1. Renaissance Art As with Renaissance Literature, three themes of Renaissance Art: Humanism, Secularism, and Classicism. The Renaissance will see a shift in art - from art purely for the sake of glorifying God and teaching Biblical and Catholic lessons to art for the sake of also glorifying human beings and their Earthly emotions, experiences, surroundings. Realism will be the key to Renaissance art, as compared to Medieval Art…

2. Carolingian Evangelist Late 8 th Century From the Codex Aureus of Lorsch (an illuminated Gospel Book from the Charlemagne period of the Frankish kingdom)

3. A typical Medieval depiction of Christ A Christ Pantokrator (Christ with the halo in a cross form) From the 11 th Century

4. The Morgan Leaf – detached from the 12 th Century Winchester Bible (English) Depicts scenes from the life of David

5. Medieval depiction of Charlemagne’s coronation in 800.

6. Giotto, Life of St. Francis Fresco in Bardi FamilyChapel Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337)

7. Fra Angelico, Adoration of the Magi Fra Angelico, AKA Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole 1395 - 1455)

8. Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi

9. Realism – the key difference. Contributes to the humanism of Italian Art Achieved through use of new techniques: –Perspective –Chiaroscuro and realistic coloring –Overlapping figures –Movement –Use of realistic fore- and backgrounds

10. The Italian Renaissance

11. Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510) Birth of Venus

12. Botticelli, Primavera

13. The “Big Four” of Italian Renaissance Art Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) Raphael - Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483 – 1520) Titian - Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488 - 1576)

14. Vitruvian Man

15. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne Leonardo da Vinci Depicts St. Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary, and the infant Jesus. Size of this preview: 447 × 599 pixels

16. Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper

17. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa

18. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel The Entire Vault here- Ceiling depicts the stories of the Book of Genesis, back wall is The Last Judgement

19. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

20. Sistine Chapel, Creation of Adam

21. Details from The Sistine Chapel Ceiling The Prophet Ezechiel The Creation of the Sun, the Moon and the Planets

22. The Last Judgement

23. Michelangelo, Pieta

24. Michelangelo, David

25. Raphael, School of Athens

26. The School of Athens detail- “Plato & Aristotle”

27. The Parnassus (Raphael)

28. Raphael, Madonna

29. Group of Swiss Soldiers, the Mass of Bolsena Portrait of a Cardinal More Raphael…..

30. Titian, The Venus of Urbino

31. Titan, Bacchanalia

32. Titian Pope Paul III and His Nephews

33. Titian Portrait of Charles V at the Battle of Muhlberg

34. The Northern Renaissance

35. Jan Van Eyck, Arnolfini Wedding

36. Durer, Self- Portrait

37. Durer, Adoration of the Magi

38. Durer engraving, Hands with Bible

39. Hans Holbein, Henry the VIII

40. Hans Holbein, Jane Seymour

41. Holbein, Sir Thomas More

42. Hans Holbein, Erasmus

43. Bruegel, Children’s Games

44. Children’s Games, detail

45. Bruegel, Peasant Wedding

46. Peasant Wedding, detail

47. Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow

48. Bruegel The Blind Leading the Blind

49. Lady with an Ermine da Vinci ENTRY # 7 (9/18/13) Evaluate the Painting below in terms of the three Renaissance themes, as well as the technical characteristics of Renaissance Art