1. Artists of the Italian Renaissance
The Rebirth of Europe

2. New Artistic Styles Look to Roman and Greek influences.
Use of realistic perspective in depicting scenes.
Portrait painting becomes popular.
Depiction of Renaissance ideals.
New dignity of the individual
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3. Early Renaissance
Florence the leader in Renaissance art esp. in quattrocento (1400s)
Filippo Brunelleschi ( ) – architect of cathedrals (il duomo in Florence)
Leon Battista Alberti ( ), architect of cathedrals.
Lorenzo Ghiberti ( ) -- sculptor: bronze doors for Florentine baptistry
Donatello ( – sculptor: David (in bronze)
Masaccio ( ) painter: nude human figures
Giovanni Bellini ( ) – Portrait of a Condottiere
Benvenuto Cellini ( ) – goldsmith and sculptor

4. Giotto di Bondone ( )
Considered to be the Father of the Italian Renaissance
Broke with linear style of Middle Ages.
First to us chiaroscuro.
Reputed to be a shrewd and witty character.
Praised by the poet Dante.

5. Giotto - The Mourning of Christ
Increased use of perspective, (but still two-dimensional) Color is still basic. More realistic faces. Shows historical consciousness in clothing

6. Giotto - The Flight into Egypt

7. Fra Angelico ( )
Dominican Friar who began career decorating manuscripts.
Professional and highly successful artist despite his religious convictions.

8. Fra Angelico – Presentation in the Temple
More realistic color. Perspective is minimal

9. Sandro Botticelli ( )
Spent almost his entire life in Florence.
Only significant journey was to Rome to work on Sistine Chapel.
Died in obscurity and his fame was not reestablished until the 19th century.
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10. Botticelli-Primavera
Mythological subject – rites of spring, nymphs, godesses etc. Classical influence. Realism and movement. Balanace.

11. Botticelli- Birth of Venus
Non-religious, mythology. Greek goddess. Perspective. Feminine nude.

12. High Renaissance
“High Renaissance” centered in Rome ( ) – cinquecento (1500s)
Most worldly of Renaissance popes – Alexander VI ( ); Julius II ( ); and Leo X ( ), funded great art projects
Characteristics: classical balance, harmony, restraint

13. Leonardo da Vinci ( )
Painter, sculptor, architect and engineer.
Often left work unfinished.
Conducted extensive scientific studies.
Invented the armored tank and designed aircraft.
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14. Leonardo Da Vinci - Mona Lisa
Probably the most famous painting in the world.
Brought a new “life-like” dimension to painting.
People focus on her enigmatic smile.
Portrait painting.

15. Da Vinci – The Last Supper
Use of perspective. Balance. Faces.

16. Da Vinci’s Other Works
Studies and drawings. Designs for flying machines, Studies of the human body.

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18. Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)
Sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
Tormented genius who was rarely satisfied with his talents.
In painting and sculpture his work focused mainly on the nude human form.
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19. Michelangelo - David
Free standing sculpture. Realism of the body- nude.

20. Michelangelo – La Pieta
Free standing – evoke emotion. Realism of Christ’s body.

21. Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel
Grand work. Use of color, male nude.

22. Child prodigy in the world of art.
Raphael Sanzio ( )
Child prodigy in the world of art.
Patronized by the popes and named Papal Architect in 1514.
Died of fever at age 37.
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23. Raphael – Three Graces
Secular painting. Female nude.

24. Raphael – School of Athens
Secular (in the vatican no less) Roman, Greek, and Arab philosophers and scientists. Artists depicted as philosophers.

25. Raphael – School of Athens
Excellent example of perspective.

26. Timeline of Renaissance Artists
Giotto breaks with earlier styles of painting.
Black Death rages through Europe.
Fra Angelico
Paints his religious devotion
Botticelli paints mythological and secular works
Italian Wars rage between city-states of the peninsula
Leonardo Da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa.
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
Raphael dies at the age of 37 years.
c. 1300
c. 1430
c. 1480
1505
1520
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27. Exit Ticket
What changes occurred in art over the two centuries of the Italian Renaissance?
How does the art we examined exemplify Renaissance ideals and values?
How do the artists themselves embody the principles of the Renaissance period?