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1 The Art of the Italian Renaissance

2 Changes in Art Following this slide are two images. Examine the two images. One is from the Medieval (Middle Ages) period and one is from the Renaissance. How can you tell that these images are from different time periods? What are the characteristics of each piece? Does one image have brighter colors? Does one have clearer images? Try to list all of the distinguishing characteristics of each piece.

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6 New Techniques Fresco Perspective Human anatomy and movement Sculpture
Architecture Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paints, 3-D Organization of outdoor space and light through geometry Realistic of humans Free Standing! Donatello- Greek and Roman influence Brunelleschi- focused on human needs not divine

7 Pieta BY: Donatello

8 Masters of High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo Did realistic painting, dissected human bodies, goal to capture the beauty of nature Admired for Madonna's (Virgin Mary) Accomplished painter, sculptor, architect

9 Sistine Chapel

10 Art and Patronage Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. Why were they so wealthy? Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. Due to banking & trade- people had the money to spend & commission artists. 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!

11 Characteristics of Renaissance Art

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

13 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.

14 3. Classicism Raphael, School of Athens (1509) Greek-Roman influence.
Secularism. Humanism. Symmetry/Balance Raphael, School of Athens (1509)

15 12: Socrates 13: Heraclitus (Michelangelo) 14: Plato (Leonardo da Vinci) 15: Aristotle 17: Plotinus (Donatello) R: Apelles (Raphael)

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

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

18 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges
Sfumato Chiaroscuro

19 The “Modest Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c)
7. Free-Standing Sculpture Individualism  free standing figures, first since Classical era Contraposto posture The “Modest Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c) 19

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

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