Renaissance

Renaissance The Renaissance was a period of

significant social, historical and economic events. What changed?

Humanism - a system of ideas relating to human beings, emphasizing their value (and de-emphasizing belief in God)

Northern Renaissance N. artists subject matter remained religious in

nature while using trompe l’oeil to render things of this world.

Artists tried to reconcile religious subjects with scenes and objects from everyday. True or False?

May

from Les Tres RichesHeures du Duc de Berry

(1416)

Limbourg Brothers

JanuaryAugust

Robert Campin What makes his Merode Altarpiece

unique? What aspects of it? Discuss the architecture, who is depicted in

the scene, what is occurring in this scene? Is this a normal Annunciation scene? Think

of ones we’ve seen, think of the Middle Ages and Early Christian scenes. What is the same and what is different?

Merode Altarpiece, Robert Campin, 1425-1428

Symbolism in Art

Jan Van Eyck What type if painting is Giovanni

Arnolfini and His Bride considered to be?

What is the point of this portrait? What was its purpose? What is it telling us?

Discuss/find the symbolism in this portrait

German Art

Contains less symbolism and less detail than Flemish art, but their message is more powerful. More emotional. True or False. Give an example(s).

German Art

The Crucifixion, center panel of The Isenheim Altarpiece, Matthias Grunewald, 1515

Compare and Contrast

Gerard David, 1515

**Symbolism **Background**Figures/poses **Colors**Christ **Overall mood

Albrecht Durer

Oil on panel, 1507

Engraving, 1504

Northern Renaissance Michelangelo said “Flemish painting will, generally

speaking, please the devout better than any painting in Italy, which will never cause him to shed a tear, whereas that of Flanders will cause him to shed many…In Flanders they paint with a view to external exactness or such things as may cheer you and of which you cannot speak ill, as for example saints and prophets. They paint stuffs and masonry, the green grass of the fields, the shadow of trees, and rivers and bridges”

Renaissance Italy There were notable differences in the art of

various sections of Italy. Florence and Rome – resurgence of Classicism as

ruins where uncovered. Siena – continued in the International Style Venice – Byzantine influence remained strong

Cimabue vs Giotto(Proto-Renaissance)

In the following images, both of the Madonna Enthroned, discuss: Inspiration. Looking at the smaller details,

what can you find that is evident in earlier art?

Discuss architecture (the throne) Compare/contrast the Madonna. Body

shape, mass, weight, etc.

Where else have we seen this similar image?

Cimabue,1280-90

Giotto,1310

Donatello David is an Italian

peasant boy in the guide of a Classical nude figure.

Prior to this (1408), when was the last nude sculpture?

Can such a youth have accomplished such a forbidding task? Brains over brawn?

David, 1408

Masaccio What is unique and ground breaking about Masaccio’s Holy Trinity?

Discuss the figures and their placement in the composition.

God / ChristMary / Apostle JohnDonors

Discuss the importance of the skeleton/ inscription: "IO FU[I] G[I]A QUEL CHE VOI S[I]ETE E QUEL CH['] I[O] SONO VO[I] A[N]C[OR] SARETE"

I once was what you are and what I am you also will be.

Brunelleschi’s Dome The dome is

combination of Classical and Medieval architecture. Why would he have combined these styles?

Duomo, Florence, 1420-36

David vs David

Donatello, 1408 Andrea del Verocchio, 1470

Compare/Contrastthe David’s.

*look at the smaller details*

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Mathematics & Geometry in Art

Resurrection, Piero della Francesca, 1450’s

La Primavera, 1482

The Birth of Venus, 1486

Allegory – communicates a message

by means of symbolic figures, actions or

symbolic representation.

Describe/discussthe images.

Venus

Medici Venus Capitoline Venus

Palazzo Rucellai,Alberti,

Florence, 1446-1451

The High Renaissance Who were the leading artists of The

High Renaissance? Give their names and what they were

known for. Who were they considered to be the artist

descendants of?

Why is this period called The High Renaissance?

Tomb of Julius II

Moses, Michelangelo, 1513-15

Begun 1505,Finished 1545

Leonardo da Vinci

Madonna of the Rocks (left: Louvre (1483), right: National Gallery, London (before 1508).

Raphael

Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican, Rome

The School of Athens (1509)

Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo Ceiling is roughly 12,000 sq ft and was completed over a period

of 4 years (1508-1512) Michelangelo, Raphael, Boticelli and Bernini all worked on it at

one time or another. In the center are the central stories (9 stories of Genesis);

Sibyls and Prophets are found in between the webs (triangles); the 4 pendentives relate tales of miraculous salvation; the webs (triangles) precise identification is still debated but thought to be ancestors of Christ.

Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving. - Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1787 in Rome

Michelangelo

Left sideof the ceiling

1305 vs 1508-1512

The David’s

Donatello,1408

del Verocchio, 1470 Michelangelo, 1501

Bernini, 1623

Renaissance Venice

Venus of Urbino, Titian, 1538

Sleeping Venus, Giorgione, 1508

Venus of Urbino – Marriage Contract or Courtesan?

Olympia, Manet,1863

Tintoretto

The Last Supper, 1592

High and Late Renaissance(Outside Italy)

The Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586

El Greco

Hieronymous Bosch

The Garden of Early Delights, 1500

Pt. 1Pt. 2

Pt. 3

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

The Peasant Wedding, 1568

Mannerism Brief period following the Renaissance. Characteristics:

Elongated/distorted figure Flattened space Lack of focal point Use of pastel hues

Jacopo Pantormo

The Deposition, 1525

Agnolo Bronzino

Left: 1565Right: 1545