STUDYING HISTORY THROUGH RENISSANCE ART

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STUDYING HISTORY THROUGHRENISSANCE ART

• Cristy Oakes
• For Dr. Helms
• Independent Study
• ED 448
• 5/22/00

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• Virtue of Classical Models
• Direct and detailed observation of reality
• Role of mathematical calculation as the
• key to understanding the world

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• www.mega.it/eng/egui/pers/fibru.htm
• www.thais.it/scultura/brunelle.htm
• www.vps.it/cupolalive/
• www.speakitalian.com/
• www.arca.net/tourism/florence/bruenelle.htm

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• 1) SIGNIFICANCE OF BALANCE
• - Proportion
• - Classicism
• - Influenced by Greeks and Romans
• - i.e. neud sculptures

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• 2. ILLUSION OF DEPTH
• - Perspective
• - Three Demensional

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• 3. OBSERVATION FROM LIFE
• - Realism
• - Nature
• - i.e. still lives, painting from nature

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• 4. Glorification -
  Anatomy
  
• of the human - Secular
• form - Men
  depicted
  
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  as strong, heroic
  
• -
  Women depicted
  
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  as feminine (fluffy)

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The Adoration of the Shephards

• Jesus looks more like a baby, no halo
• Because people really do not have halos
• Realsim vs. Secularism
• People in paintings like this one were often the
  painter, the commissioner, or friends and family
  of the commissioner

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• Content (In the Middle Ages all art was
• based on religion. During the Renissance, art
  was based on other things and religion.)
  
• Style
• Emergence of the Individual Portrait
• Reality vs. Spiratuality
• Use of nude forms

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• Origins in Italy
• Deliberate attempt to create new art began
• in Florence in 1420

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Rome was the center of the High
Renissance.

• Many of the paintings
• were financed
• through patronage
• One of these families
• was the Medici family

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• EARLY RENISSANCE
• FOCUS ON ACCURATE PRESENTATION
• AND THEORY
• Donatello
• Brunnelleschi
• Massaccio
• Giottio

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• HIGH RENNISSANCE
• FOCUS ON UNITY, BALANCE AND
• EQUILIBRIUM
• LEONARDO
• MICHAEL ANGELO
• RAPHAEL
• TITIAN
  
  

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• LATE RENNISSANCE
• FOCUS ON ARTISTIC AND
• INNOVATIVE MANNERISMS
• Partiigianno Parm
• Ponterrno

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OTHER RENISSANCE ARTISTS

• Renissance spread to other countries who also
  contributed great artists (Spain, France
  
• Germany, Netherlands)
• Northern style was less radical, classical and
  theoretical (more traditional, more
  
• conservative)
• Dutch Artist, Jan Van Eych - famous oil
• painting called The Marriage

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OTHER RENISSANCE ARTISTS

• Germany Albercht Durer - famous woodcut
• engraving
• Spain El Greco - famous for slightly off
• base paintings, elongated
• - Mystical, intuitive
• - Similar to Van Goghs Starry Night

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RENISSANCE WEB SITES

• camel.conncoll.edu/ccacad/History/courses/
• courses/hist238.html
• http//www4.concierge.com/HyperNews/get
• archive_carib
• http//www.greece.org/Romiosini/renissance.
• html
• www.sbrenfaire.com/media.html
• Members.aol.com/pointhompg/pointt.htm