Renaissance ArtRenaissance Art“The Kosher Version”

Presentation Assembled by Mrs. Train

The Renaissance

This was the historical period after the Middle Ages, from the 14th (1301-1400) through the middle of the 17th century, and was a time of cultural rebirth.

It began in Italy, first in Florence, then Rome and Venice. In 1500, it spread to the rest of Europe and became known as the Northern Renaissance.

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What were the Highlights?

Rediscovery of the art and literature of Greece and Rome

Realistic and detailed depictions of the human body

Reproductions of the forms of nature realistically

Invention of the Printing Press

ART

SCIENCE

Study of anatomy

Exploration

1400 – 1500

1420’s Perspective discovered

1446 – 50 Gutenberg invents printing

•The Medicis:

•the most powerful in Florence, Italy

•bankers, popes and royalty

•rich patrons of the arts

•unfortunately also victims of murder

•with death, the Renaissance switched moved to Rome. Lorenzo I 'il Magnifico' de' Medici (1449-1492)

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Early Renaissance

Johann Gutenberg,

1455.

movable typography.

German.

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Page from the Gutenberg

Bible

Oil on Stretched Canvas

Perspective

Use of Light and Shadow – Chiaroscuro (pronounced key arrow SKEWR o)

Pyramid Configuration

Top Four Breakthroughs!

Early RenaissanceHall-of-Famers

Masaccio

Pronounced ma Saht chee oh

1401 – 1428

Nickname: “Sloppy Tom”

Painted the figure not as a linear column but as a real human being

Mastery of perspective

Used single source of light, casting accurate shadows

Profile of a Young Man

Detail fromSan Pietro guarisce con l'ombra, 1426, Cappella Brancacci, Firenze

Donatello

1386 – 1466

Sculptor

Re-discovered classical sculpture: weight concentrated on one leg with rest of body relaxed, often turned.

Realistic figures had sense of skeletal structure

Shouted at own sculpture: “Speak, speak, or the plague take you!” because it was so life-like.

Mary, David

Sandro Botticelli

Pronouned bought tee CHEL lee

1444 – 1510

decorative linear style

Painted tiptoing golden-haired maidens

Return to classical mythology

Portrait of a

Young Woman

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Birth of

Venus

1482

Uffizi, Florence

The Italian Renaissance:Heroes of the High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - 1519

Michelangelo 1475 – 1564

Raphael 1483 – 1520

Titian 1490? - 1576

Highlights

1500 – 1600 Renaissance spreads to Northern Europe

1503 – 6 Leonardo paints “Mona Lisa”

1508 – 12 Michelangeo frescoes Sistine Chapel ceiling

1509 – 11 Raphael creates Vatican frescoes

1513 – Balboa sights Pacific Ocean

1520 – Magellan circumnavigates globe

Leonardo

… not just a Ninja Turtle

Leonardo = Renaissance Man Multi-talented

Handsome, intelligent and charming, sang “divinely”

Avid mountain climber who was fascinated with flight

Kept notebooks with sketches and notes, mathematical notes

Invented: flying machine, a machine to move mountains, a parachute, helicopter, armored tank and a diving bell

Oh Oh !His brilliance had one flaw! Vasari, a famous art historian, called him “capricious and fickle.”

Jumped from one incomplete project to another

There are only 20 paintings that have survived

But the ones that survived are incredible!!!!!!!!!!

Mona Lisa 1503 – 1506

Hangs in the Louvre in France

Mona = Mrs.

One of first to use oil paint

Vanishing point behind head

Triangle composition

Relaxed, three-quarter pose

Studied anatomy

Instead of an outlined figure, used light and shadows

Used multiple layers of paint

TWO TERMS

Sfumato is the subtle, almost infinitesimal changes between colour areas, creating a haze or smoky effect; you can see it in the delicate gauzy robes worn by the sitter.

Chiaroscuro is the technique of defining forms through contrasts of light and shadow; the sensitive hands of the sitter are portrayed with light and shade, while color contrast is used only sparingly.

Adapted fromwww.sitevip.net/ leonardo-da-vinci/

That famous smile…

Leonardo hired jesters and musicians to amuse his subject

In 1911, an Italian worker stole it and brought it back to Italy but it was recovered

It’s actually very small - 21 inches wide and 30.5 inches high.

The most duplicated and altered image in the world!

Lady with an Ermine

Sketch of Lida

Design for a machine

Leonardo da Vinci

Scientific proportion drawing

15-16th century

Italian

Study of Male Body

The Notebooks Thousands of pages of sketches and ideas

Anatomy, engineering, astronomy, mathematics, natural history, music, scuplture, architecture and painting

Anticipated many of the scientific and engineering discoveries of the future

Leonardo’s Signature

Leonardo wrote in Italian using a special kind of shorthand that he invented himself. He also used "mirror writing", starting at the right side of the page and moving to the left (like Hebrew!). However, when he was writing something intended for other people did he write in the normal direction.

People have suggested that he did this because:• He was making it harder to steal his ideas.• He was hiding his scientific ideas from the church• To prevent smudging as he worked across the page

Sample Writing

usual signature how it would like in mirror

Another page

Answers to Questions I’ve been asked

Yes, Leonardo da Vinci is dead

I don’t know if Leonardo di Capria was named for Leonardo da Vinci

No you can’t buy the Mona Lisa

Create Your Own ‘Leonardo’ Sketchbook Page…

You will be creating a sketchbook page in the style of Leonardo da Vinci.

You can decide on whatever subject matter or topic you want.

Research your subject using books, magazines and the internet.

What it should look like

You can use tea staining or paint to make your page look old, if desired

Create various full sketches and partial sketches on one large sheet of cartridge paper

Notes, information, details and comments should be included as part of this sketchbook page

And ….

Write your signature and even some other words in mirror-image style as Leonardo did (we have mirrors in class)

You can use a variety of media: pencil, Sharpie, pencil crayon and/or watercolour

Some Examples

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Due Date

Mrs. Train will let you know in class

Mrs. Train will let you know in class

Raphael, 1509-11. fresco. Italian The School of Athens

Michelangelo, The Devine M.

Statue of David, 1501-1504

Image from the Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1508-1512

The Sistine Chapel

Raphael

Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, 1515

Titian

Woman with a Mirror, 1513-1515