Renaissance philosophy influenced art “World so exciting that another world need not be kept in mind.”

Who were the Great Patrons of Renaissance art? Medici family: Ruling family of Florence : BANKING Church and Popes: Pope Julius II Florentine wool/cloth merchants Oligarchs, despots and their governments Strozzi and Sforza family

Comparison of Art Middle Ages Renaissance Review the differences in art during each period. Use that information to determine which art in the following slide is Medieval or Renaissance.

Lack of perspective - lack of realism

Symbolic art - halos

Source: Unknown Artist, Italian artist, “Crucifix with the stories of the Passion”, around 1200.

Source: Cenni di pepo, Italian Artist, “The Santa Trinita Madonna”, 1290

This image depicts victims of the plague being buried This image depicts victims of the plague being buried. The people that are being buried are the people of Tournai in 1349. This image also depicts that they make coffins out of pieces of lumber. The lumber is being brought in by men on the left of the picture to make the coffins. Then there are people that are digging holes for the coffins to go into. Then two people are placing the coffins placed into the holes that were dug. It also depicts that socially many people died because of the Black Death. It also shows the economic affect because so many people had to work just to bury the people. http://brianlmuseum.wikispaces.com

Giotto 1265-1337 Giotto Movement Human grace The Flight into Egypt by Giotto di Bondone (1304-06, Scrovegni Chapel,Padua). What elements of this work of art are still medieval…ie use of halos = symbolic art.

1452-1519 Man that threw himself into every project. When doing a painting of Medusa, the legendary monster with snakes for hair, he went out into the countryside gathering a collection of lizards, bats, glowworms and dragonflies to use as models. When he completed the Medusa, it was so lifelike that his patron ran from the room when he first saw it. Stole corpses to study anatomy Completed only 11 painting using cheap paint Paranoid – wrote backwards Designed war machines and parachutes

Donatello (1386-1466) Donatello’s David first free standing statue of the Renaissance. Life size statue called Gattamelata. Donatello – first Renaissance sculptor.

Michelangelo Buonnaroti 1475-1564 Seemed to always be in disagreement with his patrons over money. He did a picture of Mary, Joseph and Jesus at request of patron. When he finished, he sent painting to patron’s house with a note asking for 60 ducats. Patron refused to pay 60, said 40 enough. Michelangelo sent messenger back to patron’s home to get painting back immediately if the patron did not pay 100 ducats. When the patron offered to pay the 60, Michelangelo was so mad he demanded 140 which the patron paid!

Raphael (1483-1520)

Titian (1488/90?-1576) Artist of royal families and the wealthy

Northern Renaissance Art Realistic works Focus on lives of ordinary people Masters of symbolism and fantasy

Children’s Games by Pieter Brueghel the Elder Northern Renaissance Showed 16th century peasants and small-town life in Low Countries. At first glance appears to be delightful picture of everyday life. Hidden message about follies of life.

Oil painting Jan Van Eyck Arnolfini Couple Van Eyck was to oil painting as Watts was to the steam engine. 1st to make extensive use of oil.

Greatest German Renaissance Painter Durer woodcut