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Medieval Art. Renaissance Art . Oil on Stretched Canvas Perspective The Use of Light and Shadow Pyramid Configuration. Hans Holbein the Younger, “The French Ambassadors” (1533). Massassio. Founder of Early Renaissance Nickname “Sloppy Tom” Used constant source of light casting shadows.
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Renaissance Art • Oil on Stretched Canvas • Perspective • The Use of Light and Shadow • Pyramid Configuration
Massassio Founder of Early Renaissance Nickname “Sloppy Tom” Used constant source of light casting shadows
MassassioThe Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St. John and Two Donors(1426-28)
Donatello (1386-1466) Contrapposto-weight concentrated on one leg Draped sense with underlying skeletal structure Mary Magdalen so lifelike he shouted “Speak, speak, or the plague take you!”
Botticelli (1444-1510) Decorative linear style golden hair maidens throw back to Byzantine art
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Sketched fluttering wings in notebook Invented various flying contraptions Transformed status of artists Curiosity lured him from one incomplete project to the next Less than 20 completed works survive Died in court of Francis I at 67 Sole duty was to converse with king Leonardo on death bed “he had offended God ad mankind by not working at his art as he should have.”
Michelangelo (1475-1564) • Cared for by a wet nurse who’s husband was a stonecutter • Family beat him trying to convince him into a respectable profession • Medici prince Lorenzo the Magnificent took him in at age 15 • Never took on apprentices nor allowed other to watch him work
Raphael (1483-1520) • Most popular of the High Renaissance Artist • By 17 he was an independent master • Called by pope at 26 to decorate Vatican • Devoted Ladies man • Died at 37
The School of Athens Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo
The School of Athens – Raphael, details Plato:looks to theheavens [or the IDEALrealm]. Aristotle:looks to thisearth [thehere andnow].
Averroes Hypatia Pythagoras
Zoroaster Ptolemy Euclid
Titian (1490-1576) • Used strong colors • reds for warmth • used 30-40 layers of glaze for texture • Wife died in 1530 • paintings became muted almost monochromatic • Lost his eye sight towards the end
Northern Renaissance Art • Many artist traveled to Italy bring back humanist ideas • Help to centralize power • Church not a patron • Netherlands port town economically similar to Italian city-states
Jan Van Eyck (1395-1441) • Flemish painter • Received patronage from Valois prince • Named the leading painter of his day
Bosch (1450-1516) • Netherlandish painter • Left no letter or writings to give details of life • Believed that his father or uncle taught him to paint
Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569) • Netherlandish painter mainly lived in Antwerp • Concentrated on peasant life scenes • Not a peasant himself