art of the italian renaissance some work contributed by susan pojer
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Art and Patronage• Italians were willing to spend a lot of money
on art.– Art communicated social, political, and spiritual
values.– Italian banking & international trade interests
had the money.
• Public art in Florence was organized and supported by guilds.
Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!
2. Perspective2. Perspective
Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!
Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!
First use First use of linear of linear
perspective!perspective!
Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!
The The TrinityTrinity
MasaccioMasaccio
14271427
What you What you are, I once are, I once was; what I was; what I am, you will am, you will
become.become.
3. Classicism3. Classicism
Greco-Roman influence.
Secularism.
Humanism.
Individualism free standing figures.
Symmetry/BalanceThe The “Classical Pose”“Classical Pose”
Medici “Venus” (1c)Medici “Venus” (1c)
4. Empasis on Individualism4. Empasis on Individualism Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre:
The Duke & Dutchess of UrbinoThe Duke & Dutchess of Urbino
Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.
Isabella d’Este –Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, da Vinci, 14991499 1474-1539
“First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.”
Great patroness of the arts in Mantua.
Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”
5. Geometrical 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Arrangement of
FiguresFigures The Dreyfus The Dreyfus
Madonna Madonna with the with the PomegranatPomegranatee
Leonardo da Leonardo da VinciVinci
14691469
The figure as The figure as architecture!architecture!
6. Light & 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Shadowing/Softening
EdgesEdges
ChiaroscuroChiaroscuro
SfumatoSfumato
Lorenzo Lorenzo the Magnificentthe Magnificent
1478 - 15211478 - 1521
Cosimo de Cosimo de MediciMedici
1517 - 15741517 - 1574
Florence Under the Florence Under the MediciMedici
Medici ChapelMedici Chapel
The Medici PalaceThe Medici Palace
Filippo Filippo BrunelleschiBrunelleschi1377 - 14361377 - 1436
ArchitectArchitect
Cuppolo of St. Cuppolo of St. MariaMariadel Fioredel Fiore
Filippo Brunelleschi• Commissioned to
build the cathedral dome.– Used unique
architectural concepts.• He studied the
ancient Pantheon in Rome.
• Used ribs for support.
Dome Dome ComparisonsComparisons
Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)
David by David by DonatelloDonatello
14301430
First free-form bronze First free-form bronze since Roman times!since Roman times!
The Liberation The Liberation of Sculptureof Sculpture
The Renaissance “Man”The Renaissance “Man”
• Broad knowledge about many things in different fields.
• Deep knowledge/skill in one area.
Able to link information from different areas/disciplines and create new knowledge.
The Greek ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance education.
The Baptism of ChristThe Baptism of Christ Verrocchio, 1472 - 1475Verrocchio, 1472 - 1475
Leonardo Leonardo da Vincida Vinci
1.1. Self-Portrait Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, -- da Vinci, 15121512
1452 - 15191452 - 1519
Artist
Sculptor
Architect
Scientist
Engineer
Inventor
Leonardo, Leonardo, the Artistthe Artist
The Virgin The Virgin of the Rocks of the Rocks
Leonardo daLeonardo daVinciVinci
1483-14861483-1486
RefractorRefractoryy
Convent Convent of Santa of Santa
Maria Maria delle delle
GrazieGrazie
MilanMilan
2.2. Michelangelo Michelangelo BuonarrotiBuonarroti
1475 – 15641475 – 1564
He He represented represented the body in the body in three three dimensions dimensions of sculpture.of sculpture.
The Sistine The Sistine ChapelChapel
MichelangelMichelangelo Buonarrotio Buonarroti
1508 - 15121508 - 1512
The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails
The The Creation Creation
of the of the HeavensHeavens
The School of Athens The School of Athens – – Raphael, 1510 -11Raphael, 1510 -11
Raphael
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Renaissance Art in Northern Europe
• Should not be considered an appendage to Italian art.
• But, Italian influence was strong.– Painting in OIL, developed in Flanders, was widely adopted
in Italy.
• The differences between the two cultures:– Italy change was inspired by humanism with its emphasis
on the revival of the values of classical antiquity.
– No. Europe change was driven by religious reform, the return to Christian values, and the revolt against the authority of the Church.
• More princes & kings were patrons of artists.
Characteristics of Northern Renaissance Art
• The continuation of late medieval attention to details.
• Tendency toward realism & naturalism [less emphasis on the “classical ideal”].
• Interest in landscapes.• More emphasis on middle-class and peasant
life.• Details of domestic interiors.• Great skill in portraiture.
Jan van Eyck (1395 – 1441)
• More courtly and aristocratic work.– Court painter to
the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good.
The Virgin and Chancellor Rolin, 1435.
Van Eyck:
The Crucifixion
&
The Last Judgment
1420-1425
Van Eyck:
The Crucifixion
&
The Last Judgment
1420-1425