1. Renaissance Art & Architecture

2. Important Terms Chiaroscuro- use of lighting to put things in focus
Contrappasto- standing with weight on one leg
Perspective- making art look 3D or more realistic on a flat surface

3. Renaissance Architecture
Characteristics
Use of symmetry and balance
What happens on one side, happens on the other
Use of Classical (Greek/Roman) features
Columns
Domes

4. St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome)
Balance/symmetry
Domes
Columns
St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome)

5. La Rontonde Villa Capra (Vincenza, Italy)
Balance/symmetry
Domes
Columns

6. Characteristics of Classical Art (Renaissance Art)
Vivid, bright colors
Use of perspective
Balance/ Symmetry (Italian Renaissance)
Classical themes- Greek, Roman and Biblical ideas predominant ( more in Italian Renaissance)

7. School of Athens (Raphael)
Color
Perspective
Balance/Symmetry
Classical Themes
School of Athens (Raphael)

8. Jan van Eyck Born in “Flanders” (now Belgium) around 1390
Perfected the technique of oil painting over tempura
Known for his ability to include details
Lots of realism in his work

9. Wedding Portrait Color Perspective Balance/Symmetry Classical Themes
(John van Eyck was here!)
Wedding Portrait

10. Color
Perspective
Balance/Symmetry
Classical Themes

11. Pieter Bruegel (the Elder)
Flemish genre artists- did mostly same type
Daily life of peasants
Nicknamed “Peasant” Bruegel
Known for realistic paintings
A friend of his said “… Bruegel set out to entertain and instruct with his paintings… created a window in both a visual and a moral sense."

12. Peasant Wedding
Color
Perspective
Balance/Symmetry
Classical Themes

14. RAPHAEL SANZIO Known as the genius of the high Renaissance painters
Humanism
Known for the emotion he put into his work

15. The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia
Color
Perspective
Balance/Symmetry
Classical Themes
The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia
Left to Right
St. Paul (sword)
St. John (eagle)
Cecilia
St. Augustine (crosier)
Mary Magdalene (jar)

17. Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Known for naturalism
Invented shallow relief technique
First freestanding sculptures
“…left behind so much work…may be said no artists worked as hard as he…”

18. David
Saint George
Mary Magdalene

19. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
True “Renaissance Man” ~ scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer
Famous for the way he used light in his portraits, “…seemed as if you could see into their soul…”

20. Color
Perspective
Balance/Symmetry
Classical Themes
The Last Supper

21. COPY by one of Leonardo’s students

22. Mona Lisa Scenery and chiaroscuro The Vitruvian Man (humanism) Color
Perspective
Balance/Symmetry
Classical Themes
Mona Lisa
Scenery and chiaroscuro

23. MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
Considered one to the greatest artists ever during the Renaissance
Michelangelo was noted for use of color, light, and tone design.

24. David Pieta Epitome of humanism David is strong, masculine & heroic
Mary is bigger because she is the focus

25. (Ceiling of) Sistine Chapel
God is offering man intelligence (brain shape)
Man can be anything he wants to be, Adam chooses to hold back
(Ceiling of) Sistine Chapel

26. The End
Is your brain fried?