high renaissance 1480-1527. ciao florence! the move to rome lorenzo de medici passed away religious...
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High Renaissance 1480-1527
Ciao Florence! The move to Rome
•Lorenzo de Medici passed away
•Religious zealot Savonarola, a monk, declared art extravagant
•Artists were “wooed” away by other areas by promises of wealth and fame
Characteristics
• Trained in or influenced by Florentine school• With all the discoveries and innovations of the
Early Renaissance, there is no longer a need to look toward Greco-Roman works as the defining base for art
• Several great talents in one small area• Rome is new base: Pope’s summoned artists in
order to create great works to surpass prior Pope’s commissions
The Ninja Turtles
• Michaelangelo
• Leonardo
• Raphael
Michaelangelo Buonnarotti
• Born in Caprese• March 6, 1475• 1488, after changing father’s hesitation,
apprenticed to Ghirlandaio for 3 years• Left early and attended a program set up by
Lorenzo de Midici• Studied anatomy via the hospital= illegal to
do so on one’s own
Characteristics of work
• The Pieta used a pyramidal composition
• Neo-platonism: works of art embedded in the stones, artist retrieved them
The Pieta
Sistine Chapel
• Commissioned by Pope Julius
• 5,000 square feet of frescoes
• Book of Genesis
• 300 figures
• 4 years to paint july 1508 to oct 1512
Leonardo da Vinci
• 1452-1519
• Born in Vinci
• He differed from Michaelangelo…did not believe in neoplatonism, rather, believed in science as guiding hand to art
• Created designs for a flying machine
Characteristics of work
• Hair is “angelic” and wispy
• Use of “sfumato”a transition of form that is barely noticeable=achieved with similar color tones
Scientist
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Raphaello Sanzio aka Raphael
• Born in 1483 in Urbino Italy• Died April 6, 1520 in Rome• Apprenticed to Perugino at age 17
• Characteristics of work: flowing, easy composition, clarity of form, and neoplatonic representations http://www.slideshare.net/mjarry/neoplatonism
La Belle Jardinère
1507Oil on panel
The small Cowper
Madonnac. 1505Oil on wood
The Sistine Madonna
c. 1512-14Oil on canvas
considered one of the greatest Madonna
portraits
Madonna dell
Granducac. 1505Oil on wood
Resources
• http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/high_ren.htm
• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/michelangelo.html
• http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/a/sischap_ceiling.htm