High Renaissance Thesis 4 Analyze how Renaissance art

High Renaissance

Thesis #4. Analyze how Renaissance art was a reflection of the new humanistic learning of the period.

• Art and Patronage – Church and Italians supporting art • Characteristics/New Techniques: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Realism and Expression Linear Perspective Classicism: Greco-Roman Emphasis on individualism Geometrical arrangement Light and shadowing Artists as celebrities

Expulsion from the Garden, Masaccio First nudes since classic times. Fig leaves added in the 17 th century and removed during cleaning in the 1980 s.

Trinity, Massaccio

David, Michelangelo Symmetry /Balance

Isabella d’Este, Leonardo da Vinci “First lady of the Italian Renaissance” Portrait of Lisa Gherardini “Mona Lisa”

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian Birth of Venus, Botticelli

Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo Chiaroscuro: Lighter images emerge from darker areas: Illusion of rounded surface on a flat surface Ginevra de’ Benci, Leonardo da Vinci

• Giotto (Painter) – Father of Renaissance Painting • Masaccio (Painter) • Donatello (Sculptor) • High Renaissance – Leonardo da Vinci – Raphael – Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Universal Person – Painting, aviation, architecture Design for a flying machine

• Loved for his kindness and art The School of Athens Depicted great masters of western philosophy.

David Sistine Chapel, Vatican St. Peter’s Cathederal, Vatian

Sistine Chapel Face of Michelangelo, only known portrait

Pieta, Michelangelo He was only 24 when he completed it and it is the ONLY signed piece of art that he created. St. Peter’s Cathedral, Vatican

Notre Dame, Paris Architecture Medieval (Gothic) – Flying buttresses, stained glass and dark Renaissance – The Dome – Revival of ancient Greek and Roman style Duomo in Florence