Cimabue, Virgin and Child Enthroned,

1280, Gothic

Cimabue, EnthronedVirgin and Child, 1280

Giotto, Lamentation, 1305

Gothic vs. Renaissance

Giotto, Lamentation, 1305

Masaccio, Tribute Money, 1427

Masaccio, Detail, Tribute Money Ancient Greece, Warrior

Masaccio, Detail, Tribute Money Ancient Greece, Warrior

Contrapposto

Atmospheric Perspective

Linear Perspective

Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keysto St. Peter, 1482

Horizon line

Orthogonals

Vanishing Point

Italian High Renaissance

16th century

Giorgio Vasari, The Lives of the MostEminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

First published in 1550 in Florence

Leonardo da Vinci

-Interested in all branches of knowledge-Believed art and science were intimately related

Raphael, School of Athens, 1510-11

Jacopo da Pontormo, Visdomini Altarpiece, 1518

maniera

Parmigianino,Madonna of the Long Neck,

1534

Rosso Fiorentino, Dead Christ with Angels, 1524-27