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RENAISSANCE

RENAISSANCE. 1400 to 1650 Classical texts, architecture, and art rediscovered Change in philosophical viewpoints takes place Emphasis on humanism Principles of art & art theories developed by Leon Battista Alberti. Michelangelo, Piet à , 1499. Humanism and Art.

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RENAISSANCE

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  1. RENAISSANCE • 1400 to 1650 • Classical texts, architecture, and art rediscovered • Change in philosophical viewpoints takes place • Emphasis on humanism • Principles of art & art theories developed by Leon Battista Alberti

  2. Michelangelo, Pietà, 1499

  3. Humanism and Art • The human body is studied; artists such as Leonardo da Vinci perform anatomical studies • Shift in representation of humans in art • Body viewed as proportional and harmonious • Religious topics now countered by other topics in art

  4. Michelangelo, David, 1504

  5. Representation of Human Form • Weight shift • Anatomy and musculature understood • Realistic sense of mass • 3-dimensional • Body an object of aesthetic beauty • Close observation of nature

  6. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, 1508-1512

  7. The Creation of Adam, ceiling (detail) of Sistine Chapel, 1508-1512

  8. Creation of Eve, detail from Sistine Chapel, 1509-1510

  9. Christ as Judge at the Last Judgment(detail of Sistine Chapel)

  10. Taddeo Gaddi, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints, 1355

  11. Cimabue, Madonna and Child Enthroned,second half of 13th century

  12. Giotto, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 1310s

  13. Giotto, Crucifixion of Christ, 1310s

  14. Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, 1420-1436

  15. Gentile da Fabriano, The Adoration of the Magi, 1423

  16. Masaccio, Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1425-1428

  17. Linear Perspective • Canvas no longer appears “flat” • Illusion of 3D world on a 2D surface • Mathematical ordering of space • Vanishing point • Light and shadow • Atmospheric perspective

  18. Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, c. 1482

  19. Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Woman,after 1480

  20. Leonardo da Vinci, Self portrait,

  21. Role of Artist in Society • Artist as intellectual • Rose socially in Italian society • Elevation of other classes helped, e.g., banking families such as the Medici • Belonged to guilds • Often poets, architects, mathematicians and philosophers

  22. Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Milan

  23. Rafael, School of Athens, Vatican, Rome, completed in 1511

  24. School of Athens, detail (Pythagoras, representing Arithmetic)

  25. Rafael, Self portrait, detail of School of Athens, 1510-1511

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