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Leonardo da Vinci (1452?1519), Vitruvian Man, c. 1485-1490. Pen and ink, 13 1/2" x 9 5/8". Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice
Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1498?1543), Dance of Death, ca. 1490. Woodcut.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
•Bubonic Plague, 1347 destroyed 1/3 to 1/2 of its population within less than a century.
Joan of Arc, from Antoine Dufour's Lives of Famous Women, 1504. French manuscript. Musée Dobrée, Nantes, France
•100 year war (1337-1453)• 17 year old Peasant•Heard voices of the Christian saints who had directed her to expel the English.
•World’s first feminist writer•occurred at a time in which men were making efforts to restrict female inheritance of land .•Book of the City of Ladies (1405)
Petrarch – “Father of Humanism”(1304-1374)
Petrarch ‘s Canzoniere (songbook) (1350)Sonnet No.134I find no peace, and yet I make no war:and fear, and hope: and burn, and I am ice:and fly above the sky, and fall to earth,and clutch at nothing, and embrace the
world.
The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
Giotto (1267 - 1337
Legend of St Francis:Sermon to the Birds, 1297-99
Baptism of Christ1304-06
Sermon to the Birds,St Francis
IlluminatedManuscriptImage,c 1270,Ghent, Belgium
Florentine architect and engineer
Dome of the Cathedral1420-36 Duomo, Florence
Pierro della Francesca “View of an Ideal City”
First to carry out a series of optical experiments that led to a mathematical theory of perspective.
His method of perspective had a dramatic impact on the depiction of 3-dimensional space in the arts
David, 1425-1430
Donatello(1386-1466)
St Mary Magdalenc. 1457Wood, height: 188 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
The Birth of Venusc. 1485Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Sandra Botticelli(1445-1510)
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Primavera, c. 1482. Tempera on panel, 6' 8"" x 10' 4"". Galleria degli Uffizi Florence, Italy
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Mars and Venus, c. 1475. Tempera on panel, 27 1/4" x 68 1/4". © The National Gallery, London
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Mystical Nativity, 1501. Oil on canvas, 42 3/4" x 29 1/2". © The National Gallery, London.
The Adoration of the Magi (detail)c. 1475Tempera on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
The detail shows the assumed self-portrait of the artist.
Goldsmith and Sculptor He made use of one – point perspective
in a manner that would profoundly influence Renaissance art for the next hundred years
Sacrifice of Isaac1401Bronze reliefMuseo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
Lorenzo Ghiberti(1378-1455)
Lorenzo Ghiberti(1378-1455)
Equestrian displays an unprecedented degree of scientific naturalism and an obsessive attention to anatomical detail
Ran a large workshop that trained many artist including Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci,1452 - 1519
"Renaissance Man“ "There are three classes of
people. Those who see; those who see when they are shown; those who do not see."
Which was Leonardo?
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Mona Lisa, c. 1503-1505. Oil on wood, 30 1/4" x 21". Louvre, Paris.
Virgin of the Rocks1483-86Oil on panel, 199 x 122 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris
Madonna and Child with Flowers 1478:possibly his first painting completed by himself. (age 26)
The annunciation, 1481 (age 29)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Madonna and Child with Saint Anne, c. 1503-1506. Oil on wood, 5' 6 1/8" x 3' 8". Louvre, Paris
Vitruvian Man1492Pen, ink, watercolor and metalpoint on paper, 343 x 245 mmGallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Anatomical studies of the shoulder1510-11Black chalk, pen and ink on paper, 289 x 199 mmRoyal Library, Windsor
Leonardo da Vinci (1452?1519), Embryo in the Womb, ca. 1510. Pen and brown ink, 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.
He examined the anatomical and organic functions of plants animals and human beings
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Wing Construction for a Flying Machine, ca. 1500. Pen and brown ink. Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Leonardo da Vinci. Church resembling the Holy Sepulcher in Milan,
The Last Supper (with names of Apostles labelled)after cleaning1498Tempera on plaster460 x 880 cm (15 x 29 ft.)Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Refectory), Milan
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper (detail of Jesus, under restoration), c. 1495-97. Fresco, 15' 1 1/8" x 28' 10 1/2". Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Lady with an Ermine1483-1490Oil on wood53.4 x 39.3 cm (21 x 15 1/2 in.)Czartoryski Museum, Cracow
:Leonardo’s drawing of a Fierce Dragon.
Michelangelo Buonarroti1475 - 1564 Always thought himself
a sculptor, not a painter A contender for
Renaissance Man
Michelangelo (1475-1564), Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome (after cleaning), 1508-1512.
