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The Italian Renaissance: Art

The Italian Renaissance: Art . Medieval Art. Fusion of different styles Roman ideas (techniques of sculpture lost) Christian ideas Church richest, most powerful institution in Medieval world Had the money to support artists throughout Medieval period

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The Italian Renaissance: Art

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  1. The Italian Renaissance: Art

  2. Medieval Art • Fusion of different styles • Roman ideas (techniques of sculpture lost) • Christian ideas • Church richest, most powerful institution in Medieval world • Had the money to support artists throughout Medieval period • Northern European “Barbarian” artistic tradition (Celtic, Germanic) • Byzantine (iconography) • Much of the non-religious medieval art is lost to us • No concept of preserving art outside of church

  3. Medieval Art: Religious Themes • St. Francis’ Rule Approved • Giotto (1288-92?) • Tempera (egg yolk mixed with pigment) on wood and ground gold • Questions • Glowing head? • Realistic? • Depth perception?

  4. Medieval Art: Religious Themes • The Crucifixion • Giotto (1305) • Tempera on wood andground gold. • Questions • Realism? • Glowing heads? • Depth?

  5. Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art • 1. Bright colors & oil paints (change in material used) • 2. Focus on realism • Natural poses were life-like, realistic (like the GREEKS!) • Showed personality & emotion in the art Expulsion fromthe Garden Masaccio 1427 First nudes sinceclassical times

  6. Perspective • (Della Pittura– Alberti) • Use of perspective • (horizon line, • vanishing point) • Shadowing created • illusion of depth • Made items in • background smaller

  7. Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, Andre Mantegna (1481) Notes …Realistic? …Perspective?

  8. Perspective! Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael 1504

  9. Compare & Contrast Perspective

  10. 4. Classicism • Obvious Greco-Roman influence • Individualism (free standing figures) • Symmetry/Balance Statue of Habacuc Donatello (1423-25)

  11. School of Athens - Raphael

  12. 5. Emphasis on Individualism • Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Duchess of Urbino(Pierodella Francesca, 1465-1466)

  13. 6. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures • The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate • Leonardo daVinci (1469) • The figure as architecture!

  14. Raphael’sCanagiani Madonna, 1507

  15. Renaissance Florence

  16. Lorenzo the Magnificent Cosimo de Medici 1449-1492 Grandson of Cosimo Ruled Florence, 1469 to death Patron to Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli 1389-1464 Medici bank = base of power Took over Florence, 1433 Patron to Brunelleschi, others

  17. Adoration of the Magi Entire Medici family shown Who are the “magi”? Who is in far right, looking at viewers?

  18. Brunelleschi’s Dome

  19. Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1436) • Won competition to design dome for new Cathedral in Florence • Before starting, he travelled around Italy for inspiration • Used the ancient Romans’ architectural concepts • Parthenon, in Rome • Used ribs to support dome

  20. Brunelleschi – Architect Built lightweight inner dome, then exterior dome of wind resistant material Dimensions: 137 feet across Weight: 40,785 tons containing over four million bricks Time to construct: 16 years

  21. Dome Comparisons Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US Capitol (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

  22. Renaissance Religious Themes Madonna and Child

  23. Madonna and Child, Fra Filippo Lippi 1406-1469Emotion of face -she looks like a real mother - tired, worn down

  24. Leonardo da Vinci “Self portrait” “Study of Hands” “Study of the Gradations of shadows”

  25. Parachute “Vitruvian Man” Notebook page (written backwards!) Helicopter

  26. Leonardo, the Inventor:Pages from his Notebook Machine gun Tank Helicopter

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

  28. Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): from his Notebook

  29. Mona Lisa Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini“Mona” - Italian version of ‘Madonna’ or ‘my lady’

  30. A Macaroni Mona

  31. Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-4 ?

  32. A Picasso Mona

  33. An Andy Warhol Mona

  34. Mona LisaORda Vinci??

  35. The Last Supper  Original, now What original might have looked like 

  36. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 vertical horizontal Perspective!

  37. A Da Vinci “Code”:St. John or Mary Magdalene?

  38. Michelangelo

  39. The Pieta

  40. David

  41. 15c Whatadifferenceacenturymakes! 16c

  42. The Sistine Chapel

  43. The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens

  44. The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man

  45. The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment

  46. The End

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