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Medieval Art v. Italian Medieval Art v. Italian Renaissance ArtRenaissance Art
Medieval Art Medieval Art
• Earliest was sculpture• Very religious-
oriented• Showed fate of
sinners • Righteous went to
Heaven• Romanesque then
Gothic style
Illuminated ManuscriptsIlluminated Manuscripts
• A manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations
• Usually has silver or gold
French Book of Hours, circa 1400
Gothic ArchitectureGothic Architecture
1. 1. Realism & Realism & ExpressionExpression
Expulsion Expulsion fromfromthe Gardenthe Garden
MasaccioMasaccio
14271427
First nudes First nudes sincesinceclassical classical timestimes..
2. Perspective2. Perspective
Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!
Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!
First use First use of linear of linear
perspective!perspective!
Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!
The The TrinityTrinity
MasaccioMasaccio
14271427
What you What you are, I once are, I once was; what I was; what I am, you will am, you will
become.become.
PerspectivePerspective
3. Classicism3. Classicism
Greco-Roman influence.
Secularism.
Humanism.
Individualism free standing figures.
Symmetry/BalanceThe The “Classical Pose”“Classical Pose”
Medici “Venus” (1c)Medici “Venus” (1c)
4. 4. Emphasis on Emphasis on IndividualismIndividualism Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre:
The Duke & Dutchess of UrbinoThe Duke & Dutchess of Urbino
Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.
Isabella d’Este –Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, da Vinci, 14991499 1474-1539
“First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.”
Great patroness of the arts.
Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”
5. 5. Geometrical Geometrical Arrangement of Arrangement of
FiguresFigures The Dreyfus The Dreyfus Madonna Madonna with the with the PomegranatPomegranatee
Leonardo da Leonardo da VinciVinci
14691469
The figure as The figure as architecture!architecture!
6. 6. Light & Light & Shadowing/Softening Shadowing/Softening
EdgesEdges
ChiaroscurChiaroscuroo::
strengthening an strengthening an illusion of depth illusion of depth
on a two-on a two-dimensional dimensional
surfacesurface
Sfumato:Sfumato:
There are no There are no harsh outlines harsh outlines (as in a (as in a coloring book) coloring book) present; areas present; areas blend into one blend into one another another through through miniscule miniscule brushstrokes.brushstrokes.
7. 7. Artists as Artists as Personalities/CelebritiesPersonalities/Celebrities
Lives of the Lives of the Most Most Excellent Excellent Painters, Painters, Sculptors, andSculptors, andArchitectsArchitects
Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari
15501550
Renaissance Renaissance FlorenceFlorence
The Wool FactoryThe Wool Factoryby Mirabello Cavalori, 1570by Mirabello Cavalori, 1570 1252 – first gold 1252 – first gold
florinsflorins minted minted
Florentine lion:Florentine lion:symbol of St. symbol of St.
MarkMark
Florence Under the Florence Under the MediciMedici
Medici ChapelMedici Chapel
The Medici PalaceThe Medici Palace
Filippo Filippo BrunelleschiBrunelleschi1377 - 14361377 - 1436
ArchitectArchitect
Cuppolo of St. Cuppolo of St. MariaMariadel Fioredel Fiore
Filippo BrunelleschiFilippo Brunelleschi
• Commissioned to build the cathedral dome.– Used unique
architectural concepts. He studied the
ancient Pantheon in Rome.
Used ribs for support.
Comparing DomesComparing Domes
Other Famous Other Famous DomesDomes
Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)
ResourcesResources
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/images_britain_01.shtml
• http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578474_15/Middle_Ages.html
• Slides 5-20 were created by Ms. Susan M. Pojer: Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua, NY– Historyteacher.net