renaissance paintings

Renaissance PaintingsFocus onLeonardo Da Vinci &Michelangelo

•Renaissance art is the paintings sculpture and decorative art of renaissance period•The wave of renaissance art was emerged in Italy in around 1400 century.•Painter and architect Giotto di Bondone(1267-1337). One of the forerunners of the Renaissance.•Renaissance art was developed in parallel with developments in philosophy, literature, music and science. Giotto di Bondone(1267-1337)

•In renaissance period the laws of liner perspective were discovered and employed in paintings

•It gives the fullest sense of a painting

•Church was no longer the only savior of the artists

•Painters were started backed by the rich nobles and aristocrats

•Along with biblical themed artworks, nonreligious themed paintings became popular as subject matter of paintings

•The technique of oil painting was introduced in 15th century

Florence was the center hub of renaissance art. Most of the renaissance artists were in Florence and were backed by the church and rich Florentines

Florentine artists of Renaissance

1.Da Vinci 2.Michelangelo 3. Raphael 4.Titian 5.Sandro Botticelli 6. Caravaggio

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci•Da Vinci is the perfect personification of “renaissance man”•He was painter, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer and inventor •His paintings started “high renaissance” in Italy•As a thinker he was very much ahead of his time•Da Vinci was naturalist•He interpreted nature through his paintings•His drawings also featured anatomy and numerous innovative engineering ideas.•Most citable da Vinci invention are parachute, flying machine, machine gun, armored tank, self propelled car and robotic knight.

Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks demonstrates his interest in nature

Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's most renowned masterpiece. With her secret smile Mona Lisa still puzzles us.

The Last Supper is Vinci's study of psychological reactions. Last Supper depicts Jesus Christ tells His followers that one of them will kill him. In Last Supper Vinci wanted to portray the mixed emotions of surprise, horror, and guilt of human kind.

Vinci's drawing the Vitruvian Man depicts ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.

Vinci's innovative ideas were 500 years ahead of his time. Da Vinci's Notebook contains his advanced innovative drawings about 1.Self propelled cart 2. Flying machine 3.Parachute 4. Armored tank 5.Robotic knight 6. Triple barrel cannon

Drawing of the human fetus in uterus from Da Vinci's anatomical notebooks

Da Vinci's anatomical study of shoulder and neck

Leonardo's Aerial Screw

Though the first actual helicopter wasn’t built until the 1940s, it is believed that Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches from the late fifteenth century were the predecessor to the modern day flying machine

Michelangelo

•Painter, sculpture, poet and architect Michelangelo was another towering figure of high renaissance •Unlike Leonardo he was an idealist•At the center of his all paintings is the human figure•His human figures are powerful colossal and magnificent•Michelangelo applied classical Greek style of painting in his various biblical themed artwork.

David is a masterpiece of Michelangelo created between 1501 and 1504 represents the Biblical hero David, a favored subject in the art of Florence

The last judgment

Michelangelo painted on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in Rome from 1508 to 1512 depicting scenes from the book of Genesis.

The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus

The Moses (1513–1515) housed in the church of San Pietro in Rome. in 1505 Commissioned by Pope Julius II for his tomb

Michelangelo's The creation of Adam depicts philosophical questions into the meaning of life and the universe. It represents renaissance realism at its height .

•Renaissance architecture had its roots in the past•In renaissance period Painting style, sculpture and new building style was eclectic• Italian renaissance art got inspiration from Greek gothic and ancient roman style•Renaissance artists wanted to rediscover the hidden mysterious of the soul and the universe and the were worshiper of beauty

The Villa Rotonda a highly influential renaissance architecture drew for inspiration on the Roman pantheon. It shows renaissance art actually rejuvenated the past and searched inspiration in the past

Pantheon in Rome was built in 118-128 AD

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