1. Renaissance Art & Architecture

2. Renaissance Architecture Elements of Greek & Roman buildings Columns, domes Symmetrical façade (front) Rounded arches Elements of Greek & Roman buildings Columns, domes Symmetrical façade (front) Rounded arches

3. Developments in Architecture Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) Challenged Gothic architecture Circular windows, square panels, geometric shapes, perspective Florence Cathedral dome, Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo), c. 1420 Why might people be moving away from the Medieval style?

4. Style of Art Changes Bright colors & oil paints Realism – style from classical art to portray religious subjects Occasional use of Greek or Roman figures Bright colors & oil paints Realism – style from classical art to portray religious subjects Occasional use of Greek or Roman figures

5. Secular humanism –Individualism  Free standing figures Natural poses & expressions, personality! Secular humanism –Individualism  Free standing figures Natural poses & expressions, personality!

6. Perspective = technique to show 3D on flat surface Shadowing, illusion of depth

7. Mona Lisa – da Vinci Individual figure  Humanism Shadowing Natural expression Geometric shape Individual figure  Humanism Shadowing Natural expression Geometric shape Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini “Mona” - Italian version of ‘Madonna’ or ‘my lady ’

8. Donatello’s “David” First free-standing nude sculpture Bronze Realistic portrayal of biblical figure First free-standing nude sculpture Bronze Realistic portrayal of biblical figure

9. School of Athens - Raphael

10. Raphael’s Madonna & Child

11. Perspective Perspective Roman dome, architecture Roman dome, architecture Shadowing Shadowing Realism Realism Perspective Perspective Roman dome, architecture Roman dome, architecture Shadowing Shadowing Realism Realism Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael(1504)

12. Michelangelo

13. “David” by Michelangelo

14.  15c 16c  What a difference a century makes!

15. Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel Commissioned by Pope Julius II Portrays human creation, Old Testament events foreshadowing birth of Jesus

16. The Sistine Chapel

17. The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man

18. Leonardo da Vinci “Study of Hands” “Study of the Gradations of shadows” “Self portrait”

19. http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/leonardo/leonardo_narrowband.htm?middle Helicopter Parachute “Vitruvian Man” Notebook page (written backwards!)

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

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

22. Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook

23.  Original Now The Last Supper What original might have looked like 

24. Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” Da Vinci interested in proportions He believed workings of human body were analogy for workings of the universe Da Vinci interested in proportions He believed workings of human body were analogy for workings of the universe