New Techniques Fresco Perspective Human anatomy and movement Sculpture Architecture Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paints 3-D Organization through geometry Realistic Free Standing! Domes again! Symmetry!
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
1. Realism & Expression Expulsion from the Garden Masaccio 1427 First nudes since Classical times.
2. Perspective First use of linear perspective! Perspective! The Trinity Masaccio 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.
3. Classicism Raphael, School of Athens (1509) Greco-Roman influence. Secularism. Humanism. Symmetry/Balance Raphael, School of Athens (1509)
4. Emphasis on Individualism Batista Sforza & Federica de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.
5. Geometric Arrangement of Figures Madonna with the Pomegranate Leonardo da Vinci 1469 The figure as architecture!
6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Sfumato Chiaroscuro Light and shade to create a 3D quality –Chiaroscuro Sfumato—fine shading… smoky quality between transitions
The “Modest Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c) 7. Free-Standing Sculpture Individualism free standing figures, first since Classical era Contraposto posture The “Modest Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c) 9
8. Artists as Personalities/Celebrities Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Giorgio Vasari 1550
Massacio – The Expulsion
Donatello David, first free-standing sculpture since circa 500
Raphael – the Bethrothal
Roof of the Duomo (cathedral) in Florence by Brunaleschi first DOME since classical period/bigger even than the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Kids must know: Symmetry Domes Rounded (Romanesque) arches & arcades Simple, elegant
Da Vince, Last Supper note triangular arrangement
Michelangelo The Pieta Mary holding dead Jesus; known for sculpture & also ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Titian Later Ren. , worked in Venice. Known for ladies with Red Hair Titian Later Ren., worked in Venice. Known for ladies with Red Hair. Venus portrait. There are two types: Venus pudica (modest) or aphrodesia (this one)
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
Titian Bacchus and Ariadne