1. Renaissance Art As with Renaissance Literature, three themes of Renaissance Art: Humanism, Secularism, and Classicism. The Renaissance will see a shift in art - from art purely for the sake of glorifying God and teaching Biblical and Catholic lessons to art for the sake of also glorifying human beings and their Earthly emotions, experiences, surroundings. Realism will be the key to Renaissance art, as compared to Medieval Art…

2. Carolingian Evangelist Late 8 th Century From the Codex Aureus of Lorsch (an illuminated Gospel Book from the Charlemagne period of the Frankish kingdom)

3. A typical Medieval depiction of Christ A Christ Pantokrator (Christ with the halo in a cross form) From the 11 th Century

4. The Morgan Leaf – detached from the 12 th Century Winchester Bible (English) Depicts scenes from the life of David

5. Medieval depiction of Charlemagne’s coronation in 800.

6. Fra Angelico, Adoration of the Magi Fra Angelico, AKA Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John from Fiesole 1395 - 1455)

7. Botticelli, Adoration of the Magi

8. Realism – the key difference. Contributes to the humanism of Italian Art Achieved through use of new techniques: –Perspective –Chiaroscuro and realistic coloring –Overlapping figures –Movement –Use of realistic fore- and backgrounds

9. The Italian Renaissance

10. Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510) Birth of Venus

11. Botticelli, Primavera

12. The “Big Four” of Italian Renaissance Art Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1464) Raphael - Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483 – 1520) Titian - Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488 - 1576)

13. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne Leonardo da Vinci Depicts St. Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary, and the infant Jesus. Size of this preview: 447 × 599 pixels

14. Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper

15. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa

16. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel The Entire Vault here- Ceiling depicts the stories of the Book of Genesis, back wall is The Last Judgement

17. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

18. Sistine Chapel, Creation of Adam

19. Details from The Sistine Chapel Ceiling The Prophet Ezechiel The Creation of the Sun, the Moon and the Planets

20. The Last Judgement

21. Michelangelo, Pieta

22. Michelangelo, David

23. Raphael, School of Athens

24. The School of Athens detail- Plato &Aristotle

25. Raphael, Madonna

26. Group of Swiss Soldiers, the Mass of Bolsena Portrait of a Cardinal More Raphael…..

27. Titian, The Venus of Urbino

28. Titian, Bacchanalia

29. Titian Pope Paul III and His Grandsons

30. Titian Portrait of Charles V at the Battle of Muhlberg

31. The Northern Renaissance Italian Renaissance Vs. Northern Renaissance Subject matter: Italian: Classical mythology, religious scenes. Northern: Domestic interiors, portraits, religious scenes. Style: Italian: Symmetrical, balanced, good sense of mass, linear perspective. Northern: Attention to surface detail, naturalism. Known for: Italian: Figures with mass and volume, knowledge of underlying anatomy. Northern: Minute surface detail. Media: Italian: Fresco, tempera, oil. Northern: Oil on panel.

32. Jan Van Eyck, Arnolfini Wedding

33. Durer, Self- Portrait

34. Durer, Adoration of the Magi

35. Durer engraving, Hands with Bible

36. Durer The Virgin and Child with a Monkey

37. Hans Holbein, Henry the VIII

38. Hans Holbein, Jane Seymour

39. Holbein, Sir Thomas More

40. Hans Holbein, Erasmus

41. Bruegel, Children’s Games

42. Children’s Games, detail

43. Bruegel, Peasant Wedding

44. Peasant Wedding, detail

45. Brueghel The Blind Leading the Blind

46. Brueghel The Harvesters