BellRinger: What are the 3 reasons the Renaissance began in Italy?
Renaissance Men & Women The Gents All educated men should create art. A “universal man” Master every area of study Should be witty, charming, good dancer, singer, musician, poet, skilled rider, wrestler, and swordsman The Ladies Women were expected to inspire art, not create it. Should know the classics and be charming Little power or influence
Compare the new paintings you are about to see. How are they different artistically?
1. Realism & Expression Expulsion from the Garden Masaccio 1427 First nudes since classical times.
The Pieta Michelangelo Buonarroti 1499 marble
Leonardo Da Vinci ( ) True Renaissance Man Scientist, inventor, engineer and naturalist Dissected Corpses Short attention span
Self-Portrait -- da Vinci Self-Portrait -- da Vinci
From DaVinci’s Notebooks of over 5000 pages ( )
Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology): Pages from his Notebook An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook
“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo DaVinci
2. Perspective Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! Perspective! Perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become. Emphasized the mathematical side of painting Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective!
Perspective!Perspective! Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael1504
Perspective
Venus of Urbino – Titian, 1558
horizontal vertical Perspective! The Last Supper - da Vinci
3. Classicism Renaissance art reflects Greco-Roman influence. Often use Greek and Roman gods as subjects. The “Classical Pose” Medici “Venus”
David Michelangelo Buonarotti 1504 Marble
4. Emphasis on Individualism Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino Piero della Francesca,
5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate Leonardo da Vinci 1469 The figure as architecture!
Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna 1507
Mona Lisa – da Vinci
The Last Supper
6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Chiaroscuro Sfumato
7. Artists as Celebrities Starring Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello
The Baptism of Christ Verrocchio, The Baptism of Christ Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci
The School of Athens – Raphael, Raphael Da Vinci Michelangelo
“The School of Athens” by Raphael
Aristotle: looks to this earth [the here and now]. Plato: looks to the heavens [or the IDEAL realm]. The School of Athens – Raphael, details
The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens
The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man