this painting is on the Wikipedia page about algorithmic art. I didn't read the caption there, and when I came here, I thought I had been spoofed. 1440? By the end of the narrative, though, I realized that this _is_ algorithmic art.
Uccello the battle of San Romano The great Tuscan, Piero della Francesca, wrote a teaching handbook with Illustrations on “gauging”. Often frescoes contained exercises in gauging in their compositions. This was done for amusement and as an acknowledgement or the skills of the wealthy merchants who had commissioned the work. One of the most striking examples is Paolo Ucello's vast painting of The Battle of San Romona, which now hangs in the National Gallery in London. In the centre or the picture, surrounded by armoured knights and a forest or lances, rides Niccolo da Tolentino. Unlike the helmeted men around him, the condottiere is wearing a splendid hat made out of what looks like furnishing fabric and shaped like an upside-down cottage loaf. Why? Made from two voluminous polygons painted in precise perspective on a two-dimenslonal surface, Niccolo's hat is unlikely to have protected him from the maces and swords brandished by his enemies. It is in fact an exercise in gauging. And it would have amused the merchants who looked at it .
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Here in London right now looking at this masterpiece. Thank you 🙏
We are jealous!
Such a beautiful painting! Thank you so much for the commentary 💜
Lorenzo was vicious! lol. I hope he at least compensated these people well for their trouble...
I always love seeing my archers do their thing. And I think that decorative / scientific contrast is interesting! It's what I was attempting to incoherently babble about last night. 😋 It definitely makes for a unique aesthetic.
I'm here because this painting is on the Wikipedia page about algorithmic art. I didn't read the caption there, and when I came here, I thought I had been spoofed. 1440? By the end of the narrative, though, I realized that this _is_ algorithmic art.
Uccello the battle of San Romano
The great Tuscan, Piero della Francesca, wrote a teaching handbook with Illustrations on “gauging”. Often frescoes contained exercises in gauging in their compositions. This was done for amusement and as an acknowledgement or the skills of the wealthy merchants who had commissioned the work. One of the most striking examples is Paolo Ucello's vast painting of The Battle of San Romona, which now hangs in the National Gallery in London. In the centre or the picture, surrounded by armoured knights and a forest or lances, rides Niccolo da Tolentino. Unlike the helmeted men around him, the condottiere is wearing a splendid hat made out of what looks like furnishing fabric and shaped like an upside-down cottage loaf. Why? Made from two voluminous polygons painted in precise perspective on a two-dimenslonal surface, Niccolo's hat is unlikely to have protected him from the maces and swords brandished by his enemies. It is in fact an exercise in gauging. And it would have amused the merchants who looked at it .
You never addressed why Lorenzo requisitioned this expansive work of art, and who he took it from...?
You can easily Google it. Don't see a problem here.