Renaissance Art Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance Domestic interiors

Renaissance Art Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance Domestic interiors, landscapes, portraits, Subject matter: Classical mythology, religious scenes. everyday life, and religious scenes. Style: Symmetrical, balanced, good sense of mass, linear perspective. Attention to surface detail, naturalism. Known for: Figures with mass and volume, knowledge of underlying anatomy, ideal human form. Small surface detail, flaws of the human body. Media: Fresco, tempera, oil. Oil on panel. Example: Michelangelo, Creation of Adam from Jan van Eyck, Albrecht the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Durer, Hans Holbein - daphne. palomar. edu

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Northern Renaissance Artists Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)) 1471 -1528 Considered by many to be the best of the Northern Renaissance artists Self portrait

Albrecht Dürer Self portrait at 13 years-old Self portrait about 10 years later

A Young Hare Some consider Durer the world’s first graphic designer

St. Jerome in his study engraving 1514

Melancolia I (engraving) Can you find the date? His monogram signature?

Knight, Death, and Devil engraving 1513

Four Horsemen from“The the Book of Revelation (6: 1– 8): of the Apocalypse” "And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he. Woodcut, went out conquering print and to conquer. When he opened the 1497 -98 second seal, I heard the second living creature say, 'Come!' And out came another horse, bright red; its rider the was permitted From 15 -printto take peace from the earth, so that men series “Apocalypse” should slay one another; and he was given a great sword. When he opened the third seal, I heard from left to right, the third living creature say, 'Come!' And Famine, I saw, and. War, behold, a Death, black horse, its rider and Plague (orhad a balance in his hand; … Pestilence).

The Praying hands 1508 Sketch

Thomas More: Renaissance humanist and councilor to Henry VIII Northern European Renaissance Art More Realistic - More detail - People are flawed with imperfections - more portrayals of everyday life, festivals, landscapes, villages, …

Thomas More: Renaissance humanist and councilor to Henry VIII Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger – 1527… More was executed by the king he served for so long 7 years later

“Portrait of Ginevra de Benci” by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1470 s, on wooden panel This is the only painting by da Vinci in America

Charles V Holy Roman Emperor Supported the Pope and fought against the spread of Protestantism. Nephew to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife. Charles is probably the reason Pope Clement VII denied Henry’s divorce.