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1 Based on powerpoint by Susan Pojer
The Art of the Italian Renaissance Based on powerpoint by Susan Pojer

2 Art and Patronage Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. Italian banking & international trade interests had the money. Public art in Florence was organized and supported by guilds. Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!

3 Charateristics of Renaissance Art

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

5 2. Perspective First use of linear perspective! Perspective!
The Trinity Masaccio 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

6 Perspective

7 The “Classical Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c)
3. Classicism Greco-Roman influence. Secularism. Humanism. Individualism  free standing figures. Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c)

8 4. Emphasis on Individualism
Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino Piero della Francesca,

9 Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, 1499
“First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.” Great patroness of the arts. Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”

10 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures
The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate Leonardo da Vinci 1469 The figure as architecture!

11 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges
Sfumato Chiaroscuro

12 7. Artists as Personalities/Celebrities
Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Giorgio Vasari 1550

13 Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 - 1436
Architect Cuppolo of St. Maria del Fiore

14 Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build the cathedral dome.
Used unique architectural concepts. He studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome. Used ribs for support.

15 Brunelleschi’s Dome

16 Comparing Domes

17 Other Famous Domes Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

18 The Ideal City Piero della Francesca, 1470

19 The Liberation of Sculpture
David by Donatello 1430 First free-form bronze since Roman times!

20 The Renaissance 'Individual'

21 Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci 1492 The L’uomo universale

22 The Renaissance “Man” Broad knowledge about many things in different fields. Deep knowledge/skill in one area. Able to link information from different areas/disciplines and create new knowledge. The Greek ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance education.

23 1. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512
Artist Sculptor Architect Scientist Engineer Inventor

24 Leonardo, the Artist The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo da Vinci

25 Leonardo, the Artist: From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

26 Mona Lisa – da Vinci, ?

27 ParodyThe Best Form of Flattery?
A Macaroni Mona

28 A Picasso Mona

29 An Andy Warhol Mona

30 The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 & Geometry

31 Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook
Study of a central church. 1488

32 Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook
Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.

33 Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology): Pages from his Notebook
An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.

34 Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

35 Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook

36 Studies of water-lifting devices. A study of siege defenses.
Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook Studies of water-lifting devices. A study of siege defenses.

37 2. Michelangelo Buonorrati
1475 – 1564 He represented the body in three dimensions of sculpture.

38 David Michelangelo Buonarotti 1504 Marble

39 What a difference a century makes!

40 The Popes as Patrons of the Arts
The Pieta Michelangelo Buonarroti 1499 marble

41 The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512

42 The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512

43 The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens

44 The Sistine Chapel Details
Creation of Man

45 Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004
A Modern “Adaptation” Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004

46 The Sistine Chapel Details
The Fall from Grace

47 The Sistine Chapel Details
The Last Judgment

48 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518
3. Raffaello Sanzio ( ) Self-Portrait, 1506 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518

49 Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael, 1514-1515
Castiglione represented the humanist “gentleman” as a man of refinement and self-control.

50 Betrothal of the Virgin
Perspective! Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael 1504

51 Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507

52 Raphael’s Madonnas (2) Madonna della Sedia Alba Madonna

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