early renaissance.ppt

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Renaissance

Art in the

1400

1600


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Overview

Italian/Early 1400-1490

Italian/High 1500-1600

Northern/Late 1500-1600

one can argue about dates:

13001520

14001600


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map


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Renaissance 1stperiod to name itself and say nasty thingsabout earlier times:

Gothic & Dark Ages

Term means Rebirth

Looking back to Classical cultureAncientGreece and Rome

Names! Artists known by name1stcontemporary art historian (1550);Individuality celebrated in this era


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Renaissance Church is still the biggest powerstructure

Beginning of banking

Private fortunes & power

Starts in Italyspecifically Florence


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Man loves himself

once again

The Return ofHumanism


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. . . I feel that I have come to someunderstanding of why man is the mostfortunate of living things and, consequently,

deserving of all admiration; of what may bethe condition in the hierarchy of beingsassigned to him, which draws upon him theenvy, not of the brutes alone, but of the astral

beings and of the very intelligences whichdwell beyond the confines of the world.

from Pico della Mirandola'sOration on the Dignity of Man (1486)

see also p. 190


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Donatello, David,1432

p.

203


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Donatello, David,1432

Tuscan hat

p.

203


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Style of helmet & art symbolic reference to otherItalian city-states

Love of texture

Donatello,David,1432

Goliaths headdetail


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Donatello, David, 1432 1stfree-standing, lifesize nude sculpturesince antiquity!

contrapposto; but notjust an imitation of pastmodels

for private collection

David = underdog =Florence

Goliath = giant = Milan& other central Italiancities in league against

Florence


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Donatello, David, 1432 Inscription:

The victor is whoever defendsthe fatherland. God crushes

the wrath of an enormous foe.Behold - a boy overcame agreat tyrant! Conquer, Ocitizens! Kingdoms fall through

luxury, cities rise throughvirtues. Behold the neck ofpride, severed by the hand ofhumility.

p.

203


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An earlier Donatello David(c.1410)


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Florence CathedralBrunelleschi dome

p. 193-197

CONFIDENCEREDISCOVERED!


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Florence CathedralBrunelleschi domeinside view


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Towerdesigned byGiotto,

1334


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View of Duomo from Pitti Palace (across the river)


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View from the Duomo

Uffizzi Pitti Palace


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Pazzi Chapel

Post & lintelreturns;

GEOMETRY


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Pazzi Chapel

p. 198


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Pitti Palace


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Alberti (faade architect), Santa Maria Novella,

Florence, 1470

By thenumbers:

2:13:1

4:1

not in text


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p. 202


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MasaccioTrinity1427-28

Fresco21' 10 1/2" x 10' 4Santa Maria Novella,Florence

1stuse oflinearperspective

not in text


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Masaccio, Tribute Money, c. 1427

p. 199


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Tribute Money,

detail

Note use of

chiaroscuro(light and dark

shading) to

create volume inthe clothes.


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Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52

Bronze with gilding

p. 195-196


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Ghiberti, LorenzoThe Gates of Paradise1425-52Bronze with gilding

p. 195-

196


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Ghiberti, LorenzoDetail from theGates of Paradise

The story of Joseph1425-52Bronze with gilding80 x 80 cmBaptistery, Florence

not in text


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BOTTICELLI, SandroThe birth of Venusc. 1485, Tempera on canvas(67 7/8 x 109 5/8 in.) NOT IN TEXT


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p. 199

BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimaverac. 1482. Tempera on wood

203 x 314 cm


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BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimaverac. 1482. Tempera on wood203 x 314 cm


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BOTTICELLI, SandroVenus and Marsc. 1485. Egg tempera and oil on poplar

69 x 173.5 cm not in text

NOT BIBLICAL!


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KEY IMAGE

PERIOD:PLACE:

ARTIST:

TITLE:

DATE:

p. 203

Early Renaissance

Florence

Donatello

David

1432

PERIOD


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KEY IMAGEPERIOD:

ARTIST:

TITLE:p. 199

Renaissance

Botticelli

La Primavera (Birth of Spring)


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Pazzi Chapel

KEY IMAGE

p. 198


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Summary Italian Renaissance

POLITICSItalian city-states; powerfrom money

EARLY RENAISSANCEFlorenceHIGH RENAISSANCE

ARTClassical ideals revived

IDEASHumanism returns

MUSIC

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