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Renaissance

Renaissance. Art in the. 1400 – 1600 . Overview. Italian/Early 1400-1490 Italian/High 1500-1600 Northern/Late 1500-1600 one can argue about dates: 1300 – 1520 1400 – 1600. map. Renaissance.

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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 • one can argue about dates: 1300 – 1520 1400 – 1600

  3. map

  4. Renaissance • 1st period to name itself and say nasty things about earlier times:“Gothic” & “Dark Ages” • Term means “Rebirth” • Looking back to Classical culture – Ancient Greece and Rome • Names! Artists known by name – 1st contemporary art historian (1550); Individuality celebrated in this era

  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. see also p. 190

  8. Donatello, David,1432 p. 203

  9. Donatello, David,1432 Tuscan hat p. 203

  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 p. 203

  13. An earlier Donatello David (c.1410)

  14. CONFIDENCE REDISCOVERED! Florence CathedralBrunelleschi dome p. 193-197

  15. Florence CathedralBrunelleschi domeinside view

  16. Tower designed by Giotto, 1334

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

  18. Pitti Palace Uffizzi View from the Duomo

  19. Pazzi Chapel Post & lintel returns; GEOMETRY

  20. Pazzi Chapel p. 198

  21. Pitti Palace

  22. Alberti (façade architect), Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 1470 By the numbers: 2:1 3:1 4:1 not in text

  23. p. 202

  24. MasaccioTrinity1427-28Fresco21' 10 1/2" x 10' 4 Santa Maria Novella, Florence 1st use of linear perspective not in text

  25. Masaccio, Tribute Money, c. 1427 p. 199

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

  27. Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding p. 195-196

  28. Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding p. 195-196

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

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

  31. Ghiberti, LorenzoDetail from the Gates of ParadiseThe story of Joseph1425-52Bronze with gilding80 x 80 cmBaptistery, Florence not in text

  32. BOTTICELLI, SandroThe birth of Venusc. 1485, Tempera on canvas(67 7/8 x 109 5/8 in.) NOT IN TEXT

  33. BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimaverac. 1482. Tempera on wood203 x 314 cm p. 199

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

  35. BOTTICELLI, SandroVenus and Marsc. 1485. Egg tempera and oil on poplar69 x 173.5 cm NOT BIBLICAL! not in text

  36. KEY IMAGE PERIOD: PLACE: ARTIST: TITLE: DATE: Early Renaissance Florence Donatello David 1432 p. 203

  37. PERIOD: ARTIST: TITLE: Renaissance KEY IMAGE Botticelli p. 199 La Primavera (Birth of Spring)

  38. Pazzi Chapel KEY IMAGE p. 198

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

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