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RENAISSANCE ART
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Middle Ages vs. Renaissance Art

• During the medieval period, the dominant theme of
  art was the glory of God and his authority over
  humanity.
• During the Renaissance with the influence of
  humanists, human beings were portrayed as the
  central figures in life on earth.

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Art of the Middle Ages

• Icon with the virgin Hodegetria
  Thessalonike,Greece 1360-70

• Byzantine depiction of crucifixion, artist
  unknown

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More art of Middle Ages (Romanesque)
Christ and the adoration of the Magi, Master of
Pedret. Spain 1100 CE
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Gothic Art
Jean Pucelle, The betrayal of Christ and
Annunciation, 1325-1328
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Characteristics of renaissance Art

• Influenced by artistic achievements of classical
  Greece and Rome, especially in sculpture and
  architecture.
• Early Renaissance painters treated religious
  themes with a lifelike approach.
• Later Renaissance painters also employed a
  realistic style and continued to recreate
  biblical events.

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Realism and Perspective

• Painting in the Renaissance marked a dramatic
  change in the way artists perceived their
  subjects.
• Emphasized realism, attention to detail, and
  desire for perfection.
• The technique artists used to achieve realism in
  Renaissance painting is known as perspective.

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Dimension and Perspective

• Through perspective, artists created the illusion
  of a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional
  surface.
• Through the use of light and shadow, artists try
  to make feelings and ideas show in the face and
  body.
• Portrait of Jacopo Strada

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Renaissance Painting

• Perspective representing correct spatial
  relationships using various scientific methods
  and mathematics to correctly show distance and
  proportion
• In 1435, Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)
  credited with describing linear perspective
• The painter is now painting
• for the viewer not for God?

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Giotto di Bondone 1267-1337 the missing link

• Giotto introduced perspective to his art which
  was still dominated by Christian themes
• His work becomes more elaborate and both
  foreground and background are given intense
  detail and tell more complex stories

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Giotto, Madonna Enthroned 1310, Uffizi, Florence
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Giotto, Meeting at the Golden gate, 1304-1306
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Perspective Ceiling of Camera Andrea Mantegna,
Ducal Palace, Mantua 1471-74
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Humanism in the Art World

• Humanism also hit the art world during the
  Renaissance.
• New works of art were modeled on classical Greek
  and Roman sculpture, and painting.
• Authors and artists of the Renaissance took
  classical works as philosophical models of
  reason, intelligence, and taste.

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Art of the Renaissance

• Renaissance art is uplifting because of the
  expression of profound emotion.
• The subjects, both human and divine, show a new
  interest in naturalism.
• When looking at Renaissance art, landscapes are
  often used as background, and is rarely used as a
  main subject of a work of art.

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The Human Figure

• Artists began to look at the human figure as an
  object of beauty.
• Renaissance artists sought to convey the illusion
  of movement
• Realistic representation was important

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The Human Figure

• Correct symmetry and proportion were essential in
  Renaissance Art.
• People were measured with calipers to get the
  right proportions.
• Leonardo da Vinci worked with physicians to
  dissect cadavers.
• Fire in the Borgo by Raphael

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Michelangelo

• Sculptor, painter, architect.he is the best
  example of a tortured artist.
• The Pope commissioned Michelangelo to paint the
  Sistine Chapel which took 4 years to complete.
• Sistine Chapel is a fresco (painted on plaster.

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Michelangelo Buonarotti The Sistine Chapel
1508-1512, Vatican, Rome Michelangelos design
Commissioned by the papacy,
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Sistine Chapel Adam Eve
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Sistine Chapel Creation of sun and moon
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Michelangelo David
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Michelangelo
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Raphael

• The Rock-Star of Renaissance painters. He was
  a party-boy who loved life. Died at a young age.
• Two of his principal teachers were Michelangelo
  and Leonardo

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Raphael

• The Madonna and child was the number one subject
  matter during this time period.
• Post famine art, people are shown healthier,
  larger.

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Raphael School of Athens
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Leonardo da Vinci

• The ultimate Renaissance Man
• Scientist, artist, architect, inventor
• Was known for his use of light and dark in his
  art.
• Two of his greatest works Mona Lisa and The
  Last Supper

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Leonardos Genius

• Leonardo was the quintessential Renaissance
  man, a polymath who excelled at many things
  including painting, music, anatomy, sculpture.

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The last supper
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Renaissance Art

• One aspect of the Renaissance that made artwork
  so popular, was that new wealthy merchants and
  princes of the Italian cities supported artists.
• They served as patrons to artists and
  philosophers, supporting them with approval and
  money.
• In some cases, patrons invited artists to live
  and work in their palaces.

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Additional Artists

• El Greco Greek who settled in Spain Painted
  religious scenes such as the Assumption, and
  portraits of church officials.
• Rembrandt Dutch considered greatest painter
  of northern Europe effectively used contrast of
  light and shadow to depict everyday life.
• Rubens Flemish noted for brilliant colors,
  known for Adoration of the Magi

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Hieronymous Bosch The Garden of Earthly
Delights 1510, Netherlands
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Jan Van Eyck The Arnolfini Portrait 1434
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Hans Holbein, the younger The Ambassadors 1533
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The Art today

• Renaissance art continues to evoke admiration
  today, as it attracts tourists to western Europe
  to visit museums, churches and galleries to view
  these beautiful works.
• In 1967 a da Vinci painting was purchased by
  Washingtons National Gallery of Art for a
  reputed record price of between 5 and 6 million.