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How did Renaissance Art And Architecture Differ from the Medieval Period?. What do you remember about Medieval architecture? Think of a Gothic cathedral:. 1. Realism & Expression. First nudes since classical times. Before. SAINT DEMETRIUS OF SALONICA. High Middle Ages
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How did Renaissance Art And Architecture Differ from the Medieval Period?
What do you remember about Medieval architecture? Think of a Gothic cathedral:
1. Realism & Expression • First nudes sinceclassical times. Before SAINT DEMETRIUS OF SALONICA. High Middle Ages End of 14th century
Classicism and Realism • Greco-Roman influence. • Humanism. • Individualism free standing figures. • Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose”Medici “Venus” (1c)
Renaissance Architecture vs. Medieval Architecture Notre Dame Cathedral El Tempieto Donato Bramante
Renaissance Architecture Classical elements: • Columns • Pillars • Lintels • Semicircular arches
Renaissance architecture focuses on: • Symmetry • Simplicity • Proportion • Regularity • The opposite of complex and irregular aspects of medieval buildings.
Il Duomo Brunelleschi
Quattrocentro (15th century) 1400s BIG NAMES: Medici family, Filippo runelleschi, Leon Alberti, Ghiberti, Donatello
Filippo Brunelleschi1377 - 1436 • Architect of the Duomo • Cuppolo of St. Mariadel Fiore
Q4: David by Donatello • 1430 • First free-form bronze since Roman times!
15th century Whatadifferenceacenturymakes! 16th century
Cinquecento (1500s, 16th century) • More advances • Moves to Rome • Michaelangelo
Cinquecento 2 • The Pieta • MichelangeloBuonarroti • 1499 • Marble • St. Peter´s Cathedral, Rome, Vatican City
St. Peter’s Cathedral in the Vatican Michelangelo-author of the dome, imitating the one in Florence
Cinquecento 1: Villa Capra by Palladio, Vicenza, Italy (outside of Rome)
David (C4) • MichelangeloMarble • This piece was actually done in Florence, not Rome.