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Introduction.Characteristics of Renaissance art.

ArchitectureIntroduction.Characteristics of Renaissance architecture. Example. Interior.

Famous peopleLeonardo da Vinci.Michelangelo.

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History"Renaissance, “Rebirth," is considered to have started in Florence, Italy around the years 1350 to 1400.

The start of the Renaissance also was the end of the Middle Ages.

the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific,and political thought turned in new directions.

Art

Medieval art tended to be very flat and nearly always had religious overtones.

The Renaissance saw a flourishing of new artistic techniques.

Introduction

Characteristics of Renaissance art

Perspective

light and shade

optical illusion

The Last Supper, Da Vinci, 1498

Mona Lisa -Leonardo Da Vinci

Madonna and Child - RAFFAELLO Sanzio

ArchitectureRenaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe.

The Renaissance style places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts as they are demonstrated in the architecture.

Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches,hemispherical domes, niches.

Sant'Agostino, Rome, Giacomo di Pietrasanta, 1483

Characteristics of Renaissance architecture

The plans of Renaissance buildings have a square, symmetrical appearance in which proportions are usually based on a module. Within a church the module is often the width of an aisle.

Sant' Andrea, Mantua.

The Roman orders of columns are used:- Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. During the Renaissance, architects aimed to use columns, pilasters, and entablatures as an integrated system.

Tuscan order

The dome is used frequently, both as a very large structural feature that is visible from the exterior, and also as a means of roofing smaller spaces where they are only visible internally.

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Roofs are fitted with flat or coffered ceilings. They are not left open as in Medieval architecture. They are frequently painted or decorated.

The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 1512

External walls are generally of highly-finished ashlar masonry, laid in straight courses. Internal walls are smoothly plastered and surfaced with white-chalk paint.

Medici Chapel

Door usually have square lintels. They may be set within an arch or surmounted by a triangular or segmental pediment. Openings that do not have doors are usually arched and frequently have a large or decorative keystone.

Ghiberti – Gates of Paradise Baptistry Door, Florence (1425 – 1452)

Windows may be paired and set within a semi-circular arch. They have square lintels and triangular or segmental pediments, which are often used alternately. Windows are used to bring light into the building and in domestic architecture, to give views. Stained glass, although sometimes present, is not a feature.

Door usually have square lintels. They may be set within an arch or surmounted by a triangular or segmental pediment. Openings that do not have doors are usually arched and frequently have a large or decorative keystone.

Ghiberti – Gates of Paradise Baptistry Door, Florence (1425 – 1452)

Windows may be paired and set within a semi-circular arch. They have square lintels and triangular or segmental pediments, which are often used alternately. Windows are used to bring light into the building and in domestic architecture, to give views. Stained glass, although sometimes present, is not a feature.

Building examples

St. Peter's Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa

St. Peter's Basilica

Is a Late Renaissance church located within Vatican City.

Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

St Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the largest churchesin the world.

Interior of the Basilica

Cathedra Petri or "throne of St. Peter" a chair which was often claimed to have been used by the apostle, but appears to date from the 12th century.

Statues in the piers of the dome

Francois Duquesnoy’s sculpture of St. Andrew was the first to be started, but it took a long time to complete. St. Andrew is shown with his characteristic X-shaped cross.

St. Veronica, by Francesco Mochi. She is displaying the Veil of Veronica (vera icona, or true icon), which she used to wipe Jesus face on the Way of the Cross.

St. Helena of Constantinople, sculpted by Andrea Bolgi (a Bernini pupil). Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine.Made from four blocks of marble.Longinus holds the spear with which he pierced the side of Jesus on the Cross.

The Sistine Chapel

It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that wasfrescoed throughout by Renaissance artists ncluding Michelangelo,Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio and others.

Exterior & Interior of the Sistine Chapel The Chapel is a high

rectangularbrick building, its exterior unadorned by architectural or decorative details.

The internal spaces are divided into three stories of which the lowest is huge, with a robustly vaulted basement with several utilitarian windows and a doorway giving onto the exterior court.

The ceiling of the chapel is a flattened barrel vault springing from a course that encircles the walls.

Interior

Furniture in this age was crude a massive with classical motifs in reliefs.

Chairs became larger and more ornate with high, richly carved backs.

Tables commonly took a rectangular form, with scrolling on the legs. Artists began using marble or mosaic designs on table tops. Poorer people's chairs often had x-shaped backs, and some could only afford plain three-legged stools

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Italian Renaissance Cabinet

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Lighting was mainly obtained through windows and clearstories but these are a few examples of renaissance inspired lighting.

richly detailed designs of ornaments are perfect examples of Renaissance styles

Since this era was enjoyed by the rich, their drapery were of very lush quality like tapestry, rich velvet or brocatelle (a type of silk strengthened with linen).Until the latter part of the 16th century in England, window curtains were virtually non-existent. When curtains did finally make an appearance, they were made from one piece of fabric hung on an iron rod from iron rings sewn onto the fabric Beautiful silk velvets had been produced in Italy since the 14th century.

ColorAlthough their colors improved immeasurably during the Renaissance it mirrored that of middle ages.

Red: symbolized high social status, royalty, Power and prestige. In the Church, red was a symbol of authority other colors include Orange, Yellow, Green, shades of brown, black and whites and grey

Painting of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy by Rogier van der Weyden, from a dedication page of the Chroniques de Hainault, 1400-1464.

Famous people

Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist.

one of the great masters of the High Renaissance.

who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist.

Leonardo produced a relatively small number of paintings, many of which remained unfinished.

he was nevertheless an extraordinarily innovative and influential artist.

Paintings

“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in a town near Florence.

Michelangelo could possibly be the greatest artist and sculptor who has ever lived. His paintings and sculptures have changed the meaning of art forever.

Michelangelo lived to the age of 89, and died in 1564.

Michelangelo’s WorksThe Holy Family, Tempera on wood, by Michelangelo

Detail of a ceiling fresco by Michelangelo

David, marble sculptureby Michelangelo

Madonna of the Stairs Casa Buonarroti,Florence

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