the renaissance chapter 13 part 2. renaissance art differed from medieval art differed from medieval...
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Renaissance ArtRenaissance Art
Differed from Medieval ArtDiffered from Medieval Art
Italian Art differed from that in Italian Art differed from that in Northern EuropeNorthern Europe
Medieval ArtMedieval Art Medieval PaintingMedieval Painting
Usually religious scenes and themesUsually religious scenes and themes Idealized with stylized and generic facesIdealized with stylized and generic faces Purpose: to convey the essence of the topicPurpose: to convey the essence of the topic Flat; one-dimensionalFlat; one-dimensional
Medieval SculptureMedieval Sculpture Relief rather than free-standingRelief rather than free-standing Stiff and idealizedStiff and idealized
Medieval Architecture Medieval Architecture Romanesque to Romanesque to GothicGothic:: Pointed arches, spires, busy details, no Pointed arches, spires, busy details, no
symmetrysymmetry
Italian Renaissance Italian Renaissance PaintingPainting
Classical model:Classical model: Often Religious scenes BUTOften Religious scenes BUT Secular themesSecular themes Showcased unique and distinctive Showcased unique and distinctive
individualsindividuals NOT generic or stylizedNOT generic or stylized Faces expressed emotionFaces expressed emotion Three-dimensional due to: shading, use Three-dimensional due to: shading, use
of color, perspectiveof color, perspective
Italian Renaissance Art
Sculpture: free-standing Nude Copied classical (Greek and
Roman) models Celebrated individuals; not
religion
Italian Renaissance Art
Architecture: Classical models Rounded arches Balance Square Angles Symmetry Domes Restraint during the High Renaissance
New Techniques
Perspective: delivered a 3-demensional effect
Chiaroscuro: The use of dark and light colors to give the impression of depth
Sfumato: Blurring or softening of lines (da Vinci)
In Northern Europe More detail…especially in the background More emotion than Italians Used Oil-Based paint ( the Italians used
tempura but will borrow the oil-based from the North)
Frequently a preoccupation with death
North was less classical & more religious Reflected Christian Humanism
The Italian Renaissance Began…
In the Quatracento (1400’s) In Florence The Medici’s were among the first
with Donatello’s David for Lorenzo’s wedding
Then the Sforza's of Milan commissioned da Vinci’s Last Supper
Patronage…
Was one way to flaunt one’s wealth Artists worked by accepting
commissions Artists were respected and paid well Artists were sometimes seen as
geniuses
Local churches were also patrons of the arts
The Door Panels
Were called the Gates of Paradise by Michelangelo
Ghiberti won a contest against Brunelleschi and won the right to sculpt the bronze doors
Michelangelo’s David was intended for this baptistery
By the Cinquecento (1500’s)
Rome was the leader Renaissance popes spent big bucks:
Alexander VI Julius II Leo X
Commissioned by the Church:
Michelangelo’s:
Dome at St. Peter’s Cathedral Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel The Pieta
Raphael
Was a student of Michelangelo and da Vinci
Painted LOTS of the Madonna and Child
But also…School of Athens
Masaccio
The first painter of the Renaissance to portray real, nude human figures in three dimensions
Note the use of perspective