1. Bell Work - Describe each of these artworks with 3 adjectives - What are 3 differences you see between these artworks? 1. 2.

2. Objectives Analyze the characteristics of the Renaissance artists
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael
Describe how early Renaissance works of art differed from that of the Middle Ages

3. Art of the Middle Ages Add to your list with the following pictures…

4. Stained Glass, Cologne, Germany Christ Giving the Keys to Peter
Christ Giving the Keys to Peter, ca. 1315, German; Cologne, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint; Christ: 28 x 13 5/8 in. (71 x 34.5 cm), Peter: 27 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (70.5 x 33.2 cm)

5. Statues on the North Transept Chartres Cathedral

6. Justinian and his court, Ravenna

7. Byzantine icon

8. Biagello Master, Madonna and Child Enthroned, 2nd quarter of the 13th century

9. Madonna and Child, Berlinghiero, cir. 1230
Bernardo Daddi : Madonna and Child (c. 1335) - 37K , Vatican collections

10. Middle Ages vs Renaissance
Flat
Unrealistic
Religious
Etc.
How do these compare to the values of the Renaissace?
Individualism: Celebration of the Individual
Humanism: Love of Classical Learning
Secularism: Enjoyment of Worldly Pleasures

11. Renaissance Art
Why does the Renaissance art look so different from the Middle Ages?
New Values
New Techniques

12. 1. Realism & Expression The Birth of Christ, 1304 Giotto Bondone
Fresco: Painting on wet plaster
Lifelike
Illusion of depth
Emotion & interaction

13. 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.

14. Masaccio The Father of Modern Painting
Developed perspective: a technique that gave objects the appearance of distance
Objects look smaller the farther away they are
Parallel lines come together in the distance
Healing of the Cripple, 1424

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

17. 4. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges
Sfumato
Chiaroscuro

18. Questions
Give 2 examples of the difference between art in the Middle Ages & the Renaissance.
Define Humanism
What were 2 of the new techniques that Renaissance artists used?
What is a fresco?

19. TO DO
In Class: Perspectives Drawing

20. Renaissance Florence

21. Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build the cathedral dome.
Used unique architectural concepts.
He studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome.
Used ribs for support.

22. Brunelleschi’s Dome

23. Comparing Domes

24. Other Famous Domes
Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

25. The TURTLES!!!

26. Donatello Born late 14th century Technique: Important Works:
Created free standing statues
Real and life like
First since the Romans to make a free standing sculpture
Important Works:
David, 1430

27. Leonardo da Vinci Born in the mid 15th century Technique:
A true Renaissance man
Technique:
Painter, scientist, architect, inventor.
His works focused on human emotions
Important Works:
The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa

28. Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da Vinci
1492
The L’uomo universale

29. The Last Supper

30. The Last Supper , 1498 & Geometry

31. The Last Supper, 1498
vertical
horizontal
Perspective!

32. A Da Vinci “Code”: St. John or Mary Magdalene?

33. Leonardo, the Artist The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo da Vinci

34. ?

35. Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-4 Parody: The Best Form of Flattery?
A Macaroni Mona

36. A Picasso Mona

37. An Andy Warhol Mona

38. A “Mona”ca Lewinsky

39. Mona Lisa OR da Vinci??

40. Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook - Over 5000 pages of drawings
Study of a central church
Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.

41. Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology): Pages from his Notebook
An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.

42. Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

43. Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook

44. Man Can Fly?

45. Studies of water-lifting devices. A study of siege defenses.
Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook
Studies of water-lifting devices.
A study of siege defenses.

46. Questions Donatello was the first to do what since the Romans?
What is his most important work?
Who is known as the True Renaissance man? Why?
List 2 of his most famous works of art.

47. TO DO:
In Class: Self Portrait