1. The Renaissance: The Autonomy of Art and The Social Status of the Artist 1400s - 1500s

2. Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise (East Doors), Baptistery of San Giovanni 1425 - 52. Italian Renaissance

3. Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise (East Doors), Baptistery of San Giovanni 1425 - 52. Italian Renaissance Location: Florence, Italy

4. Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise (East Doors) detail of Adam and Eve panel

5. Lorenzo Ghibertis The Gates of Paradise detail of the Jacob and Esau Panel Key Concept: Innovations in Perspective

6. Lorenzo Ghiberti The Gates of Paradise Abraham panel The beginning of the Renaissance Key concepts: Perspective, Space, Geometry, Mathematics and Reality Lorenzo Ghiberti The Gates of Paradise Solomon panel

7. Botticelli The Birth of Venus (1482 -1486)

8. Key Concept: The New Artist Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Seff-portrait c. 1515

9. Key Concept: Humanism Leonardo Da Vinci Vitruvian Man ca. 1487

10. Key Concept: The Study of Nature Leonardo Da Vinci

11. Key Concept: The Study of Nature

12. Leonardo Da Vinci

13. LEONARDO da Vinci, The Battle of Anghiari (detail) 1503-05

14. Key Concepts: Naturalism and Classicism Michelangelo, Battle of Cascina (closeup) 1505 Cartoon

15. Key Concepts: Naturalism Michelangelo, Buonarroti Battle c. 1492

16. Michelangelo, David 1501 - 1504

17. Who is Michelangelo? Raphael The School of Athens (detail) Heraclitus as Michelangelo 1509-1511

18. Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509

19. New Genre: Portraiture

20. What is a portrait?

21. New Genre: Portraiture Gothic period Portrait of a Princess c. 1420

22. New Genre: Portraiture Gothic period Portrait of a Princess c. 1420 *Perfect Profile

23. New Genre: Portraiture Gothic period Portrait of a Princess c. 1420 *Perfect Profile *Aristocratic individuals

24. New Genre: Portraiture Gothic period Portrait of a Princess c. 1420 *Perfect Profile *Aristocratic individuals *Brightly lit and sharp features

25. New Genre: Portraiture Gothic period Portrait of a Princess c. 1420 *Perfect Profile *Aristocratic individuals *Brightly lit and sharp features *Strong graphic qualities

26. New Genre: Portraiture Gothic period Portrait of a Princess c. 1420 *Perfect Profile *Aristocratic individuals *Brightly lit and sharp features *Strong graphic qualities *Elaborate and ornamental details

27. Northern Renaissance

28. New Genre: Portraiture The Flemish tradition Jan van Eyck The Arnolfini Marriage 1434

29. New Genre: Portraiture Who were they? Jan van Eyck The Arnolfini Marriage 1434

30. The new middle class Jan van Eycks The Arnolfini Marriage 1434 The Netherlands Key Concept: The new middle class

31. The new middle class Jan van Eycks The Arnolfini Marriage 1434 What is going on? Key Concept: The new middle class

32. Jan van Eycks The Arnolfini Marriage (mirror detail) 1434 Portrait as a Document?

33. Key Concept: Courtly Art Jan van Eyck The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1433 - 35

34. Key Concept: Courtly Art Jan van Eyck The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1433 - 35

35. Key Concept: Courtly Art Jan van Eyck The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1433 - 35 Who was Chancellor Rolin?

36. Key Concept: Self-portrait Albrecht DÜRER Self-Portrait at 26 1498 Albrecht DÜRER, Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared Robe 1500