A Rebirth of Artistic Appreciation The Renaissance A Rebirth of Artistic Appreciation
Medieval vs. Renaissance
Renaissance Art: characteristics 1. Individualism: Used ancient works as models & subject matter Emphasized uniqueness of everyone’s face & facial expressions; individual character & personality
Renaissance Art: characteristics Balance & Proportion: Aimed to make art more realistic Showed all things in their proper size
Renaissance Art: characteristics Perspective: Showed depth & realism. Medieval art had been flat & 2D Movement & Lively Colors
Renaissance Art: characteristics New Materials: Oil Paint: dried slower and came in greater color variety Could work slower & obtain more lifelike effects Fresco: when paint was combined w/ wet plaster
Birth of Venus, Botticelli, 1485
Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1475
Botticelli, Venus and Mars c. 1485
Donatello David c. 1444-46
Leonardo da Vinci Study of proportions, 1487
Leonardo da Vinci study of the porportions of the head and body, 1487
Leonardo da Vinci Study of Grotesque Heads c. 1490
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper 1498
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1503-1506
Leonardo da Vinci Self-Portrait c. 1512
Leonardo da Vinci Muscles of the neck and shoulders c. 1515
Portrait of a Man, ca. 1515 Titian
Titian, The Concert, c. 1510
Titian Woman with a Mirror c. 1513-15
Michelangelo Pieta c. 1498-99
Michelangelo David c. 1501-1504
Michelangelo Interior of The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo The Creation of Adam
Raphael The School of Athens 1510-11
School of Athens Detail of Plato and Aristotle
The Northern Renaissance
Van Eyck, Jan The betrothal of the Arnolfini 1434
The Betrothal of the Arnolfini Detail of back wall
Van Eyck, Jan Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini c. 1435
Bruegel, Pieter, The Harvesters, 1565
Bruegel, Pieter, The Peasant Dance, 1568
Bruegel, Pieter, Peasant wedding, c. 1568
Holbein, Hans Georg Gisze, a German merchant in London 1532
Holbein, Hans The Artist's Wife, Elsbeth Binzenstock, and her Two Children, Philip and Catherine 1528
Holbein, Hans Henry VIII c. 1536