1. RENAISSANCE ART & ARCHITECTURE
AP Euro - Semester 1

2. Characteristics of Renaissance Art
Rejection of medieval themes/styles; more secular
Heavy influence of classical Greece & Rome
Emphasis on:
Perspective (pioneered by Giotto and Masaccio)
Emotion
Natural color
Basic human nature

3. The Expulsion of Adam and Eve
Masaccio
Q: What type of painting is this?
A: Fresco; a painting done on wet plaster

4. David Donatello Q: What sculptural technique is used in this work?
A: Contraposta

5. The Annunciation
Fra Filippo Lippi

6. Birth of Venus
Botticelli

7. Salt Cellar
Benvenuto Cellini

8. Primavera
Botticelli

9. Mona Lisa DaVinci Q: What other name is this painting known by?
A: La Gionconda

10. Judith and Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi

11. Vetruvian Man
DaVinci
Q: Where was this found?
A: His Notebook

12. David Michelangelo Q: In which museum is this statue?
A: L’Academia in Florence, Italy

13. The Last Supper Leonardo DaVinci
Q: What was so disastrous about this fresco?
A: A fatal mixture of oil and water caused the painting to deteriorate
The Last Supper
Leonardo DaVinci

14. La Pieta Michelangelo Q: What does a “pieta” usually depict?
A: The Holy Mother holding her crucified son
La Pieta
Michelangelo

15. Michelangelo also painted...
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Creation of Man
Temptation of Adam and Eve
Wall of the Sistine Chapel
The Last Judgment

16. School of Athens Raphael Q: What else did the artist paint?
A: Several Madonnas, depictions of the Holy Mother holding the infant Christ child
School of Athens
Raphael

17. Moses
Michelangelo
Q: Who commissioned this sculpture, and for what purpose?
A: Pope Julius II; for his tomb

18. The Tailor
Giovanni Moroni

19. Northern Renaissance Art
1500s: Italian “rebirth” spread to other states
Netherlands
Flanders (Belguim)
Germany
Themes of religious reform and old Christian values
Less secular than Italian Renaissance
Use of light and shadow
Realistic presentation of image

20. Wedding Portrait Jan Van Eyck
Q: How many figures are there in this painting?
A: Four; the chaperone’s and the artist’s reflections are in the mirror

21. Self-Portrait of Albrecht Durer

22. The Moneylender and His Wife
Quinten Massys

23. The Ambassadors Hans Holbein Q: What else did the artist paint?
A: Portraits of Henry VIII

24. Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture
Gothic style had dominated Middle Ages; Renaissance architecture inspired by the Greeks & Romans
Four classical elements:
Columns
Domes
Arches
Symmetry

25. Cathedral of Florence Brunelleschi
*Note how Brunelleschi convinced people of the stability of his dome, the largest since antiquity

26. St. Peter’s Basilica Three main parts of the structure:
Nave
Transept
Apse
Bramante – main portion, façade
Bernini – baldachino, colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square
Michelangelo – dome