Italian Renaissance Art

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The High Renaissance
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Raffaello Santi (1483-1520)
Self-Portrait, 1506
Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518
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Perspective!
Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael 1504
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Raphaels Canagiani Madonna, 1507
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Raphaels Madonnas
Sistine Madonna
Cowpepper Madonna
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The School of Athens Raphael, 1510-11
Da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
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The School of Athens Raphael, details
Platolooks to theheavens or the IDEALrealm.
Aristotlelooks to thisearth thehere andnow.
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Averroes
Hypatia
Pythagoras
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Zoroaster
Ptolemy
Euclid
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The Liberation of St. Peter by Raphael, 1514
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Portrait of Pope Julius II by Raphael, 1511-1512

• More concerned with politics than with theology.
• The Warrior Pope.
• Great patron of Renaissance artists, especially
  Raphael Michelangelo.
• Died in 1513

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• Leonardoda Vinci
• 1452-1519

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• Painter
• Sculptor
• Architect
• Scientist
• Engineer
• Inventor
• Writer

Self-Portrait da Vinci, 1512
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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.

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Leonardo,the Artist

• The Virgin of the Rocks
• 1483-1486

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Leonardo, the ArtistFrom his Notebooks of over
5000 pages (1508-1519)
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Mona Lisa da Vinci, 1503-4
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Mona Lisa OR da Vinci??
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The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
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Refractory Convent of Santa Maria delle
Grazie Milan
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The Geometry ofThe Last Supper
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Perspective!
vertical
horizontal
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Deterioration

• Detail of Jesus
• The Last Supper

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Leonardo, the Sculptor

• An Equestrian Statue
• 1516-1518

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Leonardo, the ArchitectPages from his Notebook

• Study of a central church.
• 1488

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Leonardo, the ArchitectPages from his Notebook

• Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.

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Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology)Pages from his
Notebook

• An example of the humanist desire to unlock the
  secrets of nature.

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Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy)
Pages from his Notebook
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Leonardo, the Inventor
Pages from his Notebook
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Could Man Fly?
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Leonardo, the Engineer
Pages from his Notebook
Studies of water-lifting devices.
A study of siege defenses.
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Leonardo da Vinci.
O investigator, do not flatter yourself that you
know the things nature performs for herself, but
rejoice in knowing that purpose of those things
designed by your own mind.
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Michelangelo Buonorrati

• 1475 1564
• Sculptor
• Artist
• Architect

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• David
• 1504
• Marble

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The Popes as Patrons of the Arts

• The Pieta
• 1499
• marble

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The Sistine Chapel1508 - 1512
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The Sistine Chapels Ceiling1508 - 1512
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The Sistine Chapel Details
The Creation of the Heavens
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The Sistine Chapel Details
Creation of Man
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The Sistine Chapel Details
The Fall from Grace
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The Sistine Chapel Details
The Last Judgment
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Design of St. Peters Basilica Dome, Vatican 1547
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The completed dome of St. Peters
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Venice During the Renaissance
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Titian, 1485-1576

• Greatest painter in Venice
• Use of vivid color and movement

Assunta1516-1518