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Renaissance Art

Explore the evolution of art from Byzantine to Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe. Learn about the key artists, their techniques, and the shift from religious symbolism to humanism.

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Renaissance Art

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  1. Renaissance Art Italian and Northern Renaissance Art

  2. Transition from Byzantine to Renaissance Old Man-Jesus. Sortof Man-Jesus. Baby-Jesus.

  3. Architecture of the Quattrocento • Brunelleschi’s Duomo in Florence • Built between 1420-1436 • Utilized principles of Classical architecture • Solved the issue of Florence’s wounded pride

  4. San Lorenzo - Brunelleschi • Reflects a return to Classical columns • Corinthian columns • Commissioned by the Medici

  5. Sculpture of the Quattrocento Baptistery Doors Competition Panels – Ghiberti and Brunelleschi (1402-3)

  6. Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Scultpure

  7. Quattrocento Painting GET OUT! • Masaccio painted much more lifelike figures • Also, he included very human expressions Stupidstupidstupid… Bummer.

  8. Quattrocento Painting Yo…you’re knocked up… oh, and God’s the baby daddy. WT*? Fra Filippo Lippi’s Madonna and Child (1455) and Fra Angelico’s Annunciation (1445)

  9. Later Quattrocento Sculpture • Donatello’s David (1446-60) • Natural portrayal of youth • Contrapposto classical stance Provocative feather on boy-thigh. Oh so naughty!

  10. Late Quattrocento Painting • Sandro Botticelli’s Venus and Mars (1483) • Pagan themes more common • Power of love defeats the warrior • Most likely commissioned for a wedding I’m le tired

  11. And more Botticelli! • Birth of Venus (1484-1486) • Merger of Classical and Christian themes And from the severed gonads of Uranus, I bring you…Venus!

  12. High Renaissance Art • Leonardo, the consumate L’uomo Universale • Painter, sculptor, scientist, engineer, etc. • In touch with, but very detached from humanity • “sacks for food”/”fillers up of privies” • Perfect triangular composition - science and painting?

  13. Leonardo’s Masterpiece • Judas betrayal • Composition – 3’s Look dudes…all I have to give you to eat is my body and blood…take it or leave it. I thought I saw a White Castle back there…Anyone? I’ll take mine with some fava beans and a nice chianti. What? No cocktail weenies?

  14. Michelangelo I’m not touching youuuuuuuuuu! • Truly suggests a divine aspect of man • Glorifies human form

  15. More Michelangelo • Glorifies human form • Idea of small overcoming large • Power of the Florentine • Republic as the underdog Reallybighands.

  16. Jan Van Eyck Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Ghent)

  17. Albrecht Durer

  18. Bruegel’s Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559)

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