the italian renaissance: art
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Medieval Art Fusion of different styles
Roman ideas (techniques of sculpture lost)
Christian ideas Church richest, most
powerful institution in Medieval world
Had the money to support artists throughout Medieval period
Northern European “Barbarian” artistic tradition (Celtic, Germanic)
Byzantine (iconography) Much of the non-religious
medieval art is lost to us No concept of preserving
art outside of church
St. Francis’ Rule Approved
Giotto (1288-92?) Tempera (egg yolk
mixed with pigment) on wood and ground gold
Questions Glowing head? Realistic? Depth
perception?
Medieval Art: Religious Themes
The Crucifixion Giotto (1305) Tempera on wood
andground gold.
Questions Realism? Glowing
heads? Depth?
Medieval Art: Religious Themes
Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art
1. Bright colors & oil paints (change in material used)
2. Focus on realism Natural poses
were life-like, realistic (like the GREEKS!)
Showed personality & emotion in the art
Expulsion fromthe GardenMasaccio1427First nudes sinceclassical times
3. Perspective
(Della Pittura – Alberti)
Use of perspective
(horizon line, vanishing point) Shadowing created
illusion of depth Made items in background smaller
Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, Andre Mantegna (1481)
Notes…Realistic?
…Perspective?
Perspective!
Betrothal of the Virgin
Raphael1504
Compare & Contrast Perspective
4. Classicism� Obvious Greco-
Roman influence� Individualism (free
standing figures)� Symmetry/Balance
Statue of HabacucDonatello (1423-25)
School of Athens - Raphael
5. Emphasis on Individualism� Batista Sforza & Federico de
Montefeltre: The Duke & Duchess of Urbino (Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466)
6. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures
� The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate
� Leonardo da Vinci (1469)
� The figure as architecture!
Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507
Lorenzo the Magnificent
1449-1492Grandson of CosimoRuled Florence, 1469 to deathPatron to Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli
Cosimo de Medici
1389-1464Medici bank = base of powerTook over Florence, 1433Patron to Brunelleschi, others
Adoration of the Magi
Entire Medicifamily shown
Who are the “magi”?
Who is in farright, lookingat viewers?
Brunelleschi’s Dome
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1436) Won competition to
design dome for new Cathedral in Florence
Before starting, he travelled around Italy for inspiration
Used the ancient Romans’ architectural concepts Parthenon, in Rome Used ribs to
support dome
Brunelleschi – ArchitectBuilt lightweight innerdome, then exterior domeof wind resistant material
Dimensions: 137 feet acrossWeight: 40,785 tons containingover four million bricksTime to construct: 16 years
Dome Comparisons
Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US Capitol (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)
Renaissance Religious Themes
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child, Fra Filippo Lippi 1406-1469Emotion of face -she looks like a real mother - tired, worn down
Leonardo da Vinci “Study of
Hands”
“Study of the Gradations of shadows”
“Self portrait”
Helicopter
Parachute“Vitruvian Man”
Notebook page(written backwards!)
Leonardo, the Inventor:
Pages from his Notebook
Machine gun
Tank
Helicopter
Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):Pages from his Notebook
� An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy):
from his Notebook
Mona LisaLisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini“Mona” - Italian version of ‘Madonna’ or ‘my lady’
A Macaroni Mona
Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-4
A Picasso Mona
An Andy Warhol Mona
Mona Lisa OR da Vinci??
Original, now
The Last Supper
What original might have looked like
horizontal
vert
ical
Perspective!
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
A Da Vinci “Code”:St. John or Mary Magdalene?
Michelangelo
The Pieta
David
15c
16c
What
a
difference
a
century
makes!
The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel Details
The Creation
of the Heavens
The Sistine Chapel Details
Creation of Man
The Sistine Chapel Details
The Last Judgment
The End
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