Renaissance Art & Renaissance Art & ArchitectureArchitecture

Renaissance Art & Renaissance Art & ArchitectureArchitecture

Renaissance ArchitectureRenaissance Architecture• Elements of Greek & Roman buildings

• Columns, domes

• Symmetrical façade (front)

• Rounded arches

• Elements of Greek & Roman buildings

• Columns, domes

• Symmetrical façade (front)

• Rounded arches

Developments in Architecture

Developments in Architecture

• Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)

• Challenged Gothic architecture

• Circular windows, square panels, geometric shapes, perspective

• Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)

• Challenged Gothic architecture

• Circular windows, square panels, geometric shapes, perspective

Florence Cathedral dome, Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo), c. 1420

Why might people be Why might people be moving away from moving away from the Medieval style?the Medieval style?

Style of Art ChangesStyle of Art Changes• Bright colors & oil paints• Realism – style from

classical art to portray religious subjects

• Occasional use of Greek or Roman figures

• Bright colors & oil paints• Realism – style from

classical art to portray religious subjects

• Occasional use of Greek or Roman figures

• Secular humanism– Individualism Free standing

figures

• Natural poses & expressions, personality!

• Secular humanism– Individualism Free standing

figures

• Natural poses & expressions, personality!

Perspective = technique to show 3D on flat surfaceShadowing, illusion of

depth

Mona Lisa – da VinciMona Lisa – da Vinci

• Individual figure Humanism

• Shadowing• Natural expression• Geometric shape

• Individual figure Humanism

• Shadowing• Natural expression• Geometric shape

Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherandini“Mona” - Italian version of ‘Madonna’ or ‘my lady’

Donatello’s “David”

Donatello’s “David”

• First free-standing nude sculpture

• Bronze

• Realistic portrayal of biblical figure

• First free-standing nude sculpture

• Bronze

• Realistic portrayal of biblical figure

School of Athens - Raphael

Raphael’s Madonna & ChildRaphael’s Madonna & Child

• PerspectivePerspective• Roman Roman

dome, dome, architecturearchitecture

• ShadowingShadowing• RealismRealism

• PerspectivePerspective• Roman Roman

dome, dome, architecturearchitecture

• ShadowingShadowing• RealismRealism

Betrothal Betrothal

of the of the VirginVirgin

RaphaelRaphael(1504)(1504)

Michelangelo

“David” by Michelangelo

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16c16c

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centurycentury

makes!makes!

Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel

Commissioned by Pope Julius IIPortrays human creation, Old

Testament events foreshadowing birth of Jesus

The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails

Creation of ManCreation of Man

Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci“Study of

Hands”“Study of

Hands”

“Study of the Gradations of shadows”

“Self portrait”

http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/leonardo/leonardo_narrowband.htm?middle

Helicopter

Parachute“Vitruvian Man”

Notebook page(written

backwards!)

Leonardo, the Scientist Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):(Biology):Pages from his Pages from his NotebookNotebook

� An example of An example of the humanist the humanist desire to desire to unlock the unlock the secrets of secrets of nature.nature.

Leonardo, the Scientist Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): (Anatomy):

Pages from his Pages from his NotebookNotebook

Leonardo, the Leonardo, the Inventor:Inventor: Pages from his Pages from his NotebookNotebook

Original Now

The Last Supper

What original might have looked like

Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man”Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man”• Da Vinci interested in

proportions• He believed workings of human

body were analogy for workings of the universe

• Da Vinci interested in proportions

• He believed workings of human body were analogy for workings of the universe