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Renaissance Art. Carley Gordon and Lauren Welker . Art in the Early Renaissance. Began with Masaccio’s Brancacci Chapel paintings Introduced and renewed other kinds of art Realistic nude paintings and sculptures Nature paintings Human-centered art Intricate archtexture
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Renaissance Art Carley Gordon and Lauren Welker
Art in the Early Renaissance • Began with Masaccio’s Brancacci Chapel paintings • Introduced and renewed other kinds of art • Realistic nude paintings and sculptures • Nature paintings • Human-centered art • Intricate archtexture • Focused on capturing inner and outer qualities accurately
The Artistic High Renaissance • Many artists during this period had mastered new techniques and moved onto a more individual forms of creative expression. • High Renaissance: 1480-1520 • The change into the High Renaissance can be distinguished by the increased importance of Rome as a new cultural center of the Italian Renaissance . • Three Major Artist of this time: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): continued with realism of the human body, extended this to the idealization of nature. • Raphael (1483-1520): attempt to achieve ideal beauty • Michelangelo (1475-1564): effected by Nepolitanism, search for ideal beauty-David
Art and Social Status • Most artists were still viewed as artisans and sold art at guilds • Especially talented /famous artists (e.g. Leonardo da Vinci) became recognized as artistic geniuses • Artists were eventually acknowledged for their creativity and advancing thinking over skill • Soon artists were able to mingle with upper class society – enriching knowledge in a way that as apparent in the artwork
The Northern Artistic Renaissance • The North (especially Lower countries) and Italy took different approaches to art. • Italy: importance was placed on the accuracy of the human figure and mastering skills to help portray humans in a realistic setting. • Large walls in churches: the rise of fresco painting • North: with their churches filled with large glass windows emphasis was put on illuminating manuscripts and smaller wooden panel paintings for the front of alters. • Became the masters at rendering details • Northern School of Art: one of the first to use oil paint: allows a range of colours and fine details • Van Eyck shows the style of northern artwork at this time. • By the end of the 15th centaury art of the North was beginning to be influenced by Italy
Renaissance Music • Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474) • Madrigals became 12 line poems set to music • Originated in 14th century courtrooms • Revolved around romantic relationships • “Text painting” – music sounds the same way a the lyrics