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Classical and Worldly Values. The Renaissance Woman Upper-class, educated in classics, charming Expected to inspire art but not create it Isabella d’Este , patron of the artists, wields power in Mantua. The Renaissance and Science Leonardo’s Work: Science and Medicine. The Vitruvian Man. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Classical and Worldly Values
• The Renaissance Woman– Upper-class, educated in
classics, charming– Expected to inspire art
but not create it– Isabella d’Este, patron of
the artists, wields power in Mantua
The Renaissance and ScienceLeonardo’s Work: Science and Medicine
• Studies of a fetus from Leonardo's journals
• The Vitruvian Man
Leonardo’s Work: Science and Medicine
Investigating the motion of the arm
Organs of a Woman’s Body
III. The Renaissance and Art
IntroductionFollowing the barbarism of the Middle Ages, men of the 15th and 16th centuries have the impression of living an extraordinary period of renewal. Their era is called an age of individual genius.
Key Questions: In what ways is the Renaissance in the Arts a Humanist Movement?How does the Renaissance movement in the arts reflect the larger Humanist’s philosophy?
The Renaissance in Art: a return to ancient sources
Just as the Humanists return to ancient texts in Greek and Latin, the artists of the 15th and 16th century find inspiration in the Ancient world as a reaction against the Middle Ages. The classic influence can be seen through architecture and painting by the decoration of represented scenes (columns, cupolas, arches, etc.)
An example of Greek temple architecture. Note the triangular pediment on top and the Greek columns below
New Subject matter for Renaissance Artists
Mythological and ancient scenes are once again represented Renaissance artists also paint scenes of the Old Testament which is also a focus of the Humanists
Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”, Uffizi Museum, Florence, Italy
Michelangelo’s Detail of the Sistine Chapel, Creation of Adam 1508-1512
IV. Italian Renaissance Art A. Patronage
1. Florence was the leader in Renaissance art especially in the quattrocento (1400s)
a. Giorgio Vasari (1511-74): The Lives of the Artists Contemporary Renaissance art historian who left much
valuable information about Renaissance artists and their works.
b. Massive patronage for the arts came from wealthy merchant-families (such as the Medicis) who commissioned countless works from the great artists. In essence, the wealth of Florence was mirrored by the superb artistic output of the Renaissance A good example is Donatello’s David which stood in the Medici courtyard during the wedding of Lorenzo de Medici. In Milan, the Sforza’s commissioned such works as Leonardo’s The Last Supper
Donatello’s “David”
Note that the subject is standing in Contrapposto
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” c. 1493-1498
c. Patronage also came from local churches who increasingly saw Renaissance art as a means of glorifying God. Some notable examples include Brunelleschi’s Il Duomo built for the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral Ghiberti’s two sets of doors were created for the baptistery opposite Il Duomo
Ghiberti’s “Gates of Paradise”