Italian and Northern Renaissance Art
Characteristics of Italian Art Influenced by Byzantine art for 800 years 2 dimensional Large eyes Tempura paint: egg yolk mixed w/paint powder Gold background Quattrocento: Florentine Art
Art should be rational and appeal to intellect Made the profession respectable Balance, symmetry, and harmony like music Represent true form Concerned with reality Artist are learned and literary…many more subjects to draw from
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Cimabue; ; tempura on wood Giotto; c ; tempura on wood
Detail— Jesus' face
David David Donatello; c. 1430; Bronze
Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene Donatello; ; wood
Gates of Paradise Lorenzo Ghiberti; , Bronze, Baptistery, Florence Baptistery Doors, Florence
Isaac Sends Isaiah to Hunt (panel from the eastern door) Detail of Baptistery Doors
Trinity Trinity Massacio; ; Fresco Father Son Church Members/Patrons Example of Linear Perspective
Detail— Jesus and Holy Father
Detail— Patrons and Clergy
Tribute Money Tribute Money ; Fresco; Massacio; Brancacci Chapel;
Baptistery Dome Baptistery Dome Brunelleschi Florence,
Detail of the Dome
Mona Lisa Mona Lisa ; Leonardo da Vinci; oil on panel
The Last Supper The Last Supper 1498; Leonardo da Vinci; Fresco
Vitruvian Man “Renaissance Man” Vitruvian Man “Renaissance Man” 1492; da Vinci; pen, ink, water color and metal point on paper
Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli c Tempera on canvas
Pieta Pieta Michelangelo; 1499; marble
Detail—Pieta
"I SAW THE ANGEL IN THE MARBLE AND CARVED UNTIL I SET HIM FREE." David David Michelangelo; 1501; marble
Detail of David
Ceiling of Sistine Chapel Michelangelo; ; Vatican City, Rome
The Creation of Man
Detail-Adam
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Cowper Madonna Cowper Madonna Raphael; c. 1505; Oil on wood
School of Athens School of Athens Raphael; 1509; fresco
Characteristics of Northern Art “beauty created absolutely everything you see.” Used oil—gives more richness of color; easier to work with Perspective: observation and experimentation Faces are more real…accuracy of detail Revival of portraiture Interested in naturalism No real “rebirth”…di rect access not an option!
Self-Portrait Self-Portrait Albrecht Dürer; 1500; oil on wood “I, Albrecht Dürer, divinely inspired artist.”
Adam and Eve Adam and Eve Dürer; ; engraving
Portrait of Erasmus Portrait of Erasmus Dürer; 1520, black chalk,
Jan Van Eyck Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife Jan Van Eyck; 1434; oil on oak
signature Shows perspective and background Detail— Wedding Portrait
Peasant Wedding Peasant Wedding Peter Brueghel the Elder; 1568; oil on wood ;
Hunters in the Snow Hunters in the Snow Brueghel; 1565; oil on panel
Peasant Dance Peasant Dance Brueghel; 1568; oil on oak panel
Triptych, plus shutters Triptych, plus shutters Hieronomyous Bosch; c. 1504; Oil on panel
Left Wing The Earthly Paradise (Garden of Eden) Detail—Eve
Garden of Earthly Delights (Ecclesia's paradise) Garden of Earthly Delights (Ecclesia's paradise) Center Panel
Detail— Center Panel
Hell--Right Wing Detail—Tavern
Detail—Processional
Erasmus of Rotterdam Erasmus of Rotterdam Hans Holbein the Younger; 1523; Oil on wood
Sir Thomas More Sir Thomas More Holbein; 1527; Tempera on wood
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