Early Renaissance Hall of Fame: Masaccio Botticelli Ghiberti Donatello Rejected art of the Middle Ages
Masaccio First since Giotto to paint the human figure as a real human being. He made figures stand upon their feet. Brought shadows into paintings.
First use of linear perspective! The Trinity Masaccio1427 What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.
Masaccio Trinty Notable use of Perspective
Masaccio: The Tribute Money
Masaccio St. Peter Baptizing the Neophytes. Note reality of “Trembling Naked Man”
Donatello First free standing sculpture since the Classical Era (Greek & Roman) Normally figure has all his weight on one leg (S form).
Donatello: David
Donatello: The Penitent Magdalene
Botticelli Brings back Classical mythology as acceptable themes in painting.
Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Botticelli: Birth of Venus, Detail
Botticelli: Primavera
Botticelli: Primavera, Detail
Ghiberti, Competition Panel
Ghiberti, The Doors of Paradise
Heroes of the High Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael Titian Centered in Rome and Venice Focused on composition, ideal proportions, and perspective
Leonardo Da Vinci Renaissance Man Less than 20 of his paintings survive His most famous are the Mona Lisa and Last Supper
Mona Lisa Used chiarascuro to model figures – use of light and dark Three dimensional features No obvious starting and stopping points Perfect blending The smile
The Last Supper First to try to show in art the character of each apostle. Used geometric perspective Used oil/tempera for fresco – not a good idea During WWII wet sandbags sat in front of it leading to massive mildew Is being restored
horizontal vertical Perspective! The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
Michelangelo: Pieta (1499) He was only 24 years old
Michelangelo: David
The sling across David’s back
Michelangelo’s David
How did Michelangelo paint his frescoes? Let's See!
Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, The Creation of Adam
Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel The Last Judgment
Hidden Portrait, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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Raphael The School of Athens Themes of Greek, Rome, and Renaissance Used pyramidal composition and chiaroscuro
Raphael: School of Athens
Raphael Da Vinci Michelangelo
Aristotle: looks to this earth [the here and now]. Plato: looks to the heavens [or the IDEAL realm]. The School of Athens – Raphael, details
Raphael: School of Athens, linklink
Raphael: The Sistine Madonna
Titian 1490 – 1576 Venetian Used strong colors with oil on canvas
Venus of Urbino – Titian, 1558
Titian: Bacchanal of the Adrians
Titian: The Emperor Charles V on Horseback
The Northern Renaissance Centered in the Netherlands Were not inspired by the Classics Looked to nature for inspiration Very detailed, realistic paintings Produced numerous portraits
Jan Van Eyck 1390 – 1441 The Arnolfini Wedding
Massys’ The Moneylender & His Wife, 1514
Bosch 1450 – 1516 Focused on the punishment of sinners Fantasy images (hybrid monsters, half- humans, half-animals) Weird landscapes Corrupt mankind should suffer
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Peasant life The Peasant Wedding
The German Renaissance German artists began to lead the Northern Renaissance
Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543 Portraits The Ambassadors
Albrecht Durer 1471 – 1528 Best known for wood cuts
Dürer The Last Supper woodcut, 1510
Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore Florence, Italy Roman Architecture Reborn
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The Renaissance cathedral is more down to earth & more human in scale Appropriate for the focus on man & life in the secular world
Italian Renaissance art clearly reflects Humanism in its emphasis on: 1. I II INDIVIDUALISM: glorifying potential, talents and accomplishments of individual human beings. 2. C CC CLASSICISM: Re-discovery and appreciation of ancient Greek & Roman culture 3. S SS SECULARISM: emphasis on this world (the “here & now”) and its material pleasures rather than the afterlife (“hereafter”) or spiritual world.