The Italian Renaissance: Art

“In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love-they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” “In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love-they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Orson Well’s character, Harry Lime, in The Third Man (1949) Orson Well’s character, Harry Lime, in The Third Man (1949)

Medieval Painting

Renaissance Ideas Added… …To a similar picture

Compare & Contrast

Features: Italian Renaissance Art THEME: Revival of Classical THEME: Revival of Classical Idealized AND Realistic Idealized AND Realistic How both??? How both??? THEME: Realism THEME: Realism Natural poses  life-like, realistic Natural poses  life-like, realistic Show personality & emotion Show personality & emotion THEME: Religious AND every-day life THEME: Religious AND every-day life TECHNIQUE: Bright colors & oil paints TECHNIQUE: Bright colors & oil paints Use of perspective Use of perspective Shadowing creates illusion of depth Shadowing creates illusion of depth Make distant items smaller Make distant items smaller

Apollo Belvedere A real Classic! Hellenistic or Roman copy of lost bronze original made between 350 and 325 BC Rediscovered in late 15 th century

Why Italy ??? Wealthy cities Wealthy cities Trade from Asia & with Muslims Trade from Asia & with Muslims Contact with Byzantine Orthodox & Muslims who preserved Classical learning Contact with Byzantine Orthodox & Muslims who preserved Classical learning Citizens are rich, educated, and open to new ideas  POLITICS Citizens are rich, educated, and open to new ideas  POLITICS Wealth inspires patrons of the arts Wealth inspires patrons of the arts Medici Family in Florence Medici Family in Florence

Adoration of the Magi Whole Medici family in picture Botticelli on far right looking at viewers

Angels in choir are placed one in front of the other to create a sense of expanding space Figure is heavier, breasts apparent. Drawing simplified- Child in more natural position Robe modeled in light and shadow that shows that there is a body underneath the robe Madonna Enthroned by Giotto Realism, Classical, and Religious Themes

Madonna and Child, Fra Filippo Lippi Emotion of face -she looks like a real mother - tired, worn down

Madonna & Child

Realism & Expression Realism & Expression Expulsion from the Garden Masaccio, 1427 First nudes since classical times.

Perspective

Masolino’s ‘St. Peter Healing a Cripple and the Raising of Tabitha’ (1425) Raphael, The Marriage of the Virgin, 1504

Ghiberti – Gates of Paradise Baptistry Door, Florence –

Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485

Venus of Urbino – Titian, 1558

School of Athens (1510)-Raphael Plato and Aristotle on either side of center axis Plato points skyward to indicate his idealistic worldview Aristotle gestures to ground to to show his concern with the real world Metaphysical philosophers on Plato’s side Physical scientists on Aristotle’s side Raphael on extreme right Figures grouped and placed on purpose

Michelangelo

\ Euclid- Features of Bramante Socrates

Reconstruction of the central vanishing point within the full architectural scope of Raphael’s ‘School of Athens’, which measures 8 m wide by 6 m high. Note that the vanishing point, though accurate, does not fall on any significant feature of the scene, such as Aristotle’s outstretched hand nearby.

Leonardo da Vinci True Renaissance man  True Renaissance man  Scientist Scientist Inventor/Engineer Inventor/Engineer Artist Artist

Mona Lisa (1503) Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini “Mona” - Italian version of madonna or my lady

 Original Now The Last Supper What original might have looked like 

vertical horizontal Perspective!

Michelangelo

The Pieta (1499)

David

The Sistine Chapel

 The Creation Frescoes Fall from Grace 

Final Judgment Day

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Literature Petrarch  Father of Humanism Boccaccio  Decameron 

Machiavelli  The Prince  Literature

Dante  The Divine Comedy  Comedy Literature

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