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The Art of the Italian Renaissance

The Art of the Italian Renaissance. Art and Patronage. Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. Italian banking & international trade interests had the money.

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The Art of the Italian Renaissance

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  1. The Art of the Italian Renaissance

  2. Art and Patronage • Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. • Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. • Italian banking & international trade interests had the money. • 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!

  3. Charateristics of Renaissance Art

  4. 1. Realism & Expression • Expulsion fromthe Garden • Masaccio • 1427 • First nudes sinceclassical times.

  5. The Father of Realism • Giotto diBondone • c.1266-1337 • The Lamentation, 1302 • Tempera on wood w/ ground gold

  6. 2. 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.

  7. 3. Classicism • Greco-Roman influence. • Idealized figures • Secularism. • Humanism. • Liberation of sculpture  free standing figures. • Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose”Medici “Venus” (1c)

  8. 4. Emphasis on Individualism • Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino • Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

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

  10. 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Sfumato Chiaroscuro

  11. 7. Artists as Personalities/Celebrities • Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, andArchitects • Giorgio Vasari • 1550

  12. The Hall of Fame: 5 Essential Works

  13. 1. Donatello liberates Sculpture • David by Donatello • 1430 • First free-form bronze since Roman times!

  14. 2.Birth of Venus – Botticelli, c.1485 An attempt to depict perfect beauty.

  15. 2002 Euro Coin Botticelli’s Venus Motif. 10¢ Italian Euro coin.

  16. 3.Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-6 ?

  17. Mona LisaOR da Vinci??

  18. ParodyThe Best Form of Flattery? A Macaroni Mona

  19. A Picasso Mona

  20. An Andy Warhol Mona

  21. A “Mona”ca Lewinsky

  22. 4. The Divine Michelangelo • David • MichelangeloBuonarotti • 1504 • Marble

  23.  15c Whatadifferenceacenturymakes! 16c 

  24. 5.The School of Athens – Raphael, 1509 -11 Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo

  25. The School of Athens – Raphael, details Plato:looks to theheavens [or the IDEALrealm]. Aristotle:looks to thisearth [thehere andnow].

  26. Averroes Hypatia Pythagoras

  27. Zoroaster Ptolemy Euclid

  28. Honorable Mention

  29. 3. (tie) The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 & Geometry

  30. Refractory Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan

  31. The Sistine ChapelMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 1512

  32. The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man

  33. A Modern “Adaptation” Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004

  34. The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment

  35. Renaissance Architecture

  36. Filippo Brunelleschi1377 - 1436 • Architect • Cuppolo of St. Mariadel Fiore • (a.k.a. Il Duomo)

  37. Architectural Landmark: The Vatican St. Peter’s Basilica (1506-1567)

  38. Other Famous Domes Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

  39. A Contest to Decorate the Cathedral: Sacrifice of Isaac Panels Brunelleschi Ghiberti

  40. Ghiberti – Gates of ParadiseBaptistry Door, Florence – 1425 - 1452 The Winner!

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