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Page 1: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

Artists

• Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

• Artists used the technique of linear perspective to represent the three dimensions of real life on flat, two dimensional surfaces

Page 2: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

Difference in Painting

MedievalRenaissance (The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by da

Vinci, 1510)

Page 3: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

Difference in Painting

Renaissance (Pope Julius II by Raphael)

Medieval

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I. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512

1452 - 1519

� Artist

� Sculptor

� Architect

� Scientist

� Engineer

� Inventor

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Leonardo, the Artist:From hisNotebooks of over 5000

pages (1508-1519)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

• A great artist, but more than any other person of his age, personified the idea of the “Renaissance man”– Someone of broad

interests who is accomplished in both the arts and sciences

Mona Lisa uses light and shadow and perspective to make the figures fully human, enigmatic, and mysterious

Page 7: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

The Last Supper captures the emotions of each of Jesus’ disciples at the exact moment of their learning one will betray

Him

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The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498& Geometry

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horizontal

vert

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Perspective!

The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498

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Leonardo da Vinci

da Vinci’s study of the proportions of the human body da Vinci’s plans for a helicopter

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Vitruvian.jpg
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Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):Pages from his Notebook

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

Page 12: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy):

Pages from his Notebook

Page 13: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337)

• Overcame the obstacle of flat forms by skillfully contrasting light and shadow to create an illusion of depth that made human figures look solid and round

“The Mourning of Christ,” painted c.1305

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Giotto.mourning.750pix.jpg
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Masaccio (Tomassco Guidi) (1401-1428)

• Used atmospheric perspective to show objects receding into a background and to make figures appear round and truly three dimensional

Trinity 1425-28 Fresco

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Masaccio_trinity.jpg
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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614)

• Used severe colors and elongated features to express Spanish religious zeal in powerful and emotional paintings

The Burial of Count Orgaz conveys the Catholic spirit of

communion among God, saints, and humans

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Sculptors

• Sculptors depicted their subjects in natural poses that reflected the actual workings of human muscles rather than the awkward and rigid poses often found in earlier sculptures

Page 17: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

II. Michelangelo Buonorrati

� 1475 – 1564

� He represented the body in three dimensions of sculpture.

Page 18: Artists Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors

Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)

• Considered himself a sculptor first and painted with a sculptor’s eye

• Made the muscular masculine figure his ideal beauty

Michelangelo’s David and Moses show dramatic and

emotional postures and expressions

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� David

� MichelangeloBuonarotti

� 1504

� Marble

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� The Pieta

� MichelangeloBuonarroti

� 1499

� marble

The Popes as Patrons of the Arts

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The Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1508 - 1512

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Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo’s frescos covering the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are perhaps the single greatest

achievement in Renaissance art

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The Sistine Chapel Details

The Creation

of the Heavens

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III. Donatello (Donato di Niccoli di Betto) (1386-1466)

• Traveled to Rome to study the classics of antiquity

• Employed models and created studies of anatomy and the human body

Donatello’s David was the first nude statue of the Renaissance and is known for its

grace, proportionality, and balance

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IV. Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)

Self-Portrait, 1506 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518

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Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)

• Excelled in composition and use of soft colors

St. George Fighting the Dragon, 1505

Raphael is famous for his warm, pious, and graceful Madonnas such as The

Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505

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Raphael’s Madonnas (1)

Sistine Madonna Cowpepper Madonna

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The School at Athens by Raphael

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The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11 One point perspective.

All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts!

A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments library. Raphael worked on this commission

simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel.

No Christian themes here.

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Aristotle:looks to thisearth [thehere and

now].

Plato:looks to theheavens [or

the IDEALrealm].

The School of Athens – Raphael, details

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The School at Athens, with lines to

show perspective

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The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11

Raphael

Da Vinci

Michelangelo

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Portrait of Pope Julius II by Raphael, 1511-1512

� More concerned with politics than with theology.

� The “Warrior Pope.”

� Great patron of Renaissance artists, especially Raphael & Michelangelo.

� Died in 1513

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Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485

An attempt to depict perfect beauty.


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