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Review. Test 3: Renaissance. Renaissance. “Rebirth” 1400 – 1530’s Rediscovery of Classical (Greek and Roman) art Began in Italy Realism based on observation Mathematical application to art. Renaissance. Illusion of space and depth (3-D) One point linear perspective (vanishing point)

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  1. Review Test 3: Renaissance

  2. Renaissance • “Rebirth” • 1400 – 1530’s • Rediscovery of Classical (Greek and Roman) art • Began in Italy • Realism based on observation • Mathematical application to art

  3. Renaissance • Illusion of space and depth (3-D) • One point linear perspective (vanishing point) • Atmospheric perspective • Aerial perspective • Foreshortening • Use of light and dark • Background detail

  4. Renaissance • Patronage: • Church still provided patronage • Ruling families in city-states begin to patronize artists • The city-state of Florence, Italy served as a birthplace of Renaissance art

  5. Early Renaissance • Sculpture: • Human figures, usually life-size • Nudes of males and females • Commissioned by guilds and private patrons • Bronze, marble, terra-cotta • Major sculptors: • Ghiberti • Donatello • Verrocchio

  6. Donatello • David • C1440s • First unsupported bronze statue

  7. Verrocchio • David • 1473-75 • Commissioned by the Medici family

  8. Early Renaissance • Separation of foreground, middle ground, and background • Other major artists: • Giotto: crossover from Middle Ages • Brunelleschi: mathematical calculations for perspective • Masacchio: perspective in paintings • Angelico: light and shade to give depth • Mantegna: foreshortening

  9. High Renaissance • Shift from Florence to Rome • Focus on artists as geniuses • Focus on individualism • Focus on mankind, here and now • Idea that society civilizes people • Both religious and secular subjects • Chiaroscuro: use of light and dark • Realistic detail

  10. High Renaissance • Sfumato: blurry, soft effect • da Vinci’s Mona Lisa • Major artists: • Leonardo da Vinci • Michelangelo • Raphael • Titian

  11. Leonardo da Vinci • Mona Lisa • 1503-5 • Use of sfumato

  12. Leonardo da Vinci • The Last Supper • 1495-8

  13. Michelangelo • David • 1501-4

  14. Michelangelo • Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel • 1508-12

  15. Michelangelo • La Pietà • 1498-9

  16. Mannerism • Reaction to harmony of Renaissance • Virtuosity of artist held great importance • Intellectualism • Elitism • Emotional coldness • Distortion of space (seems too shallow) • Figures distorted/elongated • Multiple focal points that contradict each other

  17. Mannerism • Grotesque proportions • Rising spiral/swirling line • Major artists: • Parmigianino: The Madonna of the Long Neck • Titian: full-length portraits • Tintoretto: light • El Greco: eclectic, elongated

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