art is us 4: late gothic, early renaissance, high renaissance, mannerism
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Homework Assignment: #2: Compare these two works using our 3 part format.Compare these works: Identify General Statement Supporting Evidence
Greek Classicism: The model
A rebirth of humanism.Man stands alone, prepared
to take the consequences of
his own actions.
Action in repose
Reason guides Man’s action: The Climax
Spiritual InhibitionForms which are:
Restricted
Stylized
Man, the Challenger…again!Free standing
We know the sculptor’s name
Ghiberti Brunelleschi
Who will win
the competition?
The commission for the Bronze Doors of the Baptistry
Ghiberti brings the bible to earth. Although losing the competition, Brunelleschi’s
discovery of linear perspective paves the way.
Spatial illusion made possibleLinear and aerial perspective
Early Renaissance: Exploiting linear perspective.Niccolo da Tolentino leads the Florentine troops. 1450s. Paolo Uccello
Da Vinci utilizes linear perspective and groupings to organize space.
The viewer is placed in the audience; not as a participant at the table.
Judas is placed in opposition to Christ at a 90 degree angle.
Closed Form
Plane Composition
Linear
The High RenaissanceA culmination of visual knowledge
and aesthetic groundbreaking.
In the brief span of 25 years, four great
masters produced works unparalleled
in artistic achievement.
Raphael
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Titian
Figures are composed within
an implied Closed Form, or in
this case, a triangle.
Religious themes
infused with HUMANISM
Figures and landscapeare placed parallel tothe picture plane.
Shapes are placed in a
a series of PLANES which
are parallel to the frame.
Closed-form & Plane
Raphael unifies his work
with a CLOSED FORM
composition.
Both linear and aerial
perspective place us
in this PLANE, stage-like
setting.
His idealized figures are
clarified with a LINEAR
emphasis on the clarity
of outline.
The light of day.
Raphael’s Deposition of Christ
Titian: The Venetian
Anticipates the
Baroque.
Lost edges
Intimate space
and lighting
Greater corporeality
Unified by light
PAINTERLY*
* Time in flux Lost edges Softer edges Suggested detail
Giorgione: The Venetian painter who reflects a more secular and
sensuous art of the Renaissance. His compositions will be
the source of inspiration for the French Realist, Manet.
This, I will do!
Michelangelo
A Sculptor A mission to free the
existing life within
the confines of a
discarded piece
of marble.
A Painter343 painted figures bring
the book of Genesis to life.
Contemplative Action In Repose
Michelangelo believed the form
was in the stone, waiting for his
mallet and chisel for liberation.
Stone becomes
flesh and blood
as a genius tries
to fulfill God’s will.
A self-portrait of
the sculptor reveals
more than a physical
appearance.
The High Renaissance fades into…
Lorenzo de Medici Dusk & Dawn Giuliani de Medici Night & Day
Michelangelo’s Tomb of the Medici Mannerist sculpture
transforms “the
calm, balanced grandeur” of the
Renaissance into disquieting
distortion, ambiguity and hidden
meanings.
Pontormo
MANNERISM:
El Greco: Spanish Mannerism Parmigianino: Italian Mannerism
What do these works
tell us about the times?
What do they tell us
about ourselves?