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1 Chapter 17 Part 3: Classical themes and forms, illusionism and Leonardo.

2 Classical freestanding sculpture Donatello’s David (1440) Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504) Mythological themes Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, Birth of Venus (1480). Illusionism: Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476) Mantegna’s Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74 Leonardo da Vinci Sfumato, psychological portrayal

3 Donatello, David, 1440Praxiteles, 4 th cent. BCE

4 Donatello, David, 1440 First freestanding male nude since antiquity. Classical influence: contrapposto pose, feminine features, eroticism.

5 Michelangelo, David, 1501- 1504 Polyclitus, 5 th cent. BCE

6 Michelangelo, David, 1501- 1504 Classical influence: contrapposto pose, anatomical study but different proportions (hands, head). Symbol of victory over tyranny. Terribilità, virtù.

7 Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus (1480).

8 Iconography of the baptism of Christ (Ghirlandaio, 1490)

9 Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (1480).

10 Botticelli Iconography of the Virgin Mary surrounded by saints

11 Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, 1483.

12 Boticcelli Barberini Faun, 3 rd cent. BCE

13 Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476)

14 Mantegna, Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74

15 Identify the discipline Leonardo did not study: Anatomy Physiology Physics Mechanics Music Mathematics Flora/ fauna Geology Astronomy Painting and drawing

16 Mona Lisa, 1503-1505 Psychological portrayal: ambiguity. Sfumato: haze, smoke Aerial/ atmospheric perspective “That painting is the most to be praised which agrees most exactly with the thing imitated.”

17 LeonardoBotticelli

18 Last Supper, 1485-1498

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