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RENAISSANCE “The Rebirth”
Domencio del Ghirlandaio A man with his grandchild Oil on panel, 1489-90
The Medici Family
Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro de Mugello) He was a Dominican monk and all his art was religious. He preferred a pattern of rhythmic lines and of bright, harmonious colors. The Annunciation Fresco in cell no. 3 Monastery in San Marco, Florence
Fra Angelico Annunciation Fresco 1440-45
Fra Angelico The Annunciation Fresco
Fra Angelico Flight into Egypt
Fra Angelico. The Adoration of the Magi 1445 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Fra Angelico The Sermon on the Mount Fresco
Fra Angelico Depostion Fra Angelico St. Dominic Adoring the Crucifixion
Fra Angelico. Deposition Museo di San Marco Florence, 1440
Fra Angelico Noli Me Tangere Fresco Fra Angelico. Angel 1433: Museo di San Marco Florence
Fra Angelico Crowning of The Virgin Mary Fresco
Fra Filippo Lippi He represents the sentimental trend in Florentine painting consisting mainly of chronicles of contemporary life. He was the exact antithesis of Fra Angelico - claimed himself as only flesh and blood.
Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child with Angels Tempera on wood 1455
Sandro Boticelli (Alessandro Filippi) 1444-1510 • One of the most popular of the • Renaissance artists, he was classed • with the sentimental, devotional group • and also learned from the scientists. • Boticelli’s painting was revolutionary for its time, being • the first large scale Renaissance painting with an • exclusively secular and mythological subject.
Sandro Botticelli Primavera, 1482 Tempera on canvas 6’8” x 10’ 4”
Sandro Botticelli Primavera, 1482 Tempera on canvas 6’8” x 10’ 4”
Sandro Botticelli Primavera, 1482 Tempera on canvas 6’8” x 10’ 4”
Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus, 1482 Tempera on canvas 5’ 8” x 9’ 1”
Sandro Botticelli Madonna and Child
Paolo Uccello (Paolo Di Dono) 1397-1475 • He was called Ucello because of his love for animals which he sketched tirelessly (ucello is Italian for “bird”) • He made a scientific study of the perspective in search of the geometric and mathematical laws on nature. • He was noted for his extreme use of foreshortening.
Paolo Uccello. St. George & the Dragon 1460
Paolo Uccello. The Hunt in the Forest. 1460s: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Paolo Uccello. The Three Paintings of the Battle of San Romano: Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops.
Paolo Uccello. The Three Paintings of the Battle of San Romano: Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse.
Paolo Uccello. The Three Paintings of the Battle of San Romano: Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle.
HIGH RENAISSANCE HIGH RENAISSANCE End of 15th century, Beginning of 16th century
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 • Florentine artist and thinker, • one of the greatest Renaissance painters • and perhaps the most versatile genius • who has ever lived. • He was author, philosopher, scientist, anatomist, • engineer, painter, sculptor, architect, naturalist, metal • worker, inventor, musician, designer of firearms, • mechanical and structural engineer, physicist, and • geologist. • His many drawings, combining scientific precision with • intense imaginative power, reflect the extraordinary • breadth of his interest ranging over biology, physiology, • hydraulics, and aeronautics.
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 He used sfumato, a modeling technique which consisted of blurring sharp outlines with subtle, tonal gradations imparting a mysterious and enigmatic quality, hinting at a subject’s spiritual dimension. He also practiced tenebrism a term derived from Italian tenebroso (obscure) to describe the use of a very dark, overall tonality of painting.
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Oil on Panel 30 ¼” x 21” 1503-6
Leonard da Vinci The Last Supper Fresco, 1495-1498
Leonardo da Vinci The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant St. John Charcoal heightened with white on brown paper 54” x 39” 1498
Leonardi di ser Piero da Vinci The Virgin, The Child Jesus and Saint Anne Oil
Leonardo Da Vinci. Adoration of the Magi 1481-82: Oil on panel, 246 x 243 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Leonardo Da Vinci. Annunciation 1470
Michelangelo di Buonarotti 1775-1564 • He was a sculptor, painter, • architect, engineer and poet. • Michelangelo was one of the • greatest figures of the • Renaissance. • He was the archetypal tormented genius who was rarely satisfied with his enormous talent. • In painting and sculpture his means of expression was limited almost entirely to portraying the male nude, but his massive influence remains undiminished since his death. • He created a style which laid the foundation for Baroque – Mannerism.
Michelangelo The Creation of Adam Fresco 1508-12
Michelangelo The Creation of Eve Fresco, Ceiling of Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo The Expulsion from the Garden Fresco, Ceiling of Sistine Chapel