1. Characteristics of Renaissance Art

2. 1. Realism & Expression Expulsion from the Garden
First nudes since classical times.

3. 2. Perspective First use of linear perspective! Perspective!
The Trinity
Masaccio
1427
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
First use of linear perspective!
What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

4. 4. Emphasis on Individualism
Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino
Piero della Francesca,

5. 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures
Leonardo da Vinci
1469
The figure as architecture!
The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate

6. 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges
Sfumato:
gradual blending of one area of color into another without a sharp outline
Chiaroscuro:
use of light
and shade
Ginevra de' Benci, a young Florentine noblewoman who, at the age of sixteen, married Luigi Niccolini in 1474.

7. Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is considered to be one of the most inspired men who ever lived; he was a sculptor, painter, engineer, architect, and poet.

8. Michelangelo created his masterpiece David in 1504.
The Biblical shepherd, David (who killed Goliath) recalls the harmony and grace of ancient Greek tradition

9. What a difference a century makes!

10. Sistine Chapel
About a year after creating David, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Depicts the biblical history of the world from the Creation to the Flood

11. Separation of Light and Darkness
Creation of Adam
Creation of Eve
The Last Judgment
Separation of Light and Darkness

12. Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture
Captures the sorrow of the Virgin Mary as she cradles her dead son, Jesus on her knees

13. Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Mathematician, Engineer
Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Mathematician, Engineer

14. Mona Lisa ( )

15. Jesus and his apostles on the night before the crucifixion
The Last Supper ( )
Jesus and his apostles on the night before the crucifixion

17. Notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work

18. Raphael Painter

19. An imaginary gathering of great thinkers and scientists
The School of Athens
Perspective
Subjects are mainly secular, but can be religious
Figures look idealized, but can also look like everyday ordinary people
Bodies are active
Clothed or unclothed
Faces are expressive
Detail
1510 Fresco
Vatican City
An imaginary gathering of great thinkers and scientists

22. Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
Socrates

23. Cultural and educational reform
The study of classical culture (ancient Greece and Rome), in contrast with the study of things related to the church and religion
Celebrated the individual
Was supported by wealthy patrons (financial supporters)

24. Literature flourished during the Renaissance and spread Renaissance ideas, which can be greatly attributed to Johannes Gutenberg.
In 1455 Gutenberg printed the first book produced by using moveable type, The Bible, and started a printing revolution that would transform Europe.
Literacy rates increased

25. William Shakespeare 1564-1616 English poet and playwright
Well-known plays include:
Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet
Influence and Impact on the Renaissance:
He expanded the dramatic potential of characterization (his
characters were very complex), plot, language (creative), and genre

26. Erasmus (1466-1536) Dutch humanist
Pushed for a Vernacular form of the Bible
“I disagree very much with those who are unwilling that Holy Scripture, translated into the vernacular, be read by the uneducated As if the strength of the Christian religion consisted in the ignorance of it”
Wanted to reform the Catholic Church
Wrote: The Praise of Folly
Used humor to show the immoral and ignorant behavior of people, including the clergy. He felt people would be open minded and be kind to others.

27. Important to Remember
Accomplishments in the visual arts – Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael
Accomplishments in literature (sonnets, plays, essays) – Petrarch, Shakespeare
Accomplishments in intellectual ideas (humanism) – Erasmus