Renaissance Art perspective light & motion study of human form emotion & drama new subject matter>secularism science & mathematics composition & balance changing perspective of man & his role in the world unique vision of each artist
Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 & Geometry
Deterioration
6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Chiaroscuro Sfumato
Leonardo, the Artist The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man
Raphael
Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507
Raphael’s Madonnas (1) Sistine Madonna Cowpepper Madonna
Madonna della Sedia Alba Madonna Raphael’s Madonnas (2)
The School of Athens – Raphael, Raphael Da Vinci Michelangelo
The School of Athens – Raphael, details
Northern Renaissance Massy’s Moneylender & his Wife
Jan Van Eyck
Pieter Brueghel
Robert Campin
Albrecht Dürer ( ) The greatest of German artists. A scholar as well as an artist. His patron was the Emperor Maximilian I. Also a scientist Self-conscious individualism of the Renaissance is seen in his portraits. Self-Portrait at 26, 1498.
Dürer – Self-Portrait in Fur-Collared Robe, 1500
Dürer The Last Supper woodcut, 1510
Durer – The Triumphal Arch,
The Triumphal Arch, details
Dürer Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse woodcut, 1498
Effects of the Renaissance Advances in Science & Technology led to the European Exploration of the World Secularism led to the Protestant Reformation Humanism encouraged the growth of Democracy & the Fight for Human Rights Role of Women in Society Improved Renaissance Art led to the Age of Classical Music and Art in Europe