Renaissance Art

Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa

Lisa del Giocondo

Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-

1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150 Kb);

Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre,

Paris

Leonardo da Vinci

Da Vinci—Vitruvian Manbased on text written by the ancient

Roman architect Vitruvius.

Is a more realistic painting a better painting?

That painting is the most to be praised which agrees most exactly with the thing imitated.

-Leonardo da Vinci

That painting is the most to be praised which agrees most exactly with the thing imitated.

-Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper—Da Vinci

end wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy

• Looking across the picture from left to right:• Bartholomew, James Minor and Andrew form a group

of three. All are aghast, Andrew to the point of holding his hands up in a "stop!" gesture.

• Judas, Peter and John form the next group of three. Judas, you will note, has his face in shadow and is clutching a small bag (of silver?). Peter is visibly angry and a feminine-looking John seems about to swoon.

• Christ is the calm in the midst of the storm.• Thomas, James Major and Philip are next. Thomas is

clearly agitated, James Major stunned and Philip seems to be seeking clarification.

• Matthew, Thaddeus and Simon comprise the last group of three figures. It appears that, when a situation turns ugly, Simon is the "go to" guy for explanations.

Leonardo Da vinci Madonna (Virgin) of

the RocksThe Louvre-Paris

1483-1486 Oil on panel

(transferred to canvas)

Virgin of the Rocksda Vinci-London-National Gallery

1495-1508 Oil on panel

Madonna in the Meadow—Raphael

John, Mary and Jesus

symbols, contrapposto

(Note: the exam image will not have the helpful blue lines)

The figures in this image are organized in a triangle or pyramid

This is a characteristic design configuration of many paintings in the Renaissance

Raphael School of Athens or Philosophy

 

The parenthetical names are the contemporary characters from whom Raphael is thought to have drawn his likenesses. 1: Zeno of Citium 2: Epicurus 3: unknown[13] 4: Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles? 5: Averroes 6: Pythagoras 7: Alcibiades or Alexander the Great? 8: Antisthenes or Xenophon or Timon? 9: unknown [14][13] or the Fornarina as a personification of Love [15] or (Francesco Maria della Rovere?) 10: Aeschines or Xenophon? 11: Parmenides? 12: Socrates 13: Heraclitus (Michelangelo) 14: Plato (Leonardo da Vinci) 15: Aristotle 16: Diogenes 17: Plotinus (Donatello?) 18: Euclid or Archimedes with students (Bramante?) 19: Zoroaster 20: Ptolemy? R: Apelles (Raphael) 21: Protogenes (Il Sodoma, Perugino, or Timoteo Viti)[16]

Raphael’s Sistine Madonna

Raphael’s Cherubs

Botticelli The Birth of Venus

Botticelli portrait of a youth

David--Donatello

Michelangelo’s David

depicts the moments before (or after) the battle, with the slingshot placed over the left shoulder.

 Andrea del Verrochio's David was commissioned by the Medici family, and popular legend states that the model for the statue was a young artist from

Verrochio's studio, Leonardo da Vinci.

The placement of Goliath's head has been the subject of debate. Some historians say that the head should be

placed between David's feet while others claim that

it belongs to the right.The statue has been exhibited using both

placements.

Michelangelo’s

Pieta

Birth of Man—Sistine ChapelMichelangelo

Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam

Duomo in Florence--Brunalleschi

Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise

Lorenzo Ghiberti

• • 'The Sacrifice of

Abraham. 1401' (w)•  This is Ghiberti's winning

piece for the competition for the Baptistery doors.

•  The doors were began in 1403 and finished in 1424 and show the great qualities of charm and grace associated with brilliant workmanship.

Giotto’s Campanile

Giotto--Ognissanti Madonna

Jan van Eyck— The

Arnolfini WeddingFlemish Painter

Jan van EyckMarriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami, 1434

p. 234-5

single candle =

God’s eye

St Margaret?

crystal prayer beads

oranges = fertiility, paradise

Shoes: sanctity of marriage

imported carpet $$$

Fido=faithfulness KEY IMAGE

Madonna with Chancellor Nicholas Rolin

van Eyck

Madonna with Child Readingvan Eyck

• ten miniature medallions depicting scenes from the life of Christ.

• van Eyck's own tiny self-portrait

• another man may have been the official witness to the ceremony.