lecture on renaissance art
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LECTURE on Renaissance Art
Causes of the Renaissance
1. End of Feudalism
2. Printing Press…
3. Rise of Italian City-Statesa. City-state…b. Oligarchy…c. Milan,
Rome, Naples, Florence…
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principlesa. Humanism
…
b. Classicism…
c. Individualism…
d. Secularism…
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artistsa. Sandro
Botticelli…
The Birth of Venus
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artistsa. Sandro
Botticelli…
b. Leonardo daVinci…
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artistsa. Sandro
Botticelli…
b. Leonardo daVinci…
c. Michelangelo…
The Pieta
The Sistine ChapelThe David
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artistsa. Sandro
Botticelli…
b. Leonardo daVinci…
c. Michelangelo…
d. Raphael…
The School of Athens
Various paintings of Madonnas
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artistsa. Sandro
Botticelli…
b. Leonardo daVinci…
c. Michelangelo…
d. Raphael…
e. Jan Van Eyck…
The Wedding Portrait
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artistsa. Sandro
Botticelli…
b. Leonardo daVinci…
c. Michelangelo…
d. Raphael…
e. Jan Van Eyck…
f. Hieronymus Bosch…
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Renaissance1. Intellectual
Principles
2. Artists
3. Techniquesa. Realism…b. Emotion…c. Linear
Perspective…
d. Atmospheric Perspective…
e. Sfumato…f. Chiaroscuro
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Realism & Emotion
Realism: to look real, ex: strands of hair
Emotion: conveys what the subjects feeling
Linear Perspective: converging lines gives depth and 3-d effect
Perspective
Atmospheric Perspective: Changes in color, focus, and size gives depth
Perspective
Geometric Arrangement
Use of dark & light to create depth
Sfumato
Chiaroscuro
Blurring/softening sharp outlines
Sfumato and Chiaroscuro
Compare / Contrast
Which culture is the Renaissance a rebirth
of?
Greek Vase Painting
Greek Sculpture
Islamic Tessellations
Islamic Art
Modern Art
People who use these techniques today!
By Julian Beaver