*The High Renaissance

*Leonardo da Vinci

*Studied architecture, anatomy, mathematics, sculpture, painting, poetry, literature, botany, music, geology, hydraulics

*Technique: sfumato--smoky or hazy quality in painting

*da Vinci (cont.)

*Kept all ideas in notebook

*Human anatomy, water, machinery

*Always experimenting

*Left much work unfinished -- easily drawn to new ideas & unsatisfied with results

*da Vinci (cont.)*The Last Supper

*mural painting in the dining hall.

*Composition centered on Jesus' head

*All lines lead from his face...reverse direction and return to him.

*Oil, varnish, and pigments not suited to the wall

*Apostles arranged in threes

*da Vinci (cont.)

*Mona Lisa -- oil on panel

*New portrait format -- full torso with hands and arms pictured

*Three-quarters of the figure = more natural

*Dramatic background

*16 years to complete

*Michelangelo Buonarroti

*Sistine Chapel -- sculptural painting style

*(145 pictures; 4 years)

*Sistine Chapel Ceiling

*Biblical Narratives depicting 9 stories of creation

*The Separation of Light & Darkness

*The Creation of the Sun, Moon & Earth

*The Separation of Land & Water

*Biblical Narratives cont…

*The Creation of Adam

*The Creation of Eve

*The Temptation and Expulsion

*The Sacrifice of Noah

*The Great Flood

*The Drunkenness of Noah

*Sistine Chapel (cont.)

*Panels featuring the 5 sybils said to have prophesied the birth of Christ: *Prophetic women who were resident at shrines or temples throughout the classical world.

*Lybian Sybil, Persian Sybil, Cumaean Sybil, Erythraean Sybil,Delphic Sybil

*Sistine Chapel (cont.)

*Panels featuring seven prophets of Israel

*4 major prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel

3 minor prophets:Joel, Zechariah, and Jonah

*Sistine Chapel (cont.)

*Pietà

*Sculpture…

*Mary mourns over the body of Christ.

*Mary oversized to draw attention to the religious meaning of the event instead of Mary’s struggle to support the weight of Christ’s body.

*David

*Raphael Sanzio

*Used soft colors, simple circular forms, and gentle landscapes in his paintings

*Learned from Leonardo and Michelangelo

*School of Athens

*Depiction of one of the four domains of learning in rooms of the Vatican Palace.

*Domains of learning: theology, philosophy, law, and the arts

*Depicts Plato and Aristotle

*Alba Madonna

*Compositional tension within a tondo format: circular painting

*Lifelike skin

*Balanced use of hue…duller hues in background, gradual change from light to dark hues.

*Sofonisba Anguissola*First Italian woman to gain a world-wide reputation as artist

*Joined the court of King Phillip II of Spain and painted portraits.

*Double Portrait of a Boy and Girl of the Attavanti Family

*Oil on Panel

*Contemplative expression on the boy’s face