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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?
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?
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?
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).
Compare and Contrast
Gerard David, 1515
**Symbolism **Background**Figures/poses **Colors**Christ **Overall mood
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.
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.
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?
Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna of the Rocks (left: Louvre (1483), right: National Gallery, London (before 1508).
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
Mannerism Brief period following the Renaissance. Characteristics:
Elongated/distorted figure Flattened space Lack of focal point Use of pastel hues