The Art and Artists of the Italian Renaissance

1. The Art and Artists of the Italian Renaissance Originally by: Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. 1. Realism & Expression • Expulsion fromthe Garden, Masaccio, 1427 • First nudes sinceclassical times.

3. 2. Perspective • The Trinity • Masaccio • 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

4. 3. Classicism • Greco-Roman influence. • Secularism. • Humanism. • Individualism  free standing figures. • Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose”Medici “Venus” (1c)

5. 4. Empasis on Individualism • Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino, Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

6. Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, 1499 • 1474-1539 • “First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.” • Great patroness of the arts. • Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”

7. 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures • The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate • Leonardo da Vinci • 1469 • The figure as architecture!

8. 6. Artists as Personalities/Celebrities • Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, andArchitects, Giorgio Vasari, 1550

9. Renaissance Florence

10. Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent Cosimo I de Medici 1449-1492 1519 - 1574

11. Filippo Brunelleschi1377 - 1436 • Architect • Il Duoma (Cathedral of St. Mariadel Fiore)

12. Brunelleschi’s “Secret”

13. Brunelleschi’s Dome

14. Dome Comparisons Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

15. The Liberation of Sculpture • David by Donatello • 1430 • First free-form bronze since Roman times!

16. Vitruvian Man, Leonardo daVinci, 1492 TheL’uomouniversale

17. I. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512 • Artist • Sculptor • Architect • Scientist • Engineer • Inventor 1452 - 1519

18. Leonardo, the Artist • The Virgin of the Rocks • Leonardo daVinci • 1483-1486

19. Leonardo, the Artist:From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

20. Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-4 ?

21. A Macaroni Mona

22. A Picasso Mona

23. An Andy Warhol Mona

24. A “Mona”ca Lewinsky

25. Mona LisaOR da Vinci??

26. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498& Geometry

27. Refractory Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan

28. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 vertical horizontal Perspective!

29. Deterioration • Detail of Jesus • The Last Supper • Leonardo da Vinci • 1498

30. A Da Vinci “Code”:St. John or Mary Magdalene?

31. Leonardo, the Sculptor • An Equestrian Statue • 1516-1518

32. Leonardo, the Architect:Pages from his Notebook • Study of a central church. • 1488

33. Leonardo, the Architect:Pages from his Notebook • Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.

34. Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):Pages from his Notebook • An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.

35. Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

36. Leonardo, the Inventor:Pages from his Notebook

37. Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook Studies of water-lifting devices. A study of siege defenses.

38. Renaissance Rome

39. Comparing Domes

40. II. Michelangelo Buonorrati • 1475 – 1564 • He represented the body in three dimensions of sculpture.

41. David • MichelangeloBuonarotti • 1504 • Marble

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43. The Popes as Patrons of the Arts • The Pieta • MichelangeloBuonarroti • 1499 • marble

44. The Sistine ChapelMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 1512

45. The Sistine Chapel’s CeilingMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 1512

46. The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens

47. The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man

48. The Sistine Chapel Details The Fall from Grace

49. The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment

50. III. Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) Self-Portrait, 1506 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518