Italian Renaissance Art

1. Italian Renaissance Art

2. The Italian Renaissance The Renaissance began in Italy for two main reasons: • Its location in the middle of the Mediterranean • Sea made it the main point of commerce between Europe and the Middle East following the Crusades 2. The presence of a number of wealthy families rich from banking and trade created a class of people with the time, money, and interest to patronize the arts.

3. Madonna and Childc. 1320Early paintings such as this lacked the perspective and realism that would become more prevalent in the Renaissance. Giotto di Bondone

4. Stigmatization of St. Francisc. 1300The beginning of perspective is evident in this early work.

5. Donatello1386-1466 • Italian sculptor born in Florence • One of the first sculptors since classical times to produce works depicting human forms in a individualistic, confident manner

6. David1409

7. David1430

8. Madonna with Child1448

9. Masaccio1401-1427 • influenced by painter Giotto di Bondone and sculptors Brunelleschi and Donatello • developed method of applying depth and three-dimensionality that pioneered a new sense of realism to painting

10. The Crucifixion1426

11. Profile of a Young Man1425

12. Madonna with Child and Angels1426

13. Italian Renaissance artist Worked for wealthy Italian families, including the Medici banking family Most famous portrait – Guilano de Medici Also painted religion subjects, especially panels of the Madonna, such as the Madonna of the Magnificat, Madonna of the Pomegranate, Coronation of the Virgin, and Madonna and Child with Two Saints. Sandro Botticelli1445-1510Florence

14. Giuliano de Medici 1478

15. Venus and MarsThe topic of this painting reflects the interest in classical themes.

16. Madonna of the Magnificat

17. Madonna of the Pomegranate

18. The Madonna and Child with an Angel

19. Lamentation Over the Dead Christ

20. The Annunciation

21. La Primavera, “Allegory of Spring”

22. Lamentation over the Dead ChristAndrea Mantegna - 1490

23. The epitome of the ideal Renaissance man, da Vinci excelled as a painter, sculptor, inventor, architect, and engineer. Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519Florence

24. Drawings of da Vinci Study of a woman’s hand Embryo

26. Vitruvian Man, Study of proportions

27. Siege defenses

28. Madonna Litta

29. Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo da Vinci was particularly noted for his striking use of light and dark contrasts evident in this and the following paintings.

30. Mona Lisa

31. Lady with an ermine

32. The Last Supper

33. The Madonna of the Carnation

34. Michelangelo1475-1564 • A painter, sculptor, and architect, he also epitomized the ideal Renaissance man. • Commissioned by the di Medici family to help beautify Florence • Commissioned by Pope Julius II to work on the Sistine Chapel and his personal tomb

35. The Holy Family with Infant St. John the Baptist

36. The Last Judgementfrom the Sistine Chapel

37. Tomb of Pope Julius IIRome

38. David

39. Pieta

40. Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici

41. Lorenzo de Medici detail from tomb

42. Raphael1483-1520 • Best known for his Madonnas and his large figure compositions in the Vatican in Rome

43. Madonna dell Granducac. 1505

44. The Small Cowper Madonnac. 1505

45. Bindo Altoviti

46. The Entombment

47. The Alba Madonnac. 1511

48. Pope Leo X with 2 Cardinalsc. 1517-18

49. Assumption of the Virgin 1518

50. TitianVenice (1487 – 1576) • Studied with both Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini • Noted for his skill at depicting human emotion and movement