The High Renaissance Individualism + Classicism (Humanism) Secularism Perfecting techniques Monumental artwork
Individualism Portraits (a way to show off individuality)
Piero della Francesca – portraits of Federico Sforza and his wife, 1465
Raphael – Woman with a Veil and Pope Julius II
Mantegna The Court of Mantua
Gozzoli - Procession of the Magi
Botticelli – Adoration of the Magi
High Renaissance Classicism
Primavera -- Botticelli
Birth of Venus -- Botticelli
High Renaissance Secularism Note: many portraits and classically influenced artwork can also be considered secular
Raphael’s School of Athens Can you also see classicism in this painting?
Plato Aristotle (Leonardo) Pythagoras Euclid (Bramante) Ptolemy Zoroaster Heraclitus (Michelangelo) Raphael (as himself)
High Renaissance Perfecting Techniques Perspective Drama Sfumato Chiaroscuro
Perspective The Annunciation - Leonardo
The Annunciation – Leonardo
Adoration of the Magi Leonardo da Vinci
Mantagne Ceiling Oculus
Piero della Francesca – The Ideal City (1470)
Foreshortening (Playing w/perspective) Lamentation over the Dead Christ – Mantegna (1490)
Drama Leonardo’s The Last Supper
Liberation of St. Peter -- Raphael
The Transfiguration – Raphael
Perfecting Techniques The Virgin of the Rocks – Leonardo Sfumato & Chiaroscuro
Leonardo’s Mona Lisa
High Renaissance Monumental Works
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement (also a new technique – Mannerism – moving beyond Renaissance art)