STUDYING HISTORY THROUGH RENISSANCE ART Cristy Oakes For Dr. Helms Independent Study ED 448 5/22/00

n Virtue of Classical Models n Direct and detailed observation of reality n Role of mathematical calculation as the key to understanding the world

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1) SIGNIFICANCE OF BALANCE - Proportion - Classicism - Influenced by Greeks and Romans - i.e. neud sculptures

2. ILLUSION OF DEPTH - Perspective - Three Demensional

3. OBSERVATION FROM LIFE - Realism - Nature - i.e. still lives, painting from nature

4. Glorification - Anatomy of the human - Secular form - Men depicted as strong, heroic - Women depicted as feminine (fluffy)

“The Adoration of the Shephards” n Jesus looks more like a baby, no halo n Because people really do not have halos n Realsim vs. Secularism n People in paintings like this one were often the painter, the commissioner, or friends and family of the commissioner

n Content (In the Middle Ages all art was based on religion. During the Renissance, art was based on other things and religion.) n Style n Emergence of the Individual Portrait n Reality vs. Spiratuality n Use of nude forms

ó Origins in Italy ó Deliberate attempt to create new art began in Florence in 1420

ó Rome was the center of the “High Renissance.” ó Many of the paintings were financed through patronage ó One of these families was the Medici family

EARLY RENISSANCE FOCUS ON ACCURATE PRESENTATION AND THEORY * Donatello * Brunnelleschi * Massaccio * Giottio

HIGH RENNISSANCE FOCUS ON UNITY, BALANCE AND EQUILIBRIUM * LEONARDO * MICHAEL ANGELO * RAPHAEL * TITIAN

LATE RENNISSANCE FOCUS ON ARTISTIC AND INNOVATIVE MANNERISMS * Partiigianno Parm * Ponterrno

OTHER RENISSANCE ARTISTS n Renissance spread to other countries who also contributed great artists (Spain, France Germany, Netherlands) n Northern style was less radical, classical and theoretical (more traditional, more conservative) n Dutch Artist, Jan Van Eych - famous oil painting called: “The Marriage”

OTHER RENISSANCE ARTISTS n Germany Albercht Durer - famous woodcut engraving n Spain: El Greco - famous for slightly off base paintings, elongated - Mystical, intuitive - Similar to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”

RENISSANCE WEB SITES n camel.conncoll.edu/ccacad/History/courses/ courses/hist238.html n archive_carib n html n n Members.aol.com/pointhompg/pointt.htm