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The Venetian Renaissance

Explore the distinct characteristics and prominent artists of the Venetian and Florentine Renaissance, from the vibrant colors of Bellini to the architectural feats of Brunelleschi. Discover the artistic splendor that defined these two remarkable Italian cities.

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The Venetian Renaissance

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  1. The Venetian Renaissance Coach Terry Ferguson AP EUROPEAN HISTORY

  2. Essential Question: How did the Venetian Renaissance differ from the Florentine?

  3. Where's Venice? Here it is! And here’s Florence!

  4. History of Venice • Located on the Adriatic Sea • Major port city • Further away from Rome than Florence • Secular republic during the Renaissance

  5. More on Venice • Stable, powerful, and prosperous economy • More incentive for noble patrons to support the arts. • Alfonso d’Este. • Guilds made sure artists were properly compensated.

  6. Florence: 15th Century • By 1425, Florence had a population of 60,000 • A self governed, independent state • Twelve artist guilds regulated trade • Bases of commercial success • Prosperity can from trading of textiles (mainly wool)

  7. More on Florence • Landlocked city • Banking was the first source of income. • Made patrons wealthy. • First supporters of art. • Lorenzo de Medici.

  8. Venetian vs. Florentine • Poetry • Color • Pleasure • Beauty • Intellect • Line, form, design • Grandeur • Heroic • Classical and biblical themes

  9. The Renaissance in Florence

  10. Characteristics • Perspective • Antiquity • Balance/Geometry • Individualism • Light/Shadow

  11. Florentine Renaissance Men • Painters: • Botticelli • Da Vinci • Sculptors: • Donatello • Ghiberti • Architects: • Alberti • Bruneschelli • Michelangelo • Raphael

  12. Donatello (1386 - 1466) • Born in Florence • Worked in Ghiberti’s shop • Three periods of work: • Before 1425 (influenced by gothic work, but also classical and realist) • St. Mark

  13. Donatello (Cont...) • 1443-1466 (realism, focus on character) • David • 1425-1443 (Mostly with antiquity) • Gattamelata

  14. Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455) • Born in Florence • Extremely vivid and detailed work • Both a sculptor and goldsmith • Sacrifice of Isaac

  15. Lorenzo Ghiberti (Cont...) • Bronze Doors • 28 panels • Took 21 years to complete • Gates of Paradise • Took 27 years

  16. Botticelli (1445 - 1510) • Real name: Alessandro Filipepi • Member of the Medici family • Adoration of the Magi • 1481-1482 • Birth of Venus • 1484

  17. Botticelli (Cont...) • Florence’s favorite artist • Primavera • 1482

  18. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) • Desire to paint realistically • Architect, musician, engineer, scientist, inventor • Mona Lisa (1503-1506) • Last Supper (1495)

  19. Michelangelo Buonarroti • Painter, sculptor and architect • Major studies of human anatomy – helped him to form figures • Most famous for David and his paintings on the Sistine Chapel

  20. Raphael • In Florence, taught by Michelangelo and da Vinci. • Lighting techniques and figure shaping. • Marriage of the Virgin(1504). • Entombment(1507).

  21. School of Athens - 1509

  22. Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1471) • Florentine family – returned from exile in 1429 • Thought of architecture as having socio-political basis • S. Francesco Tempio Malatestiano (1450) • S. Maria Novella (1458-71) • Though never produced anything worth notice, he wrote several books about paintings and how to paint well

  23. Filippo Bruneschelli • Studied architecture after lost a competition to Ghiberti. • Was asked to help raised the cupola of S. Maria del Fiore (1420-1436) • When the council heard his suggestion, they thought he was crazy

  24. The Venetian School

  25. Characteristics of the Venetian School • Light and color achieved drama • Smooth brushwork – achieved velvety look • Subject matter • Mostly church themes • Venuses

  26. The Venetian School (Cont...) • Somewhat mannerist • Stayed away from contraposto and tortured emotions • Oil painting • Durable in Venice’s moist climate

  27. Giovanni Bellini (1426-1516) • Born in Venice • Founder of the Venetian School of Painting • Used light and color for transitions, not lines • San ZaccariaAltarpiece (1505)

  28. Bellini (Cont...) • Frari Triptych • 1488 • Use of shapes is not what draws attention to the Madonna

  29. Bellini and Titian • Alfonso d’Este commissioned Bellini paint five works for his estate in Ferrara, where his family ruled. • Feast of the Gods was the last painting Bellini did before he died in 1516. • The x-ray of the painting shows that the painting was, indeed, finished by Bellini, but painted over by Titian Painted over

  30. A Closer Look... The quince Cybele is holding symbolizes marriage, and as Neptune’s hand rests on her thigh, the veiwer can wonder if they perhaps symbolize the Duke and his wife. Priapus and Lotis

  31. Titian • Real name: Tiziano Vecellio (1485-1578) • Studied under Bellini and Giorgione • Greatest painter of the Venetian School

  32. Titian (cont.) Bacchus and Ariadne Worship of Venus Bacchanal

  33. Titian (cont.) Notice the gorgeous skylines in the background • Presentation of the Virgin (1539) • Penitene Magdalene(1555-1556)

  34. Giorgione (1477-1510) • Real name: Giorgio de Castelfranco • Castelfranco is 30km northwest of Venice • Some of his paintings were completed after his death • Sleeping Venus (1510)

  35. Giorgione (Cont...) • The Impassioned Singer(1510) • The Tempest(1510)

  36. More Giorgione • Adoration of the Shepherds (1505-1510)

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