The Origins of Renaissance Art Medieval Art Religious

The Origins of Renaissance Art

Medieval Art Religious themes Goal was inspiration (not personal expression) Artists unknown – not important No attention to anatomy/body proportion Spatial elements lacking – pictures look flat or distorted

Virgin and Child, late 12 th century

Cimabue

Wooden Virgin, 12 th century

Salisbury Cathedral, 1220 -1330 Reims, 1210

Eve, 1220 by Gislebertis

Last Supper, 1290

Giotto di Bondone: Betrayal, 1305

Giotto

Pause The plague and famine resulted in a pause in artistic development in the late 1300 s.

Renaissance -- 1400’s-1550’s Return to Greek and Roman styles Celebration of human body Naturalism - accurate depiction of real world Laws of perspective developed – “spatial realism” Religious themes, but also secular and classical scenes Artist as genius

Brunelleschi: Laws of Perspective

Massacio: Trinity 1425 -1428

Mantegna: Lamentation, 1490

Botticelli

Botticelli

Botticelli

Donatello

Donatello

Ghiberti

Verrocchio Leonardo da Vinci Botticelli

da Vinci

da Vinci

da Vinci

da Vinci

da Vinci

da Vinci

da Vinci

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Cellini

C e l l i n i

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Brunelleschi’s Dome Santa Maria del Fiore (“il Duomo”), Florence Brunelleschi’s Interior San Lorenzo, Florence

Raphael