Post on 15-Jan-2016
Design & Drawing Artists
#1: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian) Time period: The Renaissance (1400- 1600 AD)Style: Representational
• Mostly religious (Christianity)• Rebirth (Greek Classical style)• Poses are usually very ridged with little
movement implied.
Leonardo da Vinci
Self-portrait, 1400s
Fun Facts:
•Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, draftsman, architect, botanist, and an inventor.
•His painting, The Mona Lisa, is the most famous artwork in history.
Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomy, 1400s
Leonardo da Vinci
Helico, 1400s
Leonardo da Vinci
Sketch for Madonna of the Rocks, 1400s
Vitruvian Man1490
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo Buonarroti
#2: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian)
Time period: The Renaissance (1400- 1600 AD)Style: Representational
Fun Facts:•Considered himself foremost a sculptor even though the Pope persuaded him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.•Sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer.• In his lifetime he was also often called Il Divino ("the divine one").
Study for the Colonna Pieta 1538
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi1532
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Archers shooting at a herm1530
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Cleopatra, 1533-34
Michelangelo Buonarrotti
The Dream, 1533
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Design and Drawing Artists
#3: Albrecht Durer (German)
Time period: The Renaissance (1400- 1600 AD)Style: Representational
Fun Facts:•Painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg.•Used math when drawing to create perspective and ideal proportions. •His high quality woodcuts established his reputation across Europe while still in his twenties.
Albrecht Dürer
An Oriental Ruler Seated on His Throne, 1495
Albrecht Dürer
Coats of Arms around Double-headed Eagle, 1521
Albrecht Dürer
The Nativity, 1514
Albrecht Dürer
Head of an Apostle Looking Downward, 1508
Design and Drawing Artist
#4: Raphael (Italian)
Time period: The Renaissance (1400- 1600 AD)Style: Representational
Fun Facts:
•Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace.•Considered one of the greatest muralists of all time.•Rivaled with Michelangelo.•Died at age 37.
Raphael
Head of a Muse, 1490
Raphael
Study for the Phrygian Sibyl, (1511-1512)
Raphael
God of Moses in the burning appears Dornebusche
Raphael
God the Father Appearing to Moses
Raphael
Heads and hands of the two apostles, 1514
Design and Drawing Artists
#5 Peter Paul Rubens (Dutch)
Time period: Baroque (1600-1700)Style: Representational
Fun Facts:•His style emphasized movement, color, and sensuality• He is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects•In addition to running a large studio, he was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV and Charles I
Peter Paul Rubens
Head of a Boy
Peter Paul Rubens
Isabella Brant, 1621
Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of a Chambermaid, 1623
Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Theodore Mayerne, 1630
Peter Paul Rubens
Study of a Lion
Design and Drawing Artists
#6 Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch)
Time period: Baroque (1600-1700)Style: Representational
Fun Facts:•His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age.•Created over 100 self-portraits during his lifetime. •Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships.
Rembrandt Van Rijn
An Elephant, in the Background a Group of Spectators, 1637
Rembrandt Van Rijn
A portrait of Titia Van Uylenburg, 1639
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Self Portrait, mid 1630’s
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Cottages Before a Stormy Sky, 1641
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Old Man Seated in an Armchair, 1631
Design and Drawing Artists#7 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French)
Time Period: Neo-classicalStyle: Representational
Fun Facts:
•Considered by many to be the greatest draftsman of all time.•Specialized in figures and portraits.•Many of his pieces included expressive distortions of form and space. •These distortions made him an important precursor of modern art.
Jean Dominique Ingres
The Violinist Niccolò Paganini, 1819
Jean Dominique Ingres
Figure Study, 1800s
Jean Dominique Ingres
Portrait of Victor Baltard's wife and their daughter Paule, 1836
Jean Dominique Ingres
Lethier Family Portrait
Jean Dominique Ingres
Madeleine Ingres With the Artist, 1830
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#7 Jacques Louis David (French)
Time Period: Neo-classicalStyle: Representational
Fun Facts:
•Painted in the Neoclassical style.•Active supporter of the French Revolution.• Strongest influence in French art of the early 19th century.
Jacques Louis David
The Empress Josephine Kneeling with Mme de la Rochefoucauld and Mme de la Valette, 1806
Jacques Louis Daivd
Study of the Head of St. Michael, 1780
Jacques Louis David
Portrait Of The Baroness Jeamn Ana Her Daughter, 1821
Jacques Louis David
The Three Horatii Brothers, 1785
Jacques Louis David
Study of Sabine Statue, 1775