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The Art of the Renaissance

The Art of the Renaissance. or How to See the World With New Eyes. Renaissance = “rebirth”. Return to classics in art, literature, architecture (Greek and Roman eras) Art period - approximately 1400 to 1600

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The Art of the Renaissance

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  1. The Art of the Renaissance or How to See the World With New Eyes

  2. Renaissance = “rebirth” • Return to classics in art, literature, architecture (Greek and Roman eras) • Art period - approximately 1400 to 1600 • Attitude of bold inventiveness, new artistic techniques, attention to detail and view of the human eye • Artists’ status in society grew due to support by patrons of the arts

  3. Italian Renaissance Apprenticeships for artists; guilds Works reflect desires of patrons - people of wealth, power; popes Integration of antiquity Examination of human figure, proportion Northern Development of oils Rural regions, simple life, few urban centers Scenes of peasant life, landscapes, nature Examination of light, texture, surface representations Renaissance Comparison

  4. BRUNELLESCHI • Sculptor and architect • Won contest for design of Cupolo of St. Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy • Began in 1409; completed in 1436 • Largest unsupported dome in world when created

  5. MASACCIO • The Trinity with Virgin and Saint John (1425) • First known painting to use sophisticated perspective • Obvious religious theme http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Masaccio_trinity.jpg

  6. JAN VAN EYCK Flemish painter Invented oil paint; brighter, more lively colors

  7. Ghent Altarpiece (1432)

  8. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife or The Arnolfini Marriage (1434) • May have been painted to send back to Arnolfini’s hometown in Italy as record of his marriage • Witnesses reflected in wall mirror • Realism in effects of light, structure and surface of items (clothes, dog, etc.)

  9. DONATELLO • David (1435) • Statue in bronze • Most famous sculpture commissioned for personal enjoyment (Cosimo de’Medici) • Most advanced, sensitive, and beautiful portrayal of nude human body since antiquity; first to be seen in the round in over a thousand years • Biblical David

  10. BOTTICELLI • The Birth of Venus (1480) • Represents combination of antiquity and Christian themes • One of first Renaissance representations of female nude • Painted for the Medici family

  11. The Birth of Venus

  12. HIERONYMUS BOSCH • Ship of Fools (1490-1500) • Illustrated allegory of “fools” of society; those who lived too earthly a life including a nun and monk, who never make it to safe harbor

  13. ALBRECHT DURER • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1498) • Woodcut was simple, popular art form • Durer embellished lines to demonstrate his technical supremacy

  14. RAPHAEL • Madonna of the Meadow (1505 or 1506) • Madonna a favorite subject of Raphael • Great detail in background scenes

  15. Marriage of the Virgin (1504) • Perspective use of geometric shapes • Observation of nature through background scene • Classical architecture with religious figures • Use of red paint to draw eye of viewer

  16. School of Athens (1511) • Intertwining antiquity with modern Renaissance values • School of Athens on wall of Vatican library; themes of learning, knowledge, debate and wisdom expressed in painting, including Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Pythagoras and Socrates • Masterpiece of planning to demonstrate balance, order and harmony

  17. School of Athens

  18. LEONARDO • True “renaissance man” • Artist, inventor • Never considered himself a good painter • Passion for observation, realism • Illegally dissected human bodies to study anatomy, physiology of human figure to redefine human proportion

  19. The Mona Lisa • Painted between 1503-1506 • Thought to be a noblewoman,Mona Lisa del Gioconolo • Leonardo took it everywhere with him; never considered it finished

  20. Virgin of the Rocks • Painted around 1503-1506 • Triangular composition meant to lead eye to focus on Mary; her gestures interconnect figures • Infant St. John, Jesus and angel with Mary http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Leonarda_da_vinci%2C_last_supper_02.jpg

  21. The Last Supper (1495-1498) • Leonardo’s most famous painting • Strict geometry of scene contrasted by irregular positions of figures • Painted on plaster wall with oil and tempera mix, using new technique • Almost completely obliterated due to wall and material damage; began shortly after its completion http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Leonarda_da_vinci%2C_last_supper_02.jpg

  22. Leonardo’s study sketches

  23. A study of “The Last Supper” • What was Leonardo attempting to accomplish in this work? Is it merely a religious painting in a religious setting?

  24. MICHELANGELO • Much sought after artists by popes of Rome • Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508-1512) most famous painting • Last Judgment (1534-1541)

  25. The Pieta (1498-1500) • The only work signed by Michelangelo • Carved from flawed piece of marble • 14 feet high • Figures seem soft despite medium used • Intensive study of musculature and anatomy evident in work

  26. David (1501-1504) • Marble sculpture 17 feet tall • Great attention to detail of physical attributes, anatomy • Renaissance view of masculinity, strength

  27. PIETER BRUEGHEL THE ELDER • Children’s Games (1560) • Brueghel was student of human nature and lover of natural environment • Produced series portraying months/seasons of year beginning with Hunters in the Snow

  28. Triumph of Death (1562)

  29. Hunters in the Snow (1565)

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