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A Comparison of Art from Medieval to the Renaissance

A Comparison of Art from Medieval to the Renaissance. We start with: Late Medieval Art. St. Francis’ Rule Approved. Giotto, ca 1288-92 ? Tempera on wood and ground gold. The Lamentation. Giotto , 1302 ca. Tempera on wood and ground gold. The Crucifixion. Giotto, 1305 ca.

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A Comparison of Art from Medieval to the Renaissance

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  1. A Comparison of Art from Medieval to the Renaissance We start with: Late Medieval Art

  2. St. Francis’ Rule Approved • Giotto, ca 1288-92? • Tempera on wood and ground gold.

  3. The Lamentation • Giotto, 1302 ca. • Tempera on wood and ground gold.

  4. The Crucifixion • Giotto, 1305 ca. • Tempera on wood and ground gold.

  5. Medieval Art = Religious Themes The Epiphany • Giotto, 1320 ca. • Tempera on wood and ground gold.

  6. The Art of the Italian Renaissance

  7. Characteristics of Renaissance Art

  8. 1. Realism & Expression • Expulsion fromthe Garden • Masaccio • 1427 • First nudes sinceclassical times.

  9. 2. Perspective • The Trinity • Masaccio • 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

  10. 3. Classicism • Greco-Roman influence. • Secularism. • Humanism. • Individualism  free standing figures. • Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose”Medici “Venus” (1c)

  11. 4. Emphasis on Individualism • Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino • Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

  12. 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures • The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate • Leonardo da Vinci • 1469 • The figure as architecture!

  13. 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Sfumato Chiaroscuro

  14. 7. Artists as Personalities/Celebrities • Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, andArchitects • Giorgio Vasari • 1550

  15. The Liberation of Sculpture • David by Donatello • 1430

  16. The Renaissance 'Individual'

  17. 3 Ninja Turtles!!!

  18. 1. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512 • Artist • Sculptor • Architect • Scientist • Engineer • Inventor 1452 - 1519

  19. Leonardo, the Artist • The Virgin of the Rocks • Leonardo daVinci • 1483-1486

  20. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498& Geometry

  21. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 vertical horizontal Perspective!

  22. Deterioration • Detail of Jesus • The Last Supper • Leonardo da Vinci • 1498

  23. Leonardo, the Sculptor • An Equestrian Statue • 1516-1518

  24. Leonardo, the Architect:Pages from his Notebook • Study of a central church. • 1488

  25. Renaissance Rome

  26. 2. Michelangelo Buonorrati • 1475 – 1564 • He represented the body in three dimensions of sculpture.

  27. David • MichelangeloBuonarotti • 1504 • Marble

  28.  15c Whatadifferenceacenturymakes! 16c 

  29. The Popes as Patrons of the Arts • The Pieta • MichelangeloBuonarroti • 1499 • marble

  30. The Sistine ChapelMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 1512

  31. The Sistine Chapel’s CeilingMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 1512

  32. The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens

  33. The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man

  34. The Sistine Chapel Details The Fall from Grace

  35. The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment

  36. 3. Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) Self-Portrait, 1506 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518

  37. Baldassare Castiglioneby Raphael,1514-1515 • Castiglione represented the humanist “gentleman” as a man of refinement and self-control.

  38. Perspective! Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael 1504

  39. The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11 Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo

  40. The School of Athens – Raphael, details Plato:looks to theheavens [or the IDEALrealm]. Aristotle:looks to thisearth [thehere andnow].

  41. Averroes Hypatia Pythagoras

  42. Zoroaster Ptolemy Euclid

  43. Pope Leo X with Cardinal GiuliodeMedici and Luigi De Rossi by Raphael, 1518-1519 • A Medici Pope. • He went through the Vatican treasury in a year! • His extravagances offended even some cardinals [as well as Martin Luther!]. • Started selling indulgences.

  44. Birth of Venus– Botticelli, 1485 An attempt to depict perfect beauty.

  45. The Northern Renaissance

  46. Should not be considered an appendage to Italian art. • -But, Italian influence was strong. • -Painting in OIL developed in Flanders, was widely adopted in Italy. • -The differences between the two cultures: • Italy change was inspired by humanism with its emphasis on the revival of the values of classical antiquity. • Northern Europe  change was driven by religious reform, the return to Christian values, and the revolt against the authority of the Church.

  47. CHARACTERISTICS: • -More princes & kings were patrons of artists. • -The continuation of late medieval attention to details. • -Tendency toward realism & naturalism [less emphasis on the “classical ideal”]. • -Interest in landscapes. • -More emphasis on middle-class and peasant life. • -Details of domestic interiors. • -Great skill in portraiture.

  48. Flemish Realism

  49. Jan van Eyck (1395 – 1441) • The Virgin and Chancellor Rolin, 1435.

  50. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife(Wedding Portrait)Jan Van Eyck1434

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