The High Renaissance 16th century Italy

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The High Renaissance16th century Italy

• Catholic Church is the dominant religious power
• Growing discontent with the Church primarily in
  the North
• Beginning of Martin Luthers Reformation of the
  Church
• Holy Office of the Inquisition-church court that
  dealt with heretics-as a reaction to the
  Reformation efforts
• Society of Jesus-Jesuit religious order expands
  missionary work all over the world

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LeonardodaVinci
1452-1519
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Leonardo da Vinci, Study for an Assault Chariot
with Scythes, 1485
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Leonardo da Vinci, Study for an Automobile, 1478

• Worked in Milan under Duke Ludovico Sforza

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Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, c. 1490
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Leonardo da Vinci, Anatomical Studies, 1509-14
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Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks,
Milan, 1483-86
sfumato
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Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Santa Maria
della Grazie, Milan, 1495-98
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Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, Milan,
1483-90

• Cecilia Gallerani

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Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin and Saint Anne with the
Christ Child and the Young Saint John the
Baptist, Milan, 1483-90

• Cartoon
• Cartone

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Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Florence, 1503-05
Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo
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Monument to Lysicrates, Classical Greek, 4th
century ad
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Raffaello Santi
1483-1520
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Paper/Squidoo/Blog

• Intro
• A. Artist title date location
• Description
• A. Visual Elements/Principles of Design
• Historical context
• A. why it was made, who commissioned it, etc.
• Comparison
• Conclusion

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Raphael Santi, Madonna of the Meadows, Florence,
1505
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Raphael, School of Athens, The Vatican, Rome,
1509-11
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Raphael, Galatea, Villa Farnesina, Rome, 1511
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475-1564
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Michelangelo, Pieta, Rome, 1500
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Michelangelo, David, Florence, 1501-04Savonarol
a
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Michelangelo, Interior of the Sistine Chapel, The
Vatican, RomeCeiling1508-12The Last
Judgment 1536-41
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Michelangelo, Study for the Interior of the
Sistine Chapel, The Libyan Sibyl,1511
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Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, The
Vatican, Rome,1508-12
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Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, The Libyan
Sibyl,1508-12

• Teribilita
• Figura Serpentinata

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Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Ignudo,1509
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Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1508-12
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Michelangelo, Moses, Rome, 1513-16

• Pope Julius II

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Michelangelo, The Last Judgment 1536-41
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Sofonisba Anguissola, Portrait of the Artist with
her Sisters, Cremona, 1555
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Michelangelo, Pieta Rodanini, Rome, 1552-1564
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Bramante, The Tempietto, Rome, 1502
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Temple of Hercules, Rome, 142 AD
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Old St. Peters Basilica, Rome, ca. 330
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Michelangelo, Design for St. Peters, Rome, 1547
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Bramante, Plan for St. Peters, 1506
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Bramante, Plan for reconstruction of St. Peters
Basilica, Rome, 1506
Michelangelo, Plan for reconstruction of St.
Peters Basilica, Rome, 1546
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Michelangelo, Design for St. Peters, Rome, 1547
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Carlo Maderno, Plan for reconstruction of St.
Peters Basilica, Rome, 1605
Michelangelos plan of 1546
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Michelangelo, St. Peters Dome and Façade, 1546-64
Carlo Maderno, 1606-12, Facade
Giacomo della Porta, 1590
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New St. Peters, Rome
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Giacomo della Porta, Il Gesù, Rome, 1575-84

• Designed to reflect the significance of the
  Jesuit order
• Combination of old and new elements
• More curvilinear forms and ornament
• Becomes standard type of church design for the
  Jesuits throughout the world

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Giovanni Bellini, San Zaccaria Altarpiece,
Venice, 1505

• Water and quality of light in Venice attracted
  many artists
• Oil paint introduced to Venice by Antonello da
  Messina
• Interest in light and perspective
• Harmony between the colors

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Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck,
Florence, 1534-40

• mannerism

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Bronzino, Allegory with Cupid and Venus,
Florence, 1540s
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Giovanni da Bologna, Rape of the Sabine Women,
Florence, 1581-83
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Palladio, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1565
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Palladio, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1565
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Palladio, Villa Rotonda, Vicenza, 1560s
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Pantheon, Rome, 118 AD
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Titian, Pastoral Symphony, Venice, 1510
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Titian, Venus of Urbino, Venice, 1538