Renaissance Art

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Renaissance Art
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Comparison

• Medieval Art
• Artists used religious subjects to convey a
  spiritual ideal.
• Flat
• 2-D

• Renaissance Art
• May portray religious subjects
• Used a realistic style copied from classical
  models
• Greek Roman subjects were very popular
• Use of perspective-3D

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Perspective

• Shows 3D on a flat surface
• Classical artists had used, but Medieval artists
  had abandoned the technique
• In the 1400s Italians rediscovered it
• Turn to example on page 40

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Realistic Painting Sculpture

• Emphasis on individuals
• Artists painted prominent subjects
• Revealed distinct characteristics of each

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Michelangelo

• Buonarroti used realistic style when depicting
  the human body in his statue the David
• Discuss Part C on page 40

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Michelangelo

• Sistine Chapel
• Located at the Vatican
• Chapel of the Pope
• Commissioned for Pope Sixtus IV

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Donatello

• The Bronze David
• Natural postures that show expression and
  personality
• During this time David was a favorite subject
  among artists

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Leonardo da Vinci

• A true Renaissance man
• Painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist
• Some of his most famous paintings are the Mona
  Lisa and the Last Supper

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Raphael

• Advanced realism
• Studied Michelangelo Leonardo
• Favorite subject was Madonna and child
• Portrayed their expressions as gentle and calm
• Famous for use of perspective

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Raphael

• Greatest achievement was his paintings in the
  library of Pope Julius II
• School of Athens conveys the classical influence
  on the Renaissance
• Look at the perspective

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Sofonisba Anguissola

• Notable painter
• First woman artist to become known
  internationally
• Known for her paintings of her siblings and
  prominent citizens of the day