the renaissance period spans the years from 1400 to 1600
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The Renaissance period The Renaissance period spans the years from 1400 spans the years from 1400
to 1600.to 1600.
Renaissance PeriodRenaissance Period The word
Renaissance means Rebirth or Revival.
The Renaissance began in the Italian city of Florence.. And then spread throughout Europe, including Flanders and Germany.
Art and PatronageArt and Patronage Italians were willing to spend a lot of
money on art./ Art communicated social, political, and
spiritual values./ Many people funded the arts, they
included, the church, the government, wealthy families and foreign rulers.
Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!
1. Realism & 1. Realism & ExpressionExpression
Expulsion Expulsion fromfromthe Gardenthe Garden
MasaccioMasaccio
14271427
First nudes First nudes sincesinceclassical classical timestimes..
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.
horizontal
vert
ical
PerspectivPerspective!e!
The Last Supper The Last Supper - da - da Vinci, 1498Vinci, 1498
PerspectivPerspective!e!
PerspectivPerspective!e!
BetrothBetrothal al
of the of the Virgin Virgin
RaphaelRaphael
15041504
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. Emphasis on 4. Emphasis on IndividualismIndividualism 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!
The Last Supper The Last Supper - da - da Vinci, 1498Vinci, 1498& Geometry& Geometry
Raphael’sRaphael’s Canagiani Canagiani Madonna, Madonna, 15071507
Leonardo, Leonardo, the Artistthe Artist
The Virgin The Virgin of the Rocks of the Rocks
Leonardo daLeonardo daVinciVinci
1483-14861483-1486
6. Light & 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Shadowing/Softening
EdgesEdges
ChiaroscuroChiaroscuro
SfumatoSfumato
7. Artists as 7. Artists as Personalities/CelebritiesPersonalities/Celebrities
Lives of the Lives of the Most Most Excellent Excellent Painters, Painters, Sculptors, andSculptors, andArchitectsArchitects
Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari
15501550
3 Common subjects in 3 Common subjects in Renaissance Paintings.Renaissance Paintings.
Portraits- used people they knew even in religious
Classical Themes Religious Themes
The Baptism of ChristThe Baptism of Christ Verrocchio, 1472 - 1475Verrocchio, 1472 - 1475
Leonardo Leonardo da Vincida Vinci
Averroes
Hypatia
Pythagoras
Birth of VenusBirth of Venus – – Botticelli, 1485Botticelli, 1485
An attempt to depict perfect beauty.An attempt to depict perfect beauty.
PrimaveraPrimavera – Botticelli, – Botticelli, 14821482
Depicted classical gods as Depicted classical gods as almost naked and life-size.almost naked and life-size.
1.1. Self-Portrait Self-Portrait -- da -- da Vinci, 1512Vinci, 1512
1452 - 15191452 - 1519
Artist
Sculptor
Architect
Scientist
Engineer
Inventor
Vitruvian Vitruvian Man Man
Leonardo daLeonardo daVinciVinci
14921492
TheTheL’uomoL’uomo
universauniversalele
Mona LisaMona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci is
often associated with the Mona Lisa.
The School of Athens The School of Athens – – Raphael, 1510 -11Raphael, 1510 -11 One point perspective.
All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts!
A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments
library. Raphael worked on this commission
simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel.
No Christian themes here.
The School of Athens The School of Athens – – Raphael, 1510 -11Raphael, 1510 -11
Raphael
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
AristotleAristotle::looks to thislooks to thisearth [theearth [thehere andhere and
now].now].
PlatoPlato::looks to thelooks to theheavens [or heavens [or
the IDEALthe IDEALrealm].realm].
The School of Athens The School of Athens – – Raphael, detailsRaphael, details
Renaissance SculptureRenaissance Sculpture
2.2. Michelangelo Michelangelo BuonorratiBuonorrati
1475 – 15641475 – 1564
He He represented represented the body in the body in three three dimensions dimensions of sculpture.of sculpture.
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
DavidDavid
VerrocchioVerrocchio
1473 - 1473 - 14751475
DavidDavid
MichelangelMichelangelooBuonarottiBuonarotti
15041504
MarbleMarble
15c15c
16c16c
WhatWhat
aa
differencedifference
aa
centurycentury
makes!makes!
The PietaThe Pieta
MichelangeMichelangeloloBuonarrotiBuonarroti
14991499
marblemarble
The Popes as Patrons The Popes as Patrons of the Artsof the Arts
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 BrunelleschiFilippo Brunelleschi
Commissioned to build the cathedral dome./ Used unique
architectural concepts. He studied
the ancient Pantheon in Rome.
Used ribs for support.
Brunelleschi’s Brunelleschi’s “Secret”“Secret”
Brunelleschi’s Brunelleschi’s DomeDome
Dome Dome ComparisonsComparisons
Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital
(Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)
Comparing DomesComparing Domes
The Ideal CityThe Ideal City Piero della Piero della
Francesca, 1470Francesca, 1470
Ghiberti – Ghiberti – Gates of ParadiseGates of ParadiseBaptistry Door, Florence – 1425 - Baptistry Door, Florence – 1425 -
14521452The Winner!The Winner!
The Sistine The Sistine ChapelChapel
MichelangelMichelangelo Buonarrotio Buonarroti
1508 - 15121508 - 1512
The Sistine Chapel’s The Sistine Chapel’s CeilingCeiling
Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 15121508 - 1512
The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails
The The Creation Creation
of the of the HeavensHeavens
The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails
Creation of ManCreation of Man
The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails
The Fall The Fall from from GraceGrace
The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails
The Last JudgmentThe Last Judgment
Renaissance Art in Pop Renaissance Art in Pop CultureCulture
A Macaroni MonaA Macaroni Mona
A Picasso MonaA Picasso Mona
An Andy Warhol MonaAn Andy Warhol Mona
RefractorRefractoryy
Convent Convent of Santa of Santa
Maria Maria delle delle
GrazieGrazie
MilanMilan
A Da Vinci “Code”:A Da Vinci “Code”:St. John St. John oror Mary Magdalene? Mary Magdalene?
A Modern A Modern “Adaptation”“Adaptation”
Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004