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1 The Popes as Patrons of the Arts
01/28/15 The Popes as Patrons of the Arts The Pieta Michelangelo Buonarroti 1499 marble

2 Michelangelo “The Creating of Adam” The Sistine Chapel Fresco 01/28/15

3 The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512
01/28/15 The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti Film Clip

4 The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512
01/28/15 The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti

5 The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens
01/28/15 The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens

6 The Sistine Chapel Details
01/28/15 The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man

7 The Sistine Chapel Details
01/28/15 The Sistine Chapel Details The Fall from Grace

8 01/28/15 Creation

9 Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel
01/28/15 Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

10 Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel
01/28/15 Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

11 The Sistine Chapel Details
01/28/15 The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment

12 Fresco (water color on plaster)
01/28/15 Raphel Sanzio The School of Athens Fresco (water color on plaster) 12

13 Raphael’s “School of Athens”
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14 The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
01/28/15 The School of Athens – Raphael, One point perspective. All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included  all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts! A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments library. Raphael worked on this commission simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel. No Christian themes here.

15 The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
01/28/15 The School of Athens – Raphael, Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo

16 The School of Athens – Raphael, details
01/28/15 The School of Athens – Raphael, details Plato: looks to the heavens [or the IDEAL realm]. Aristotle: looks to this earth [the here and now]. Film Clip

17 01/28/15 Raphel Sanzio Who’s who in the School? In the Center: Plato on the Right, Aristotle On the left! 17

18 Italian Renaissance Recap
01/28/15 Italian Renaissance Recap

19 Aspects of Italian Renaissance Art
01/28/15 Aspects of Italian Renaissance Art More secular than the religious Medieval period Focus on Humanism: Human achievement and form Realistic: Emotion Linear Perspective: Distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer. Making scenes appear 3- Dimensional. Revival of classical themes 19

20 About 100 years after the Renaissance began it Italy,
01/28/15 The Renaissance moves North! About 100 years after the Renaissance began it Italy, It moved north to Flanders (Northern Belgium). Took longer to recover from the economic devastation brought on by the black plague. 100 years war in France/England Remember me? 20

21 Characteristics of Northern Renaissance Art
01/28/15 Characteristics of Northern Renaissance Art Contained great detail More landscape and nature paintings - usually darker and colder Oil painting on Canvas – allowed for vivid color Paintings are less secular. More religious questioning. More scenes of daily life. 21

22 Jan Van Eyck - Flanders The Wedding of Arnolfini Oil on canvas
01/28/15 Jan Van Eyck - Flanders The Wedding of Arnolfini Oil on canvas 22

23 01/28/15 Jan Van Eyck - Flanders Madonna Del Rolin Oil on wood 23

24 01/28/15 Albrcht Durer Self Portrait 28 Oil on panel 24

25 Albrcht Durer - Germany
01/28/15 Albrcht Durer - Germany Rabbit Oil on Panel 25

26 Hans Holbein 01/28/15

27 01/28/15 Bruegel

28 01/28/15 Bruegel

29 01/28/15 Peasant Wedding Oil on wood 29

30 Medieval vs. Renaissance Architecture
01/28/15 Medieval vs. Renaissance Architecture Gothic (Medieval) Gothic architecture was very large, “pointy” Flying buttresses supported large walls Stained glass told stories Renaissance Revival of Arch and Dome Qualities of Greek and Roman architecture Used columns for support Intricate design

31 Renaissance Architecture vs. Medieval Architecture
01/28/15 Renaissance Architecture vs. Medieval Architecture Notre Dame Cathedral El Tempieto Donato Bramante 31

32 Il Duomo Brunelleschi 01/28/15 32

33 Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 - 1436 Architect of the Duomo
01/28/15 Filippo Brunelleschi Architect of the Duomo Cuppolo of St. Maria del Fiore

34 Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build the cathedral dome.
01/28/15 Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build the cathedral dome. Used unique architectural concepts. He studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome. Used ribs for support.

35 01/28/15 Brunelleschi’s Dome

36 01/28/15 Comparing Domes

37 01/28/15 Other Famous Domes Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

38 Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture
01/28/15 Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture Influcenced by archectiture of the classical period (Greece, Rome) Use of Domes, arches, and columns. 38

39 The Courtier by Castiglione
01/28/15 The Courtier by Castiglione Written in Italian 1528 Treatise on the training of young men in the courtly ideal of a Renaissance gentleman Stressed the value of education and manners Influenced social mores and norms during the period

40 Erasmus - 1446-1536 Dutch Biblical scholar and educator
01/28/15 Erasmus Dutch Biblical scholar and educator Believed that the Bible was at the center of the Christian faith Stressed Christian education and access to the scriptures (for everyone) Believed that people should be able to read the scriptures for themselves Highly critical of papal abuses and worldliness The Praise of Folly

41 01/28/15 Sir Thomas More Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII- highest political office in England Lawyer and scholar Works reflect a commitment to the values and mandates of Scripture and the Church Wrote Utopia – explored the idea of a “perfect” society Eventually executed by Henry VIII for refusing to agree to the king and Parliament’s Act of Supremacy

42 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 English playwright English vernacular
01/28/15 William Shakespeare English playwright English vernacular Many of his major works are a expression of Renaissance values of honor, heroism, and the struggle against “fate” and fortune His view of man’s capacity for evil and self-destruction contrasted with the Renaissance humanistic ideal of humanity

43 The Globe Theater in London
01/28/15 The Globe Theater in London

44 The Renaissance brought a new way of thinking and living to Europe
01/28/15 The Renaissance brought a new way of thinking and living to Europe A new worldview was emerging The medieval Christian worldview was giving way to a more MODERN (secular and humanistic) view of the world and humanity

45 How did the Renaissance change thought?
01/28/15 How did the Renaissance change thought? Before After Focus on Afterlife Focus on this life The Individual not important The Individual is important Little focus on learning and the arts Focus on learning the “Classics” (The Iliad, Aristotle) to inspire learning and the arts “Dark” Ages “Rebirth” Age of “Faith” Age of Reason


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