IgnudoFrescoCappella Sistina, Vatican
Michelangelo (1475-1564), Creation of Adam, c. 1510. Sistine Chapel, Rome. Vatican Museums
David1504Marble, height 434 cmGalleria dell'Accademia, Florence
Pietà1499Marble, height 174 cm, width at the base 195 cmBasilica di San Pietro, Vatican
Pietàc. 1550Marble, height: 226 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
Model for the dome1560 WoodMusei Vaticani, Rome
Dome of St Peter's1564-Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI,Easter Mass 2007
Last Judgment1537-41Fresco, 1370 x 1220 cmCappella Sistina, Vatican
The Last Judgment
Detail
Michelangelo’sSelf Portrait
Michelangelo. Rondanini Pietà, c. 1555-1564. Marble, 6' 5 1/2" high. Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Raphael Sanzio1483 - 1520 Perugian,
Florentine, & Roman periods – Roman most famous
Raphael (1483-1520), The Alba Madonna, ca. 1510. Oil on wood transferred to canvas, diameter 37 1/4 in. © 2009 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C
Raphael, Madonna of the Chair, c. 1515. Oil on panel, diameter 2' 5".
Raphael
Portrait of Julius II1511-12Oil on wood, 108 x 80,7 cmNational Gallery, London
…a portrait "so animated and true to life that it was frightening to behold, as though it were actually alive" (Vasari).
The School of Athens1510-11FrescoVatican, Stanza della Segnatura
Raphael's TombPantheon, Rome
Titian1485 - 1576
Greatest of the Venetian School
Titian. Venus of Urbino, c. 1538. Oil on canvas, 3' 11" x 5' 5". Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
Assumption of the Virgin1516-18Oil on wood, 690 x 360 cm
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
Titian (1488/90-1576). The Annunciation, c. 1560. Oil on canvas, 13' 2 5/8" x 7' 8 1/2". Chiesa di San Salvador, Venice
Bacchus and Ariadne1520-22Oil on canvas, 175 x 190 cm - National Gallery, London
Portrait of Philip II in Armour1550-51
Oil on canvas, 193 x 111 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid
Sinan the Great (c.1490-1588), Mosque of Suleyman I, Istanbul, Turkey, begun 1550.
14 th century
Josquin des Prez A master of Masses, motets, and secular songs,
he earned international recognition as “the prince of music.”
Madrigal – a composition for three to six unaccompanied voices.
Instrumental Music – 16 th century made considerable advances in the development of instrumental music.
Renaissance Dance – first efforts to establish dance as a independent discipline.
Prolific writer of Italian prose romances and love poetry.
First biographer of Dante His landmark work is the celebrated
collection of short stories known as the Decameron. (1351)
Some say that many women are deceitful, Wily, false, of little worth: Others that too many are liars, fickle, flighty , and inconstant; Still others accuse them of great vices, blaming them much, excusing them of them nothing, thus do clerics, night and day, First in French verse, then in Latin, based on who knows what books That tell more lies than drunkards do.
The classical revival of the 14th to 16th century Generated new and more all-embracing
attitudes toward Greco-Roman antiquity than any that had preceded it.
Most were Catholics Life on earth was not a vale of tears but,
rather, an extended occasion during which human beings might cultivate their unique talents and abilities
saw no conflicts between humanism and religious belief
Exiled from Florence upon the collapse of the republican government he had served from 1498- 1512, and eager to win favor with the Medici now that they had returned to power, Machiavelli penned The Prince, a political treatise that called for the unification of Italy under a powerful and courageous leader.
Frescoes- art created on damp plaster
Oil paints(a technique from the north)
Realistic portrayal of human nature
Chiaroscuro- use of shadows to show balance of light and dark
Science-particularly in anatomy Linear perspective- allowed
artist to represent objects in relative sizes
Giotto is considered to be the most influential artist on Renaissance painting.
Father of the Renaissance Giotto’s dignified figures seemed to
displace space, to stand upon the ground with real substance and weight.
New sense of naturalism in sculpture
Use of classical contrapposto stance (relaxed not rigid)
Statue of David considered first full scale nude since ancient times
First artist to paint a full-length female nude
In Birth of Venus the figure occupies the center of the work which was traditionally reserved for the Virgin. This work is possibly the most pagan image of the entire Renaissance.
Castiglino: The Well-Rounded Person
Raphael, Baldassare Castiglione, 1514. Oil on canvas, 32 1/4" x 26 1/2".