CLASSICAL IDEAS & MODELS IN RENAISSANCE ART, ARCHITECTURE & SCULPTURE

The Medici Palace Michelozzo di Bartolommeo, c Sometimes called Riccardi Medici Palace Note the Roman architectural features

The Foundling Hospital Filippo Brunelleschi, Note the Roman architectural features and perfect proportion and perspective

The adoration of the Magi Sandro Botticelli, Note the Roman ruins in the background Spiritual scene at the centre of the painting

The Slaughter of the Innocents Domenico Ghirlandiao, Note the Roman architectural features e.g. Roman arches, Corinthian columns, pediment, proportion, use of perspective

La Primavera Sandro Botticelli, Note the Pagan gods and the use of mythological figures Classical Allegory and Illusions Detail of the Three Graces

Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli, Note the Pagan gods and the use of mythological figures Classical Allegory and Illusions

Bacchus Michelangelo, Nude, lifelike sculpture expressing human emotions

Pieta Michelangelo, Lifelike sculpture Expressing human emotions

David Michelangelo, Nude, lifelike sculpture

David Donatello, c Nude, lifelike sculpture

Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici Michelangelo, Classical illusions

Tomb of Leonardo Bruni Bernardo Rossellino,

Death of St Frances Giotto di Bondone, c Proto Renaissance Art Natural, lifelike figures Emotions expressed, Realism Use of three dimensional space Rounded figures replace stiff figures of the Middle Ages

The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo, High Renaissance Art Note the anatomy of the human body Nude males

The Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci,

The Tribute Money Masaccio, Use of 3 dimensional space – foreground, mid-ground & background Figures dressed like Ancient Roman Senators Realism of facial expressions

The School of Athens Raphael Sanzio, Greek & Roman figures Greek & Roman architectur al features Balance & symmetry