Renaissance Art

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Renaissance Art
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Filippo Brunelleschi, the Duomo

• Duomo (Florence cathedral)
• Major civic project in the early 15th century.
• Dome consists of two shells smaller inner shell
  thicker, thinner outer shell with ribbing.

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San Lorenzo, FlorenceBrunelleschi

• Austere, classical style
• Mathematical regularity and symmetry

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Dead ChristAndrea Mantegna, c. 1500
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• Foreshortening
• Compressed at angle to picture
• Naturalistic
• Idealistic

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View of west and north walls, Camera degli Sposi,
Ducal Palace, Mantua (c. 1474)Andrea Mantegna
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Detail of ceiling
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Holy Trinity Santa Maria Novella Masaccio
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• Memento mori
• Presence of donors

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The Tribute MoneyBrancacci Chapel, Santa Maria
del CarmineMasaccio
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• Historical narrative
• Influenced by Giotto

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The Birth of VenusSandro Botticelli
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DavidDonatello
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Mary MagdaleneDonatello
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The Youthful DavidAndrea del Castagno
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Adam and Eve from The Ghent AltarpieceJan van
Eyck
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The Arnolfini Wedding PortraitJan van Eyck
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
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• Atmospheric perspective
• Prefers to group in 3s
• Pyramidal construction
• sfumato

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The Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci
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Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci
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Virgin and Child with St. John the BaptistRaphael
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School of AthensRaphael
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PietaMichelangelo
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The DavidMichelangelo
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The Creation of Adam
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Venus of UrbinoTitian