LECTURE on Renaissance Art

Causes of the Renaissance

1. End of Feudalism

2. Printing Press…

3. Rise of Italian City-Statesa. City-state…b. Oligarchy…c. Milan,

Rome, Naples, Florence…

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principlesa. Humanism

…

b. Classicism…

c. Individualism…

d. Secularism…

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artistsa. Sandro

Botticelli…

The Birth of Venus

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artistsa. Sandro

Botticelli…

b. Leonardo daVinci…

Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artistsa. Sandro

Botticelli…

b. Leonardo daVinci…

c. Michelangelo…

The Pieta

The Sistine ChapelThe David

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artistsa. Sandro

Botticelli…

b. Leonardo daVinci…

c. Michelangelo…

d. Raphael…

The School of Athens

Various paintings of Madonnas

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artistsa. Sandro

Botticelli…

b. Leonardo daVinci…

c. Michelangelo…

d. Raphael…

e. Jan Van Eyck…

The Wedding Portrait

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artistsa. Sandro

Botticelli…

b. Leonardo daVinci…

c. Michelangelo…

d. Raphael…

e. Jan Van Eyck…

f. Hieronymus Bosch…

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Renaissance1. Intellectual

Principles

2. Artists

3. Techniquesa. Realism…b. Emotion…c. Linear

Perspective…

d. Atmospheric Perspective…

e. Sfumato…f. Chiaroscuro

…

Realism & Emotion

Realism: to look real, ex: strands of hair

Emotion: conveys what the subjects feeling

Linear Perspective: converging lines gives depth and 3-d effect

Perspective

Atmospheric Perspective: Changes in color, focus, and size gives depth

Perspective

Geometric Arrangement

Use of dark & light to create depth

Sfumato

Chiaroscuro

Blurring/softening sharp outlines

Sfumato and Chiaroscuro

Compare / Contrast

Which culture is the Renaissance a rebirth

of?

Greek Vase Painting

Greek Sculpture

Islamic Tessellations

Islamic Art

Modern Art

People who use these techniques today!

By Julian Beaver