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The Venetian Renaissance. By Phae N. Sophomore EHAP Ms. Pojer. Essential Question: How did the Venetian Renaissance differ from the Florentine?. Where's Venice?. Here it is!. And here’s Florence!. History of Venice. Located on the Adriatic Sea Major port city
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The Venetian Renaissance By Phae N. Sophomore EHAP Ms. Pojer
Essential Question: How did the Venetian Renaissance differ from the Florentine?
Where's Venice? Here it is! And here’s Florence!
History of Venice • Located on the Adriatic Sea • Major port city • Further away from Rome than Florence • Secular republic during the Renaissance
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.
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)
More on Florence • Landlocked city • Banking was the first source of income. • Made patrons wealthy. • First supporters of art. • Lorenzo de Medici.
Venetian vs. Florentine • Poetry • Color • Pleasure • Beauty • Intellect • Line, form, design • Grandeur • Heroic • Classical and biblical themes
Characteristics • Perspective • Antiquity • Balance/Geometry • Individualism • Light/Shadow
Florentine Renaissance Men • Painters: • Botticelli • Da Vinci • Sculptors: • Donatello • Ghiberti • Architects: • Alberti • Bruneschelli • Michelangelo • Raphael
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
Donatello (Cont...) • 1443-1466 (realism, focus on character) • David • 1425-1443 (Mostly with antiquity) • Gattamelata
Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455) • Born in Florence • Extremely vivid and detailed work • Both a sculptor and goldsmith • Sacrifice of Isaac
Lorenzo Ghiberti (Cont...) • Bronze Doors • 28 panels • Took 21 years to complete • Gates of Paradise • Took 27 years
Botticelli (1445 - 1510) • Real name: Alessandro Filipepi • Member of the Medici family • Adoration of the Magi • 1481-1482 • Birth of Venus • 1484
Botticelli (Cont...) • Florence’s favorite artist • Primavera • 1482
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) • Desire to paint realistically • Architect, musician, engineer, scientist, inventor • Mona Lisa (1503-1506) • Last Supper (1495)
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
Raphael • In Florence, taught by Michelangelo and da Vinci. • Lighting techniques and figure shaping. • Marriage of the Virgin(1504). • Entombment(1507).
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
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
Characteristics of the Venetian School • Light and color achieved drama • Smooth brushwork – achieved velvety look • Subject matter • Mostly church themes • Venuses
The Venetian School (Cont...) • Somewhat mannerist • Stayed away from contraposto and tortured emotions • Oil painting • Durable in Venice’s moist climate
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)
Bellini (Cont...) • Frari Triptych • 1488 • Use of shapes is not what draws attention to the Madonna
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
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
Titian • Real name: Tiziano Vecellio (1485-1578) • Studied under Bellini and Giorgione • Greatest painter of the Venetian School
Titian (cont.) Bacchus and Ariadne Worship of Venus Bacchanal
Titian (cont.) Notice the gorgeous skylines in the background • Presentation of the Virgin (1539) • Penitene Magdalene(1555-1556)
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)
Giorgione (Cont...) • The Impassioned Singer(1510) • The Tempest(1510)
More Giorgione • Adoration of the Shepherds (1505-1510)