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1 Renaissance and Baroque Europe

2 Humanism – philosophical, literary, and artistic movement.
Logical thought Pursued intellectual and scientific inquiry Rediscovered Greece and Rome Focus shifted to the present

3 The Renaissance Starts taking shape in the early fourteenth century
Clearly began in early fifteenth century Ended in the early seventeenth century Primarily in Italy, spread north

4 Shift to naturalism Scientific approaches brought quest for representational accuracy Dominated Western art for more than 400 years Rebirth – revived interest in art and ideas of classical Greece and Rome

5 14th century beginnings Byzantine and Gothic painters – flat symbolic styles Gothic sculptors moved from stylized abstraction towards naturalism and individuality.

6 Painting and sculpture
No longer only supplements to architecture Artists seen as individuals of creative genius

7 Giotto di Bondone – earliest precursor of the Renaissance; reinventor of naturalistic painting.
Departed from the abstract Byzantine style Portrayed feelings Realism Figures shown as individuals with expressions

8 Giotto di Bondone. LAMENTATION. 1305.
Giotto. Lamenation

9 Giotto. Lamentation


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