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Renaissance Art & Architecture The Rebirth of Classical Ideas?
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Background & Phases 1050 – 1350 –Population growth –Economic development –City – states 1200 – late 1500s –Artistic shifts & achievement Bellini: Sacra Conversazione
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Intellectual Development: Humanism Glorify Human Form & Potential Revival of classical antiquity Individualism Course of study Secular focus Titian: Assumption of the Virgin
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Renaissance Italy City-States Power People –Medici (F) –Este (Ferrara) –Sforza (M) –Doge (V) –Pope (PS)
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Florence Commerce / Trade Banking: Medici Textile Patronage
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Renaissance Art: Techniques Religious >> Secular subjects Realistic Perspective Movement Symmetry Proportion Ghirlandiao: Adoration of the Shepherds
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Medieval v. Renaissance Medieval –Flat –Religious –Static Renaissance –3-D –Secular / Human focus –Movement Ghirlandaio: Angel Appearing to Zacharias
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Giotto de Bondone: The Mourning of Christ Florentine School * Fresco * Individuals
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Massaccio: Tribute Money Florentine School * Perspective * Realism
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Sandro Botticelli: Madonna of the Magnificat Expression Botticelli Face Emotional Double focal points: Crown + Book
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Major Artists: Ninja Turtles! Raphael – Michelangelo – Donatello – Leonardo
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Raphael: Pope Leo X with Two Cardinals 1518 Vatican Murals Commissioned by Pope Julius II Leo X = Julius II successor Focal Point = Face
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Raphael: The School of Athens In the Vatican: Stanza della Signatura Blending of Greek + Renaissance Symmetry Perspective Depth Light
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Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance Man –Multi-talented –Anatomy, mechanics, art, astronomy, weaponry… China?
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Leonardo: The Last Supper Fresco * Symmetry * Individual Expression
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Leonardo: Mona Lisa Symmetry “Sfumato” –Blur –Blend –Mystery The Grin
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Leonardo’s Notebooks Vetruvian Man Anatomy advances painting & sculpture
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Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel M = sculptor, painter, architect Commissioned by Pope Julius II 1508 Scaffold, personally completed Old & New Testament reflects the Renaissance Era
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Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel
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Renaissance Sculpture Classical Realism Free standing Marble & Bronze Full body, busts & reliefs
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Humanism & Individuality Individuality portrayed in details
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Ghiberti’s Doors - Florence 1423, Florentine, he was only 23! Bronze cast + gilding 20 yrs N doors 25 yrs E doors “Creation” Realism
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Donatello’s David Free standing nude Proportion of human form 5’ tall, After beating Goliath
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Michelangelo’s David Marble 16’ tall Details As David decides to battle Goliath Classical style, details
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Renaissance Architecture Columns Arch Dome Harmony via proportion The Circle is key Math!
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Church & Architecture RCC builds to draw people Tells the Biblical narrative Visual & Symbolic
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Santa Maria del Fiore in Firenze Lily is symbol of Florence Firenze = Florence 1296 > 1418 complete, except for the dome… Filippo Brunelleschi took over, finished the “cupola” (dome) in 1436. Largest dome in the world when completed. Still largest masonry dome
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Church Architecture: Florence Dilemma: Octagonal Building to Dome? Filippo Brunelleschi, 1418 figured out how to complete… ever decreasing circles with ribs to bear weight Scaffolding upwards
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Brunelleschi’s Cupola aka Dome
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Santa Maria del Fiore in Firenze
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Church Architecture: St. Peter’s Michelangelo hired by Pope Paul III in 1546… worked until death in 1564 Inside St. Peter’s: –High Altar –Nave Ceiling Roman arches –Under Dome Single dome with arch support
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Church Architecture: Bramante’s Tempietto Renaissance “Greatest Architect” Commissioned by K+Q of Spain: Ferdinand & Isabella St. Peter’s death site Doric columns + Roman dome, 15’ diameter
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Northern Renaissance Erasmus Scholar, writer Reconcile Christian character w/ Humanism Colloquies, Adages, new Bible
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Northern Renaissance Began in Flanders >> Holland A. Dűrer – Hans Holbein (Young) – van Eyck
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Northern Renaissance A. Dűrer (G) 1471-1528 –Woodcuts –Mass Marketing Holbein the Younger (G) 1497-1543 –Portraits, Henry VIII –Expressions Van Eyck (Flem) 1390- 1441 –Oil Paint developer –Realism possible
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English Renaissance: Elizabethan Era G. Chaucer –Canterbury Tales: Vernacular Sir Th. More –Utopia: Ideal place of virtue Spenser –Faerie Queen: Ode Shakespeare plays –Comedy, tragedy, morality
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Renaissance Impact Genius of humanity all at once… why? Changed art & architecture forever Individualism drives future thought
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