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Renaissance Art. Why Should We Study Renaissance Art?. Or, if you prefer . . . Michelangelo Buonarroti David 1501-1504 marble 14 ft. 3 in. high. 1. Renaissance art was realistic and expressive. Masaccio Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden ca . 1425 fresco 7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti David 1501-1504marble14 ft. 3 in. high
1. Renaissance art was realistic and expressive. Masaccio Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden ca. 1425fresco7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus ca. 1482tempera on canvas5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in. 2. Renaissance art used Classical as well as Biblical themes.
3. Renaissance art rediscovered linear perspective. Masaccio Holy Trinity Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
4. Humanism – Renaissance art focused on and glorified human achievements. Domenico Ghirlandaio A Man with His Grandchild ca. 1480-90oil and tempera on wood24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in.
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa (La Giaconda) ca. 1503-1505oil on wood2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.
Medieval Art was religious and “flat.” Madonna Enthroned ~1280 Giotto, Madonna Enthroned ~1310
Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child with Angels ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.
Leonardo da Vinci Virgin of the Rocks ca. 1485oil on wood6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
Raphael Madonna of the Meadows 1505oil on panel3 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 10 1/4 in.
Donatello David ca. 1408marble6ft.3in. high
Donatello David ca. 1428-1432bronze5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high
Michelangelo Buonarroti David 1501-1504marble14 ft. 3 in. high
Sistine Chapel (view facing east) Vatican City, Rome, Italy built 1473
Michelangelo Buonarroti Sistine Chapel Ceiling Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1508-12frescoapproximately 128 x 45 ft.
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1511-12frescoapproximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.
Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1977-1989
Michelangelo Buonarroti Last Judgment Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1537-41fresco
Titian Venus of Urbino 1538oil on canvas4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.
Raphael Philosophy (School of Athens) Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy 1509-11frescoapproximately 19 x 27 ft.