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Renaissance Art. The Five Themes of the Age in “Living Color”. Medieval Art. Painting…altar pieces. Madonna Enthroned. Cimabue, 1280s. Madonna Enthroned Duccio, 1308-1311. Renaissance will emphasize NEW themes. Ad fontes Humanism Individualism New Spirit of Inquiry Secularism.
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Renaissance Art The Five Themes of the Age in “Living Color”
Madonna Enthroned Cimabue, 1280s
Renaissance will emphasize NEW themes • Ad fontes • Humanism • Individualism • New Spirit of Inquiry • Secularism
Doryphorus • Mid-fifth century BCE
Augustus of Primaporta • 20 BCE
Michelangelo’s David • 1501-1504 • Ad Fontes for style- check out that contraposto! • But also humanism, individualism and spirit of inquiry
Ad fontes for subjects Birth of VenusBotticelli, 1480
Humanism and IndividualismThe Creation of Adam: The Sistine ChapelMichelangelo, 1508-1512
Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci, 1502 • “the highest and most difficult aim is to depict the intention of man’s soul through gesture and movement.”