renaissance art & architecture ap euro - semester 1
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RENAISSANCE ART &ARCHITECTURE
AP Euro - Semester 1
Characteristics of Renaissance Art Rejection of medieval themes/styles; more
secular Heavy influence of classical Greece & Rome Emphasis on:
Perspective (pioneered by Giotto and Masaccio) Emotion Natural color Basic human nature
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve
Masaccio
Q: What type of painting is this?
A: Fresco; a painting done on wet plaster
David
Donatello
Q: What sculptural technique is used in this work?
A: Contraposta
The Annunciation
Fra Filippo Lippi
Birth of Venus
Botticelli
Salt Cellar
Benvenuto Cellini
Primavera
Botticelli
Mona Lisa
DaVinci
Q: What other name is this painting known by?
A: La Gionconda
Judith and Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi
Vetruvian Man
DaVinci
Q: Where was this found?
A: His Notebook
David
Michelangelo
Q: In which museum is this statue?
A: L’Academia in Florence, Italy
The Last Supper
Leonardo DaVinci
Q: What was so disastrous about this fresco?
A: A fatal mixture of oil and water caused the painting to deteriorate
La Pieta
Michelangelo
Q: What does a “pieta” usually depict?
A: The Holy Mother holding her crucified son
Michelangelo also painted...
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Creation of Man Temptation of Adam and Eve
Wall of the Sistine Chapel The Last Judgment
School of Athens
Raphael
Q: What else did the artist paint?
A: Several Madonnas, depictions of the Holy Mother holding the infant Christ child
Moses
Michelangelo
Q: Who commissioned this sculpture, and for what purpose?
A: Pope Julius II; for his tomb
The Tailor
Giovanni Moroni
Northern Renaissance Art
1500s: Italian “rebirth” spread to other states Netherlands Flanders (Belguim) Germany
Themes of religious reform and old Christian values
Less secular than Italian Renaissance Use of light and shadow Realistic presentation of image
Wedding Portrait
Jan Van Eyck
Q: How many figures are there in this painting?
A: Four; the chaperone’s and the artist’s reflections are in the mirror
Self-Portrait of Albrecht Durer
The Moneylender and His Wife
Quinten Massys
The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein
Q: What else did the artist paint?
A: Portraits of Henry VIII
Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture Gothic style had dominated Middle Ages;
Renaissance architecture inspired by the Greeks & Romans
Four classical elements: Columns Domes Arches Symmetry
Cathedral of Florence
Brunelleschi
*Note how Brunelleschi convinced people of the stability of his dome, the largest since antiquity
St. Peter’s Basilica
Three main parts of the structure: Nave Transept Apse
Bramante – main portion, façade Bernini – baldachino, colonnade surrounding
St. Peter’s Square Michelangelo – dome