Artists
• Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects drew inspiration from the classical Greek and Roman artists rather than their medieval predecessors
• Artists used the technique of linear perspective to represent the three dimensions of real life on flat, two dimensional surfaces
Difference in Painting
MedievalRenaissance (The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by da
Vinci, 1510)
Difference in Painting
Renaissance (Pope Julius II by Raphael)
Medieval
I. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512
1452 - 1519
� Artist
� Sculptor
� Architect
� Scientist
� Engineer
� Inventor
Leonardo, the Artist:From hisNotebooks of over 5000
pages (1508-1519)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
• A great artist, but more than any other person of his age, personified the idea of the “Renaissance man”– Someone of broad
interests who is accomplished in both the arts and sciences
Mona Lisa uses light and shadow and perspective to make the figures fully human, enigmatic, and mysterious
The Last Supper captures the emotions of each of Jesus’ disciples at the exact moment of their learning one will betray
Him
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498& Geometry
horizontal
vert
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Perspective!
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci’s study of the proportions of the human body da Vinci’s plans for a helicopter
Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):Pages from his Notebook
� An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy):
Pages from his Notebook
Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337)
• Overcame the obstacle of flat forms by skillfully contrasting light and shadow to create an illusion of depth that made human figures look solid and round
“The Mourning of Christ,” painted c.1305
Masaccio (Tomassco Guidi) (1401-1428)
• Used atmospheric perspective to show objects receding into a background and to make figures appear round and truly three dimensional
Trinity 1425-28 Fresco
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614)
• Used severe colors and elongated features to express Spanish religious zeal in powerful and emotional paintings
The Burial of Count Orgaz conveys the Catholic spirit of
communion among God, saints, and humans
Sculptors
• Sculptors depicted their subjects in natural poses that reflected the actual workings of human muscles rather than the awkward and rigid poses often found in earlier sculptures
II. Michelangelo Buonorrati
� 1475 – 1564
� He represented the body in three dimensions of sculpture.
Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)
• Considered himself a sculptor first and painted with a sculptor’s eye
• Made the muscular masculine figure his ideal beauty
Michelangelo’s David and Moses show dramatic and
emotional postures and expressions
� David
� MichelangeloBuonarotti
� 1504
� Marble
� The Pieta
� MichelangeloBuonarroti
� 1499
� marble
The Popes as Patrons of the Arts
The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1508 - 1512
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s frescos covering the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are perhaps the single greatest
achievement in Renaissance art
The Sistine Chapel Details
The Creation
of the Heavens
III. Donatello (Donato di Niccoli di Betto) (1386-1466)
• Traveled to Rome to study the classics of antiquity
• Employed models and created studies of anatomy and the human body
Donatello’s David was the first nude statue of the Renaissance and is known for its
grace, proportionality, and balance
IV. Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)
Self-Portrait, 1506 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518
Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
• Excelled in composition and use of soft colors
St. George Fighting the Dragon, 1505
Raphael is famous for his warm, pious, and graceful Madonnas such as The
Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505
Raphael’s Madonnas (1)
Sistine Madonna Cowpepper Madonna
The School at Athens by Raphael
The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11 One point perspective.
All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts!
A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments library. Raphael worked on this commission
simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel.
No Christian themes here.
Aristotle:looks to thisearth [thehere and
now].
Plato:looks to theheavens [or
the IDEALrealm].
The School of Athens – Raphael, details
The School at Athens, with lines to
show perspective
The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
Raphael
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Portrait of Pope Julius II by Raphael, 1511-1512
� More concerned with politics than with theology.
� The “Warrior Pope.”
� Great patron of Renaissance artists, especially Raphael & Michelangelo.
� Died in 1513
Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485
An attempt to depict perfect beauty.
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