2. The Renaissance: The Beginning of Modern Painting In the early 1400’s the world woke up: A rediscovery of art, literature, and science The Creation of Man- Michaelangelo

3. Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs Oil on Stretched Canvas This had a greater range of rich colors with smooth gradations allowed painters to simulate 3- Dimensional form. Minerals were mixed with turpentine and oil (previously used tempera paint on wood panels)

4. Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs Perspective One of the most significant discoveries The illusion of depth on a flat surface Using linear perspective, reducing the size of objects, blurring objects in the background

5. The School of Athens- Raphael

6. Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs The Use of Light and Shadow Chiaroscuro Painting lighter parts which seem to emerge from darker areas Produced the illusion of rounded, sculptural relief on a flat surface

7. Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs Pyramid Configuration Symmetrical composition builds to a climax at the center

8. Birth of Venus- Botticelli

9. DaVinci Stressed the intellectual aspects of art and creativity Artist, Scientist, Inventor, Writer Less than 20 completed works still survive Horrible procrastinator

10. The Last Supper by Da Vinci

11. The Mona Lisa by Da Vinci

12. Michaelangelo Architect, sculptor, painter, poet and engineer Considered one of the greatest artists of all time Very prodigious in creating artwork

13. The Last Judgment by Michelangelo

14. Campidoglio by Michelangelo

15. Pieta by Michelangelo

16. Titian Credited with establishing oil on canvas as the gold standard medium. Painted canvas first with a red wash, then background and figures in vibrant hues, lastly he’d apply 30-40 layers of glaze to mute the hues and tones down Dominated the art world for 60 years while he was alive.

17. Bacchanal of the Adrians by Titan

18. Italian Renaissance Exhibit- Scotland National Museum of Art

19. The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint by Titan

20. Northern Renaissance In Holland and Flanders Northern Renaissance artists focused on painstaking portrayals of reality. Every feature, blemish and minute detail was recorded in their paintings.

21. Jan Van Eyck Painted convincingly the most microscopic details in brilliant, glowing color

22. Arnolfini Wedding by Van Eyck

23. Arnolfini Wedding

25. El Greco- Spanish Renaissance Paintings were surreal, emotionally intense reflected the extreme zealotry of Spain Figures were often distorted and elongated Paintings seemed to glow with an “inner light”

26. Adoration of the Saints by El Greco

27. The Repentant St Maria Magdalene by El Greco