The Beginning of Modern Painting: The Renaissance
Legacy of the Middle Ages… Notions of honor, duty, loyalty, and love European cities / The middle class The state system - representative government English common law -concept of liberty Equality and the sacred worth of the individual Universities Corporations, Bookkeeping & Banking Preserved Greco-Roman scholarship Growth of secularism
Humanism: A philosophical world view which focused on human potential and achievement in this world – Secularism. Petrarch ( ) and Boccaccio ( ) encouraged the study of Greek and Roman writings to understand their ideas and values Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks. Byzantine scholars fled to Italy with collections of manuscripts – many of which were thought to be lost forever. Humanist scholars influenced artists and architects to carry on the classical tradition. A Humanist education (studia humanitatis) grammar; rhetoric; poetry, moral philosophy and history – create a citizenry able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity and be ready to participate in the civic life of the community
Characteristics of Renaissance art Oil on stretched canvass Linear Perspective Contraposto- showing action Chiaroscuro- Use of light and shadow- Sfumato-without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke Pyramid configuration Realism and naturalism Details, including artist’s name.
The Birth of Venus, 1482 Sandro Bottecelli
Sandro Bottecelli, Prima Vera 1478
A Roman fresco-The Three Graces
The Renaissance: Why In Italy?
Patrons of the Arts… Cosimo de Medeci
Medieval art
Giotto ( ): pre-cursor to the Renaissance
St. Francis Gives His Cloak to the Poor, Giotto
The Last Supper, Giotto
The “Three Friends” in Florence Brunelleschi ( ) Donatello ( ) Masaccio ( )
Il Duomo, Brunellschi, 1436
David, Donatello, 1430 (David was the patron hero of Florence)
Masaccio, The Tribute Money, 1426
The High Renaissance: Da Vinci ( ) Michelangelo ( ) Raphael ( ) Titian, ( )
DaVinci, “The ideal Renassance Man” or “The Universal Man
The Last Supper, 1495
Ginevra de Benci, DaVinci, 1474
Mona Lisa, Pyramid composition Linear perspective Light & shadow Relaxed & natural Layers of glaze-3D quality No solid lines- sfumato
“mirror writing” -13,000 pages
Michelangelo Sculptor, painter, poet & architect.
Lorenzo, The Magnificent
Pieta, , his first masterpiece
Moses
The Sistine Chapel, 1512
Raphael, “The most popular” most completely expressed all the qualities of the High Renaissance
St. George Fighting the Dragon, Raphael, 1504
Madonna and Child, Raphael, 1505
Raphael’s Three Graces, 1505
School of Athens,
socrates
Diogenes
Patron of both Michelangelo and Raphael: Pope Julius II, 1511
Baldassare Castiglione ( ), Raphael's portrait of the famous Humanist philosopher Lorenzo di Medici, Raphael’s portrait of “The Magnificent”
Titian, Self-portrait The Father of Modern Painting- no wood panels, no frescoes; only oil on canvass.
Madonna with child and saints, Titian
John On The Island Of Atmos, Titian
Adam and Eve Expelled… Titian,
Characteristics of Renaissance art Oil on stretched canvass Linear Perspective Contraposto- showing action Chiaroscuro- Use of light and shadow- Sfumato-without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke Pyramid configuration Realism and naturalism Details, including artist’s name.
Post- Renaissance painting
Tintoretto,
"Christ at the Sea of Galilee" -- Tintoretto
El Greco, “View of Toledo” c 1600
Rembrandt,
Fran Hals, Laughing Cavalier, 1624
Peter Paul Rubens,
Durer,
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