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RENAISSANCE ART

RENAISSANCE ART. THE EARLY RENAISSANCE. STATUS OF THE ARTS. VISUAL ARTS CLASSED WITH CRAFTS OR MECHANICAL ARTS “HANDIWORK” VS. THEORETICAL BASIS VILLANI FIRST TO CLAIM A PLACE FOR THEM IN LIBERAL ARTS C. 1400. STATUS OF ARTS. ALBERTI, ON PAINTING

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RENAISSANCE ART

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  1. RENAISSANCE ART THE EARLY RENAISSANCE

  2. STATUS OF THE ARTS • VISUAL ARTS CLASSED WITH CRAFTS OR MECHANICAL ARTS • “HANDIWORK” VS. THEORETICAL BASIS • VILLANI FIRST TO CLAIM A PLACE FOR THEM IN LIBERAL ARTS C. 1400

  3. STATUS OF ARTS • ALBERTI, ON PAINTING • ADMISSION OF VISUAL ARTS TO LIBERAL ARTS CHANGED NATURE OF ARTIST’S WORK • ARTIST A MAN OF IDEAS RATHER THAN MANIPULATOR OF MATERIAL

  4. STATUS OF ARTISTS • WORK OF ART A RECORD OF A CREATIVE MIND • ARTIST’S OUTLOOK ALSO CHANGED • IN COMPANY OF SCHOLARS AND POETS HE OFTEN BECAME A MAN OF LEARNING

  5. ARTISTS & THIER ARTS • EARLY REN. CONCERNED WITH MASTERING TECHNIQUES TO IMITATE NATURE & CLASSICAL MODELS

  6. PERSPECTIVE, USE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, SCULPTURE • MATERIALS FROM OIL PAINT TO BRONZE

  7. SCULPTURE • SOUGHT TO TREAT THE HUMAN BODY LIKE CLASSICAL SCULPTURE • CONTRAPPOSTO • DONATELLO, 1386-1466, AMONG FOUNDERS OF NEW STYLE

  8. ARCHITECTURE • BRUNELLESCHI - DUOMO AND FOUNDLING HOME

  9. ARCHITECTURE • ALBERTI - RUCELLAI PALACE

  10. PAINTING • MASSACIO - LAWS OF PERSPECTIVE (1401-1428) • FRA ANGELICO(1387-1455) • PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA • UCCELLO • BOTTICELLI (1445-1510)

  11. HIGH RENAISSANCE • LATE 15th-FIRST HALF 16th • TECHNICAL PROBLEMS SOLVED • ARTISTS COULD ASPIRE TO TRANSCEND NATURE NOT JUST COPY IT

  12. CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH END OF DEMOCRARCY, IT WAS THE ART OF PRINCES AND POPES • ROME WAS NOW THE FOCUS

  13. THE ARTIST IN HIGH REN. • SOVEREIGN GENIUS RATHER THAN CRAFTSMAN • SET APART FROM OTHER MORTALS : “CREATIVE” & THEREFORE DIVINE

  14. GRAND AMBITIONS NOT LIMITED BY NATURE OR CLASSICAL MODELS

  15. Subjective standards of truth and beauty • Visual effectiveness • Works immediate “classics”

  16. HIGH REN. ARTISTS • MICHELANGELO BUONAROTTI (1475-1564) • LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) • RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

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