ANALYZE YOUR RENAISSANCE PAINTING Overview – what is this a picture of? Parts – What things do you see in the painting (this is a list) Title: What is the title? Who painted it? When? (If you know) Interrelationships: What is going on? How do the things in the painting interact? Conclusion: What are some general things we learn from this painting? How do you connect it with the artistic trends of the time period? How do you connect it with the social and intellectual trends?
Italian Renaissance
Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Michelangelo: David
Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel
Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa
Raphael: School of Athens
Titian: Woman with Mirror
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Durer: 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Knight, Death and Devil Durer
Bosch, Hieronymus Last Judgement
Bosch: The Last Judgement
Breughel – Dutch Proverbs
Van Eyck: Arnolfini Wedding Portrait
Holbein – The Ambassadors
Brunelleschi Il Duomo Florence, Italy
Castiglione – The Courtier “… I am of opinion that the principal and true profession of the Courtier ought to be that of arms; which I would have him follow above all else, and be known among others as bold and strong, and loyal to whomsoever he serves…”
Petrarch- father of Humanism “Five enemies of peace inhabit with us — avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.” Songbook On the Solitary Life
Nicolaus Copernicus Heliocentrism
Andreas Vesalius On the Fabric of the Human Body