The Renaissance Chapter 13-3
Mannerism Michelangelo was the bridge between Italian Renaissance Art and Mannerism Michelangelo was the bridge between Italian Renaissance Art and Mannerism Belief that painting in the Renaissance style had reached perfection so… Belief that painting in the Renaissance style had reached perfection so… Exaggerated poses, elongated limbs, weird Exaggerated poses, elongated limbs, weird
Tintoretto’s Baptism of Christ
El Greco was the greatest Mannerist of all Unnatural pigments Elongated Limbs
The Burial of Count Orgaz
The Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance was The Northern Renaissance was More Religious More Religious More emotion in the art More emotion in the art More detailed especially in the background More detailed especially in the background More preoccupation with death More preoccupation with death The art in the North reflected Christian Humanism: How can the knowledge of human nature as revealed in the ancient texts be blended with Christian principles to create a better (more Christian) world?
Flemish Style Van Eyck: Perfected oil painting Had much religious symbolism Arnolfini and his Wife
Netherlands Bosch: Symbolism, surreal, fantasy Death and the Miser Peter Bruegal the Elder Peasant Wedding Not much Renaissance influence Focused on lives of ordinary people
Death and the Miser
Peasant Wedding
The Germans Durer: Master of the woodcut Was the first to bring Renaissance style to the North Hans Holbein the Younger: Portraits The Ambassadors Henry VIII Erasmus
Durer’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Ambassadors
Henry VIII
Erasmus
(Spain)El Greco’s The Holy Trinity
The Fugger Family Like the Medici, they were bankers who patronized the arts in the North