Bellringer Download today’s notes: Renaissance Art Notes Answer the following question: View the painting below, and create a list of words that describes it.
Essential Question How can ideas be reflected in art, sculpture, and architecture?
Italian Renaissance Art Focus Imitate nature Reality of subjects New, human-focused worldview – accurate portrayal of the human body
New Techniques in Painting Began with Masaccio’s frescos and the laws of perspective Space and light Movement and human anatomy
Sculpture and Architecture Realistic statues inspired by the Greeks and Romans Classical columns and rounded arches in architecture
High Renaissance Masters Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio, Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci Model “Renaissance Man” Dissected human bodies Idealized forms to capture perfection Painted the Mona Lisa
Raphael Admired for numerous paintings of madonnas Many frescos in the Vatican Palace Balance, harmony, and order
Michelangelo Sistine Chapel in Rome Figures depict ideal human-type with perfect proportions Also a sculptor and architect
Northern Artistic Renaissance Sought realism, but in different way Smaller scales with smaller details Portrayed subjects among everyday objects Reality through observation and details, not through perspective like Italian painters Perfected oil painting
Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin
The Giving of the Keys to St. Peter by Pietro Perugino
Review! 1. What one word might describe the style of many Italian artists of the Renaissance? 2. What were some new techniques in painting? 3. Who were the 3 masters of the High Renaissance? 4. How did Northern Renaissance art differ from Italian Renaissance art? 5. How was humanism reflected in Renaissance art?
Homework! Ch. 2 Test Thursday!