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Renaissance

Renaissance. Art in the. 1400 – 1600. Overview. Italian/Early 1400-1490 Italian/High 1500-1600 Northern/Late 1500-1600. map. Renaissance. 1 st period to name itself and say nasty things about earlier times: “Gothic” & “Dark Ages” means “Rebirth”

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Renaissance

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  1. Renaissance Art in the 1400 – 1600

  2. Overview • Italian/Early 1400-1490 • Italian/High 1500-1600 • Northern/Late 1500-1600

  3. map

  4. Renaissance • 1st period to name itself and say nasty things about earlier times:“Gothic” & “Dark Ages” • means “Rebirth” • Looking back to Classical culture – Ancient Greece and Rome

  5. Renaissance • Church is still the biggest power structure • Beginning of banking • Private fortunes & power • Starts in Italy – specifically Florence

  6. Man loves himself once again The Return of Humanism

  7. from Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486) . . . I feel that I have come to some understanding of why man is the most fortunate of living things and, consequently, deserving of all admiration; of what may be the condition in the hierarchy of beings assigned to him, which draws upon him the envy, not of the brutes alone, but of the astral beings and of the very intelligences which dwell beyond the confines of the world.

  8. Donatello, David,1432

  9. Donatello, David,1432 Tuscan hat

  10. Style of helmet & art symbolic reference to other Italian city-states Donatello,David,1432Goliath’s headdetail Love of texture

  11. 1st free-standing, life size nude sculpture since antiquity! • contrapposto; but not just an imitation of past models • for private collection • David = underdog = Florence • Goliath = giant = Milan & other central Italian cities in league against Florence Donatello, David, 1432

  12. Inscription: “The victor is whoever defends the fatherland. God crushes the wrath of an enormous foe. Behold - a boy overcame a great tyrant! Conquer, O citizens! Kingdoms fall through luxury, cities rise through virtues. Behold the neck of pride, severed by the hand of humility.” Donatello, David, 1432

  13. An earlier Donatello David (c.1410)

  14. CONFIDENCE REDISCOVERED! Florence CathedralBrunelleschi dome

  15. Tower designed by Giotto, 1334

  16. View of Duomo from Pitti Palace (across the river)

  17. Pitti Palace Uffizzi View from the Duomo

  18. Pazzi Chapel Post & lintel returns; GEOMETRY

  19. Pazzi Chapel

  20. Pitti Palace

  21. Alberti (façade architect), Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1470

  22. MasaccioTrinity1427-28Fresco21' 10 1/2" x 10' 4 Santa Maria Novella, Florence 1st use of linear perspective

  23. Masaccio, Tribute Money, c. 1427

  24. Tribute Money,detail use of chiaroscuro (light and dark shading) to create volume in the clothes.

  25. Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding

  26. Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding

  27. Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding

  28. Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding

  29. Ghiberti, LorenzoDetail from the Gates of ParadiseThe story of Joseph1425-52Bronze with gilding80 x 80 cmBaptistery, Florence

  30. BOTTICELLI, SandroThe birth of Venusc. 1485, Tempera on canvas(67 7/8 x 109 5/8 in.)

  31. BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimaverac. 1482. Tempera on wood203 x 314 cm

  32. BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimaverac. 1482. Tempera on wood203 x 314 cm

  33. BOTTICELLI, SandroVenus and Marsc. 1485. Egg tempera and oil on poplar69 x 173.5 cm NOT BIBLICAL!

  34. KEY IMAGE PERIOD: PLACE: ARTIST: TITLE: DATE: Early Renaissance Florence Donatello David 1432

  35. PERIOD: ARTIST: TITLE: Renaissance KEY IMAGE Botticelli La Primavera (Birth of Spring)

  36. Pazzi Chapel KEY IMAGE

  37. Summary – Italian Renaissance • POLITICS – Italian city-states; power from money • EARLY RENAISSANCE – Florence • HIGH RENAISSANCE – • ART – Classical ideals revived • IDEAS – Humanism returns

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