CLASSICAL IDEAS & MODELS

IN RENAISSANCE ART, ARCHITECTURE & SCULPTURE

The Medici PalaceMichelozzo di Bartolommeo, c1391-1472 Sometimes called

Riccardi Medici Palace

Note the Roman architectural features

The Foundling HospitalFilippo Brunelleschi, 1377-1446

Note the Roman architectural features and perfect proportion and perspective

The adoration of the MagiSandro Botticelli, 1445-1510

Note the Roman ruins in the background

Spiritual scene at the centre of the painting

The Slaughter of the InnocentsDomenico Ghirlandiao, 1449-1494

Note the Roman architectural features e.g. Roman arches, Corinthian columns, pediment, proportion, use of perspective

La PrimaveraSandro Botticelli, 1445-1510

Note the Pagan gods and the use of mythological figures

Classical Allegory and Illusions

Detail of the Three Graces

Birth of VenusSandro Botticelli, 1445-1510

Note the Pagan gods and the use of mythological figures

Classical Allegory and Illusions

BacchusMichelangelo, 1475-1564

Nude, lifelike sculpture expressing human emotions

PietaMichelangelo, 1475-1564

Lifelike sculpture Expressing human

emotions

DavidMichelangelo, 1475-1564

Nude, lifelike sculpture

DavidDonatello, c1386-1456

Nude, lifelike sculpture

Tomb of Lorenzo de MediciMichelangelo, 1475-1564

Classical illusions

Classical illusions

Tomb of Leonardo BruniBernardo Rossellino, 1409-1464

Death of St FrancesGiotto di Bondone, c1266-1337

Proto Renaissance Art Natural, lifelike figures Emotions expressed, Realism Use of three dimensional space Rounded figures replace stiff figures of the Middle Ages

The Sistine ChapelMichelangelo, 1475-1564

High Renaissance Art

Note the anatomy of the human body

Nude males

The Vitruvian ManLeonardo da Vinci,

1452-1519

The Tribute MoneyMasaccio, 1401-1428

Use of 3 dimensional space – foreground, mid-ground & background

Figures dressed like Ancient Roman Senators Realism of facial expressions

The School of AthensRaphael Sanzio, 1483-1520

Greek & Roman figures

Greek & Roman architectural features

Balance & symmetry