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The Art of the Italian Renaissance

The Art of the Italian Renaissance. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Art and Patronage. Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. Italian banking & international trade interests had the money.

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The Art of the Italian Renaissance

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  1. The Art of the Italian Renaissance By: Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Art and Patronage • Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. • Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. • Italian banking & international trade interests had the money. • Public art in Florence was organized and supported by guilds. Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!

  3. Characteristics of Renaissance Art

  4. 1. Realism & Expression • Expulsion fromthe Garden • Masaccio • 1427 • First nudes sinceclassical times.

  5. 2. Perspective • The Trinity • Masaccio • 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

  6. 3. Classicism • Greco-Roman influence. • Secularism. • Humanism. • Individualism  free standing figures. • Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose”Medici “Venus” (1c)

  7. 4. Emphasis on Individualism • Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino • Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

  8. Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, 1499 • 1474-1539 • “First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.” • Great patroness of the arts in Mantua. • Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”

  9. 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures • The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate • Leonardo da Vinci • 1469 • The figure as architecture!

  10. 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Sfumato Chiaroscuro

  11. 7. Artists as Personalities/Celebrities • Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, andArchitects • Giorgio Vasari • 1550

  12. Renaissance Florence

  13. Renaissance Florence Florentine lion:symbol of St. Mark The Wool Factoryby Mirabello Cavalori, 1570 1252 – first gold florins minted

  14. Lorenzo the Magnificent Cosimo de Medici 1478 - 1521 1517 - 1574

  15. Florence Under the Medici Medici Chapel The Medici Palace

  16. Filippo Brunelleschi1377 - 1436 • Architect • Cuppolo of St. Mariadel Fiore

  17. Filippo Brunelleschi • Commissioned to build the cathedral dome. • Used unique architectural concepts. • He studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome. • Used ribs for support.

  18. Brunelleschi’s “Secret”

  19. Brunelleschi’s Dome

  20. Dome Comparisons Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

  21. The Ideal CityPiero della Francesca, 1470

  22. A Contest to Decorate the Cathedral: Sacrifice of Isaac Panels Brunelleschi Ghiberti

  23. Ghiberti – Gates of ParadiseBaptistry Door, Florence – 1425 - 1452 The Winner!

  24. The Liberation of Sculpture • David by Donatello • 1430 • First free-form bronze since Roman times!

  25. DavidVerrocchio1473 - 1475

  26. The Baptism of ChristVerrocchio, 1472 - 1475 Leonardo da Vinci

  27. The Renaissance 'Individual'

  28. Vitruvian Man • Leonardo daVinci • 1492 TheL’uomouniversale

  29. The Renaissance “Man” • Broad knowledge about many things in different fields. • Deep knowledge/skill in one area. • Able to link information from different areas/disciplines and create new knowledge. • The Greek ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance education.

  30. 1. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512 • Artist • Sculptor • Architect • Scientist • Engineer • Inventor 1452 - 1519

  31. Leonardo, the Artist • The Virgin of the Rocks • Leonardo daVinci • 1483-1486

  32. Leonardo, the Artist:From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

  33. Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-4 ?

  34. A Macaroni Mona

  35. A Picasso Mona

  36. An Andy Warhol Mona

  37. A “Mona”ca Lewinsky

  38. Mona LisaOR da Vinci??

  39. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498& Geometry

  40. Refractory Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan

  41. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 vertical horizontal Perspective!

  42. Deterioration • Detail of Jesus • The Last Supper • Leonardo da Vinci • 1498

  43. A Da Vinci “Code”:St. John or Mary Magdalene?

  44. Leonardo, the Sculptor • An Equestrian Statue • 1516-1518

  45. Leonardo, the Architect:Pages from his Notebook • Study of a central church. • 1488

  46. Leonardo, the Architect:Pages from his Notebook • Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.

  47. Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology):Pages from his Notebook • An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.

  48. Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

  49. Leonardo, the Inventor:Pages from his Notebook

  50. Man Can Fly?

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