Renaissance Art

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Renaissance Art
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Patrons of the Artists

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Pope Leo X

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Brunelleschis Duomo

• Santa Maria del Fiore
• One of Brunelleschis most important works
• Brunelleschi built the dome without interior
  supports to hold up the heavy stone and bricks.

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TitiansPortrait of Isabella dEste

• Tiziano Vecelli was one of Venices most
  respected artists
• Titian uses light and dark colors to help focus
  the eye on the important parts of the painting.

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TitiansThe Assumption of the Virgin

• This is among the most famous of Titians
  paintings.
• Michelangelo admired Titians coloring and
  style, but said it was a pity that good design
  was not taught in Venice.

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Verrocchios Baptism of Christ

• Verrocchio was Leonardo da Vincis master
• Verrocchio painted the angel on the right
• Leonardo da Vinci painted the angel on the left
• Legend has it that Leonardos angel looked so
  much better than Verrocchios that the old master
  never picked up a brush again.

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Leonardo da VincisSelf-Portrait

• Leonardo was not only a painter but he was also a
  scientist, engineer, inventor, sculptor,
  architect, philosopher, and visionary.

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Leonardo da VincisMona Lisa

• One of the most famous of Leonardos paintings
• Notice Leonardos use of color and perspective

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Leonardo da VincisLady with an Ermine

• Notice Leonardos use of color

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Leonardo da VincisThe Last Supper

• Notice Leonardos use of perspective
• Leonardo used a new fresco technique

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Leonardo da VincisThe portions of Man

• For this drawing, Leonardo borrowed some ideas
  from a Roman architect named Vitruvius.
  Vitruvius said that if a perfectly proportioned
  man stretched out on his back with arms and legs
  extended, his belly button would be at the center
  of a circle. His fingers and toes would just
  touch the edge of the circle.

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Leonardos Inventions

• Imagine what these might have beenhmmm????

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Michaelangelo Self Portrait
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MichelangelosPieta

• Michelangelo was a master of many artistic
  abilities, but he often protested that he was a
  sculptor, as if he could not be expected to
  succeed in any other artistic field.
• Sculpted out of marble

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MichelangelosDavid

• Sculpted out of marble
• Pay attention to the detail in the sculpture

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MichelangelosThe Sistine Chapel

• It took Michelangelo almost 4 ½ years to complete
  the ceiling alone
• The wall behind the alter is the a painting
  entitled The last Judgment, which was
  Michelangelos last major work

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MichelangelosCeiling of the Sistine Chapel

• The frescoes include more than 300 figures, some
  of them 18 feet high, and cover a space 118 feet
  long and 46 feet wide.

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MichelangelosThe Ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel(The Creation of Adam)

• Michelangelo painted scenes from the Old
  Testament on the ceiling, this is God giving life
  to Adam

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The End