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The Renaissance. An age of great artistic achievement.
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The Renaissance An age of great artistic achievement
Florence was the Queen of Renaissance cities. The movement began here because money, political support, and many local artists were available. The city recovered from the plague sooner than other areas, so the spirit of the new movement flourished.
The Beginning of a New Age • Early in the 15th Century, patrons began supporting new artists to create art. • A young artist names Lorenzo Ghiberti received a commission to create bronze doors to open the new Baptistry in Florence. • This project took more than fifty years to design and complete.
A new artistic style develops • A new Scientific Perspective came into the works of artists, giving depth, realism and perspective to paintings. • Fresco painting became more colorful and lifelike. • This picture of the Annunciation is by Fra Angelico, a priest whose nickname means “Brother Angel.”
The Art of the High Renaissance • This Annunciation picture was done later and by a finer hand – that of Leonardo da Vinci. • Leonardo was a Renaissance man-gifted in many fields.
The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci • This is a study of a larger painting by Leonardo. Being interested in many things meant that he seldom finished his projects. • There are fewer than 30 of his artistic works left today.
The Last Supper Fresco • This amazing study of human emotion was deteriorating even before he finished. • The monks who commissioned the work wanted it painted on a wall in Milan – the wall was damp and the paint could not adhere.
The Mona Lisa • Perhaps his most famous work, the painting of La Giocanda, or Mona Lisa, was still in his possession when he died. Leonardo sold it to Francis I of France who was his last patron and great friend. The mystical painting is the centerpiece of the Louvre in Paris today.
Raphael Santi, the Young Genius • Born in the same year as Michelangelo, Raphael was another genius of the High Renaissance. • This is Raphael’s self- portrait when he was in his 20s. Raphael almost worshipped Leonardo and Michelangelo, but they both feared that his work would one day surpass theirs. Since Raphael died at age 37, we will never know.
One of Raphael’s many madonnas • Raphael was most skilled at painting beautiful, almost angelic faces, as in this madonna picture. • His figures had a warmth and realism that few artists were ever able to imitate. • His early death, due to complications from a cold, was a tremendous loss to the art world.
Some of Raphael’s angels • Raphel’s paintings of angels are as beautiful as the madonnas he painted.
Michelangelo Buonarotti • A young sculptor in stone set the art world in Florence on its ear when he went to work for Lorenzo de Medici. • This “Pieta” is perhaps his purest effort and it was completed by the time he was 23.
Michelangelo’s David • A mammoth block of white marble had lain on the floor of a shop in Florence waiting for the right person to work on it. • Michelangelo won the commission and then put four years of his life into carving this incredible tribute to God and Man. • David is just beginning the process of hitting Goliath with his slingshot.
The Creation of Adam • Michelangelo was a virtual prisoner of Pope Julius II for the four years it took to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. • This scene depicts the creation of Adam. If you look closely you can see Eve in the crook of God’s arm, waiting.
Michelangelo’s Statue of Moses • Pope Julius commissioned more than 40 statues for his tomb. This is one of the few that was completed. The story goes that when the artist completed the work it was so real looking that Michelangelo slapped it and said, “Now, speak.” • This statue in in Rome, in the Church of St. Peter in Chains.
Another Pieta by Michelangelo • Later in Michelangelo’s life his work had progressed to a new style. His later works are of another artistic period – Mannerism – and are very different from the Renaissance style. • Michelangelo worked into his 89th year. His last work was the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
