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Greek and Roman Art

Greek and Roman Art. The ancient Greeks created sculptural works with a beauty that has never been surpassed. The Romans, who came to dominate the Greeks, had great admiration for Greek sculptures.

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Greek and Roman Art

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  1. Greek and Roman Art • The ancient Greeks created sculptural works with a beauty that has never been surpassed. • The Romans, who came to dominate the Greeks, had great admiration for Greek sculptures. • The Romans transported thousands of their sculptures to Rome to decorate their villas and public places. • The Romans copied those Greek sculpture masterpieces and in a similar style the Romans also created great sculptures of their own.

  2. ColoseumRome

  3. Middle Ages Loss of the arts.

  4. Christ in Majesty with ApostlesSt. Genis 1019 - 1020

  5. Renaissance“Rebirth” The renewal of the Greek and Roman Traditions

  6. DaVinci 1452 - 1519 1600 1400 1500 Donatello 1386 - 1466 1450 Michelangelo 1475 - 1564 1550 Raphael 1483 - 1520 The “Turtles”

  7. Donatello 1386-1466 Early Renaissance David 1408-1409 Saint George 1417

  8. The MICROCOSMLike the pentagram, the human body consists of a central torso with five appendages. Leonardo da Vinci demonstrated this very well in his drawing of a human form inside a circle, thus demonstrating the beautiful symmetry of the body. Leonardo DaVinci (1452 – 1519) DaVinci, Drawing of a Woman’s Torso

  9. Virgin of the Rocks Oil on Canvas, Louvre Mona Lisa Oil on Canvas, Louvre

  10. Michelangelo (1475 – 1564)Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome, Fresco

  11. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome, Fresco

  12. Basilica di San Pietro: I - Michelangelo: Pietà

  13. David, 1501-1504

  14. Raphael(1483 – 1520) Madonna with the Goldfinch 1505-1506, Oil on Canvas Philosophy 1509 – 1511, Fresco

  15. Baldassare Castiglione 1514 Oil on Wood, Louvre

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