The Renaissance: The Autonomy of Art and The Social Status of the Artist

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The RenaissanceThe Autonomy of Art and The
Social Status of the Artist

• 1400s - 1500s

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Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise (East Doors),
Baptistery of San Giovanni1425 - 52.
Italian Renaissance
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Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise (East Doors),
Baptistery of San Giovanni1425 - 52.
Italian Renaissance
Location Florence, Italy
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Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise (East Doors)
detail of Adam and Eve panel
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Lorenzo Ghibertis The Gates of Paradise detail
of the Jacob and Esau Panel
Key Concept Innovations in Perspective
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Lorenzo GhibertiThe Gates of ParadiseAbraham
panel
The beginning of the Renaissance Key concepts
Perspective, Space, Geometry, Mathematics and
Reality
Lorenzo GhibertiThe Gates of ParadiseSolomon
panel
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BotticelliThe Birth of Venus (1482 -1486)
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Key Concept The New Artist
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Seff-portrait c.
1515
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Key Concept Humanism
Leonardo Da Vinci Vitruvian Man ca. 1487
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Key Concept The Study of Nature
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Key Concept The Study of Nature
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Key Concept The Study of Nature
Leonardo Da Vinci
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LEONARDO da Vinci, The Battle of Anghiari
(detail) 1503-05
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Key Concepts Naturalism and Classicism
Michelangelo, Battle of Cascina (closeup) 1505
Cartoon
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Key Concepts Naturalism
Michelangelo, Buonarroti Battle c. 1492
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Michelangelo, David 1501 - 1504
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Who is Michelangelo?
Raphael The School of Athens (detail) Heraclitus
as Michelangelo 1509-1511
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Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509
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New Genre Portraiture
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New Genre Portraiture
What is a portrait?
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New Genre Portraiture
Gothic period
Portrait of a Princess c. 1420
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New Genre Portraiture
Gothic period
Perfect Profile
Portrait of a Princess c. 1420
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New Genre Portraiture
Gothic period
Perfect Profile
Aristocratic individuals
Portrait of a Princess c. 1420
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New Genre Portraiture
Gothic period
Perfect Profile
Aristocratic individuals
Brightly lit and sharp features
Portrait of a Princess c. 1420
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New Genre Portraiture
Gothic period
Perfect Profile
Aristocratic individuals
Brightly lit and sharp features
Strong graphic qualities
Portrait of a Princess c. 1420
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New Genre Portraiture
Gothic period
Perfect Profile
Aristocratic individuals
Brightly lit and sharp features
Strong graphic qualities
Elaborate and ornamental details
Portrait of a Princess c. 1420
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Northern Renaissance
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New Genre Portraiture
The Flemish tradition
Jan van EyckThe Arnolfini Marriage1434
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New Genre Portraiture
Who were they?
Jan van EyckThe Arnolfini Marriage1434
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The new middle class
Key Concept The new middle class
The Netherlands
Jan van Eycks The Arnolfini Marriage1434
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The new middle class
Key Concept The new middle class
What is going on?
Jan van Eycks The Arnolfini Marriage1434
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Jan van Eycks The Arnolfini Marriage (mirror
detail)1434
Portrait as a Document?
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Key Concept Courtly Art
Jan van Eyck The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1433
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Key Concept Courtly Art
Jan van Eyck The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1433
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Key Concept Courtly Art
Who was Chancellor Rolin?
Jan van Eyck The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin 1433
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Key Concept Self-portrait
Albrecht DÜRER Self-Portrait at 26 1498
Albrecht DÜRER, Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared
Robe 1500