renaissance art. why should we study renaissance art?
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Renaissance Art
Why Should We Study Renaissance Art?
Or, if you prefer . . .
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504marble14 ft. 3 in. high
Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
ca. 1425fresco7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
1. Renaissance art was realistic and expressive.
Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus
ca. 1482tempera on canvas5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.
2. Renaissance art used Classical as well as Biblical themes.
Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
3. Renaissance art rediscovered linear perspective.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
A Man with His Grandchild
ca. 1480-90oil and tempera on wood24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in.
4. Humanism – Renaissance art focused on and glorified human achievements.
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
ca. 1503-1505oil on wood2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.
Medieval Art was religious and “flat.”
Madonna Enthroned ~1280 Giotto, Madonna Enthroned ~1310
Fra Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child with Angels
ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
ca. 1485oil on wood6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
Raphael
Madonna of the Meadows
1505oil on panel3 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 10 1/4 in.
Donatello
David
ca. 1408marble6 ft. 3 in. high
Donatello
David
ca. 1428-1432bronze5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504marble14 ft. 3 in. high
Sistine Chapel (view facing east)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
built 1473
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1508-12frescoapproximately 128 x 45 ft.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1511-12frescoapproximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.
Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1977-1989
Michelangelo,La Pieta
1499
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Last Judgment
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1537-41fresco
Titian
Venus of Urbino
1538oil on canvas4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.
Raphael
Philosophy (School of Athens)
Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy
1509-11frescoapproximately 19 x 27 ft.