RENAISSANCEItaly in the 15th Century

Bell Work:

What is Perspective?

Perspective

1 point perspective

2 point perspective

3 point perspectiveor “Birds Eye” or “Worms Eye”

One, Two, or Three?

One, Two, or Three?

One, Two, or Three?

One, Two, or Three?

One, Two, or Three?

One, Two, or Three?

What term best represents this image?

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Brunelleschi and Ghiberti

The Sacrifice of Isaac

•Competition panel for the east doors of the Florence baptistry in 1401.

•Depict a moment when the angel appears just in time to prevent Abraham from cutting his sons throat.

•Seven contestants for the doors, but the most important were these two by Brunelleschi and Ghiberti.

•Ghiberti won • Reason may have been the casting• Brunelleschi cast his in several pieces• Ghiberti cast his in two

Brunelleschi was:

Goldsmith Sculptor Mathematician Clock builder Architect

Cupola, or DOME

The crowning jewel of the Florentine cityscape

Brunelleschi invented a new way to construct the dome.

Studied ancient roman buildings and came up with his own ideas how ancient elements could be utilized.

Brunelleschi and Architecture

Hospital of the Innocents

Florence Cathedral

Ghiberti

Commissioned to do the final set of doors on the east side of the baptistery called “The Gates of Paradise”.

Donatello 1386-1466

Emerged as the greatest sculptor of his time and one of the greatest to ever live.

Worked in marble or bronze 1443 commissioned to sculpt

“Gattamelata” an equestrian statue Drew his ideas from classic statue Marcus

Aurelius in Rome.

Marcus Aurelius in Rome

Sandro Botticelli “BIRTH OF VENUS”

Botticelli 1445-1510

Birth of Venus is 5’ 8 7/8”x 9’ Based on traditional mythology Venus is the goddess of love and arises

from the sea on a shell

Adoration of the Magi

Botticelli self portrait

Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506

A polished artist by the age 17 He mastered form and anatomy Excelled in working with perspective

especially foreshortening

Foreshortening

The use of perspective to represent a single object extending back in space at an angle to the picture plane.

Dead Christ By:Andrea Mantegna

Dead Christ

Strong realism and unusual perspective creates a fascinating image

Look into Christ’s face and at the same time see the holes in his hands and feet

Tromp l’oeil

Illusionistic painting that deceives the eye with its appearance of reality.

DaVinci

Vitruvian Man

Called “The Universal Renaissance Man”

•Michelangelo and Raphael were influenced by him

•Painted a small number of pictures, but wrote on every aspect of human endeavor, including the arts and sciences.

•Paired art with science and created many anatomy drawings

Andrea Verrocchio “The Baptism of Christ”

Leonardo’s first known painting.•He painted the angel at the far left.

Verrocchio said he could never emulate that, so he gave up painting and devoted himself to sculpture.

David by: Verrocchio

Fresco

A technique of painting on the plaster surface of a wall or ceiling that is still damp so the pigments become fused with the plaster as it dries.

Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper

SfumatoMeaning “toned down” or “Vanished in Smoke”

Madonna and child with Saint Anne

Leonardo used sfumato with success in this piece- painting through glazes and producing a dreamlike effect.

Michelangelo

Michelangelo 1475-1564

Known as “the greatest man ever known to the arts”

Born to a poor family Knew at an early age he wanted to

become an artist The Pieta was his earliest “MASTERPIECE”

done in Rome about 1500 Carved from a single block of marble

Pieta

DavidVerrocchio

DavidDonatello

DavidMichelangelo

Contrapposto

A stance of the human body where one leg bears the weight.

Michelangelo’s David

Beyond imitating nature Super human size Expression of anger and defiance Still holding the stone in his hand At age 29 Michelangelo was declared the

greatest sculptor in Italy Lived to be 89 years old

Working on sculptures until 6 days before he died, he said on his deathbed, “I regret that I am dying just as I am beginning to learn the alphabet of my profession.”

Raphael Sanzio 1483-1520

Master of painting balance and harmony Michelangelo was a solitary genius, and

Raphael enjoyed the social whirl of Rome Michelangelo and Leonardo were busy

with large commissions to satisfy the wants of merchants

Raphael was happy to fill the gap Painted many Madonnas and flattering

portraits

School of AthensRaphael mastered the art of perspective

Apostolic Palace, Rome, Vatican City

All the turtles were named after Renaissance artists•Donatello•Raphael•Leonardo •Michelangelo

Iconography

The study of the meaning or content of a larger program to which individual works of art belong.

Convex mirrors used by shopkeepers because they reflect a large area.

Considered the “eye” of the owners.

Van Eyck’s mirror has been interpreted as “GODS EYE” as a witness to the ceremony

Identify the Artist

Identify the Artist

Identify the Artist

Who does this depict/show?

What is the name of this painting? Who painted it?