1. Renaissance Art
The return of Realism

2. Greek Realism
First time in human history that exact Representational art was made

5. Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael

6. One Point Perspective 3 Rules
Isometric Cube – all lines are parallel (not linear perspective
All lines are:
Vertical
Horizontal or
Going to the
vanishing point

9. Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510–11. Fresco, 16’8” × 25’
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510–11. Fresco, 16’8” × 25’. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican City

10. Atmospheric Perspective
As objects go further into the distance they become
Less detailed
Lighter and more blue

12. Chiaroscuro
The effects of light and shade on objects

15. Value Modeling in Two Dimensions to create implied mass/form
Implied Light
Value: Relative lightness or darkness
Chiaroscuro: Means light/dark (contrasts of light and shadow)
Value enables our eyes to perceive form and spatial relationships, even on a flat, two-dimensional surface. The technique of chiaroscuro was invented during the Renaissance. This unfinished drawing shows continuous tones on a middle-value brown paper with charcoal and white chalk. Notice the raised hand of Saint Anne and the flatness due to the lack of value range.
An etching process relies on the use of line, not continuous tone. As we saw earlier, these same effects can be achieved through the use of stippling, hatching, and cross-hatching. If the direction of these lines follow the rounded forms, it is called bracelet modeling. When viewed from a distance, the marks average out to nuances of gray in an effect called optical mixing.
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Saint Anne with Christ Child and John the Baptist.
Charles White, Untitled, 1979.

17. Renaissance Realism in Sculpture
Re-immergence of Classical and Hellenistic Greek style
Contraposto
Nude

18. Tomb of Abbot Durandus, relief at St. Pierre de Moissac c 1100
_doorjamb statues, Chartres

19. Donatello Donetello, St. Mark, 1411-1414.
“Father” of Renaissance sculpture
Donetello, St. Mark,
“Mary Magdaline”

20. Michelangelo
“Sistine Chapel”
Pieta

21. “David”

22. “David”

23. “David”

26. Symbolism
Symbolism and iconography of the Medieval times retained

27. The Early and High Renaissance in Italy
Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli shows the Renaissance tendency to mix Greek gods and goddesses with Christian themes. He used a more linear style with shallow modeling, unlike many High Renaissance artists, as seen in the flattened stylized water. Zephyr and his wife blow Venus toward shore while “spring” waits to clothe her. Venus’s pose is modeled after a Roman sculpture that Botticelli studied for this composition. In Neo-Platonic thought, Venus was identified with both Eve and the Virgin Mary.
Note the inverted triangular composition in order to bring logic to the composition.
Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c

29. Robert Campin. Merode Altarpiece. C. 1426
Robert Campin. Merode Altarpiece. C Oil on panel, 25 3/16 x 24 7/8”

30. Hans Holbein the Younger. The Ambassadors. 1533
Hans Holbein the Younger. The Ambassadors Oil on panel, 6’9 1/2” x 6’ 10 ½”, London

31. HOLBEIN NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Lute with broken string
Growing discord between Catholics and Protestants
Celestial globe, terrestrial globe, sundial, arithmetic book
The age of discovery begins
Book of Latin hymns translated into German by Martin Luther
Open to hymns that contain doctrines acceptable to all divisions of the church
Distorted death’s head
View from 6 feet to the right and at eye level with the amabassacors
Holbein the Younger The Ambassadors 1533
Oil on oak London

35. Jan van Eyck “Adoration of the Lamb” “Arnolfini Wedding Portrait”
“Portrait of a man in a turban”

39. Masters of Illusion

40. Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance
Brunelleschi
Ghiberti
Masaccio
Mantegna
Bellini
Botticelli
Donatello
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Jan van Eyck (Belgium)
Albrecht Durer (Germany)
Hans Holbein the Younger (Switzerland)
Pieter Bruegel (Austria)
Jean Duvet (France)
Robert Campin (Netherlands)

41. Journal Assignment
Print off a picture of a Renaissance Artist (or Greek) that you like
Site the website
Write down the artist; title of the piece; year it was created
Sketch/draw from the image you chose

42. Donatello, David
Michelangelo, David

43. Hans Holbein the Younger, Ambassadors
Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

44. CARRACCI, Annibale Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne (detail), 1595-1605
Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, c

45. Robert Campin, Portrait of a Woman
Raphael, La donna Velata