1. The Italian Renaissance: Art

2. “In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love-they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” “In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love-they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Orson Well’s character, Harry Lime, in The Third Man (1949) Orson Well’s character, Harry Lime, in The Third Man (1949)

3. Medieval Painting

4. Renaissance Ideas Added… …To a similar picture

5. Compare & Contrast

6. Features: Italian Renaissance Art THEME: Revival of Classical THEME: Revival of Classical Idealized AND Realistic Idealized AND Realistic How both??? How both??? THEME: Realism THEME: Realism Natural poses  life-like, realistic Natural poses  life-like, realistic Show personality & emotion Show personality & emotion THEME: Religious AND every-day life THEME: Religious AND every-day life TECHNIQUE: Bright colors & oil paints TECHNIQUE: Bright colors & oil paints Use of perspective Use of perspective Shadowing creates illusion of depth Shadowing creates illusion of depth Make distant items smaller Make distant items smaller

7. Apollo Belvedere A real Classic! Hellenistic or Roman copy of lost bronze original made between 350 and 325 BC Rediscovered in late 15 th century

9. Why Italy ??? Wealthy cities Wealthy cities Trade from Asia & with Muslims Trade from Asia & with Muslims Contact with Byzantine Orthodox & Muslims who preserved Classical learning Contact with Byzantine Orthodox & Muslims who preserved Classical learning Citizens are rich, educated, and open to new ideas  POLITICS Citizens are rich, educated, and open to new ideas  POLITICS Wealth inspires patrons of the arts Wealth inspires patrons of the arts Medici Family in Florence Medici Family in Florence

11. Adoration of the Magi Whole Medici family in picture Botticelli on far right looking at viewers 1478-82

12. Angels in choir are placed one in front of the other to create a sense of expanding space Figure is heavier, breasts apparent. Drawing simplified- Child in more natural position Robe modeled in light and shadow that shows that there is a body underneath the robe Madonna Enthroned by Giotto 1305-10 Realism, Classical, and Religious Themes

13. Madonna and Child, Fra Filippo Lippi 1440-45 Emotion of face -she looks like a real mother - tired, worn down

14. Madonna & Child

15. Realism & Expression Realism & Expression Expulsion from the Garden Masaccio, 1427 First nudes since classical times.

16. Perspective

17. Masolino’s ‘St. Peter Healing a Cripple and the Raising of Tabitha’ (1425) Raphael, The Marriage of the Virgin, 1504

18. Ghiberti – Gates of Paradise Baptistry Door, Florence – 1425 - 1452

19. Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485

20. Venus of Urbino – Titian, 1558

21. School of Athens (1510)-Raphael Plato and Aristotle on either side of center axis Plato points skyward to indicate his idealistic worldview Aristotle gestures to ground to to show his concern with the real world Metaphysical philosophers on Plato’s side Physical scientists on Aristotle’s side Raphael on extreme right Figures grouped and placed on purpose

23. Michelangelo

24. \ Euclid- Features of Bramante Socrates

25. Reconstruction of the central vanishing point within the full architectural scope of Raphael’s ‘School of Athens’, which measures 8 m wide by 6 m high. Note that the vanishing point, though accurate, does not fall on any significant feature of the scene, such as Aristotle’s outstretched hand nearby.

26. Leonardo da Vinci True Renaissance man  True Renaissance man  Scientist Scientist Inventor/Engineer Inventor/Engineer Artist Artist

27. http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/leonardo/leonardo_narrowband.htm?middle

29. Mona Lisa (1503) Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini “Mona” - Italian version of madonna or my lady

30.  Original Now The Last Supper What original might have looked like  1495-98

31. vertical horizontal Perspective!

32. Michelangelo

33. The Pieta (1499)

36. David 1501-04

38. The Sistine Chapel 1508-12

40.  The Creation Frescoes Fall from Grace 

41. Final Judgment Day

42. The Vatican Museum Website http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_ Main.html http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_ Main.html http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_ Main.html http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_ Main.html

43. Literature Petrarch  Father of Humanism Boccaccio  Decameron 

44. Machiavelli  The Prince  Literature

45. Dante  The Divine Comedy  Comedy Literature

46. The End