1. Acceptance of Renaissance Ideas Pg 361-366
Lesson 2
Acceptance of Renaissance Ideas Pg

2. Paolo Uccello. c egg tempera with walnut oil and linseed oil on poplar. National Gallery, London, Galleria Uffizi, Musée du Louvre.

4. -Devoted all his time and energy to the study of perspective -Spears and bodies lead the eye around the picture plane. -The foreshortened figure in the front is a masterful example of perspective -The painting does not look realistic—it is a strange fairy tale world.

5. Artist Piero della Francesca
Year c
Type Tempera on panel
Dimensions168 cm × 116 cm (66 in × 46 in)
Location National Gallery, London

6. Piero della Francesca
How is the main figure emphasized and made to look more important than the others?
Two gently curving arches frame the face of the main figure. Can you find them?
What words best describe the mood? Exited or peaceful? Serious or lighthearted? Loud or quiet?

7. Broke with tradition and embraced the new style
Planned 3-d figures like Masaccio
Light and colour give solidity to figures and adds realism captured the look of clear morning air which brightens the landscape
studied the effects of sunlight

8. Innovations in Sculpture Architecture and Painting
Painting-more artists were creating depth and form to replace the flat look of the gothic through perspective and chiroscuro
Sculpture-the lifelike figures of Michaelangelo and Donatello seem to move through space
In architecture there was a move back to classical proportions that were balanced and elegant

9. Donatello
Worked for Ghiberti on the first set of doors on the Babtistry
Good friend of Brunelleschi
Shared Masacio’s interest in realist appearances
His sculptures became famous for their lifelike qualities
Vasari and art historian tells the story of how he commanded them to speak!

10. DONATELLO ST. GEORGE C. 1420 MARBLE 6’5” (1
DONATELLO ST. GEORGE C MARBLE 6’5” (1.95 M) MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO, FLORENCE, Italy.
“THE LEGS MOVE, THE ARMS ARE READY, THE HEAD ALERT, AND THE WHOLE FIGURE ACTS; BY VIRTUE OF THE CHARACTER, THE MANNER AND FORM OF THE ACTION PRESENTS TO OUR EYES A VALIANT, INVINCIBLE, AND MAGNANIMOUS SOUL.” – FRANCESCO BOCCHI, SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

12. Augustus, 1st C AD

13. What is the expression on the knight’s face?
In what way is it similar to Roman Sculpture?
Do you think the artist studies classical sculptures?
Classical Greek similarities—contraposto
Even though body is clothed there is no mistaking the presence of the human body beneath the clothes
At the end of his life he left his property to the peasant who had cared for it.

14. Donatello, David, 1432

15. Donatello, David, 1432
Tuscan hat

16. Donatello,David, 1432 Goliath’s head detail
Style of helmet & art symbolic reference to other Italian city-states
Love of texture

17. 1st free-standing, life size nude sculpture since antiquity!
Donatello, David, 1432
1st free-standing, life size nude sculpture since antiquity!
contrapposto; but not just an imitation of past models
for private collection
David = underdog = Florence
Goliath = giant = Milan & other central Italian cities in league against Florence
Inscription:
“The victor is whoever defends the fatherland. God crushes the wrath of an enormous foe. Behold - a boy overcame a great tyrant! Conquer, O citizens! Kingdoms fall through luxury, cities rise through virtues. Behold the neck of pride, severed by the hand of humility

18. Donatello, David, 1432 Inscription:
“The victor is whoever defends the fatherland. God crushes the wrath of an enormous foe. Behold - a boy overcame a great tyrant! Conquer, O citizens! Kingdoms fall through luxury, cities rise through virtues. Behold the neck of pride, severed by the hand of humility.”
Inscription:
“The victor is whoever defends the fatherland. God crushes the wrath of an enormous foe. Behold - a boy overcame a great tyrant! Conquer, O citizens! Kingdoms fall through luxury, cities rise through virtues. Behold the neck of pride, severed by the hand of humility

19. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI 1377-1446
Loosing the competition for the Babtistry doors led him to a career in architecture!
The crowning jewel of the cityscape is the cupola or dome of the cityscape
Architectural and engineering wonder
Was a goldsmith, sculptor, mathematician, clock builder and an architect
Greatest achievement was in
initiating a new style of
building

20. The Cupola
In 1418 he won a competition to design the dome (against his rival Ghiberti!)
Work on the cathedral had been on going for generations and only the dome was left
The space above the alter was so large that many claimed it could not be done!

21. The Cupola
Was built using 2 shells one inside the other and linked by a structure of 8 Gothic ribs (and 16 smaller ones)
140 feet in diameter and rises 300 feet above the floor

22. Innovative Style
Invented a system of pulleys and hoists to raise materials to this height (normally done with ramps)
Innovating through scientific principles was a break from simply learning from past techniques
Used geometrical shapes and simple proportions to simplify his designs
Michaelangelo borrowed his design for St. Peter’s in Rome

23. Botticelli

24. La Primavera
from the far right is the god of wind Zephyrus approaching nymph Chloris, whom transforms into the goddess of flowers, Flora.
On the left, is Mercury and the three dancing graces; the central figure is Venus, immediately above her head is a blindfolded Cupid

26. Birth of Venus
On Venus' right is Zephyrus, God of Winds, he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae, Goddess of the Seasons, waits to receive Venus and spreads out a flower covered robe in readiness for the Love Goddess' arrival.

27. The model for Venus is thought to be Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci, a great beauty and favourite of the Medici court. Simonetta Vespucci by Sandro Botticelli. (w)
Botticelli also used Simonetta as the model for several other women in his paintings supporting the view that he was actually in love with her. In fact Simonetta died at the young age of twenty-two and Botticelli expressed a wish to be buried at her feet.

28. Adoration of the Magi
What element is stressed here? What has been done to guide your eye to the main figures?

29. Relied on the element of line to organize and add interest to his painting
A triangle is formed around the 3 principal figures with the madonna and child at the apex
The lines of the ruined classical building guide the eye towards the Madonna and child
A W is formed by all the figures in the painting.
Unifies the painting while drawing the eye to the important parts