Transcript High Renaissance Painters

High
Renaissance
Painters
Leonardo da Vinci
•1452-1529
•Genius in: engineering, astronomy,
hydrology,
•Scientist & artist
•Inventor of machines before his
time: flying machine, armored cars
•Kept a notebook of sketches
– Diagramed mvt of water, growth of
plants
– Dissected cadavers (illegal)
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The Vitruvian Man
•Drawing by da Vinci
•Saw humans in scientific
terms
•Shows geometric shapes &
proportions
•In Renaissance architecture
(church) man is the measure
(not as small as in Medieval
architecture)
Vitruvian Man
The Last Supper
•“one of you will betry me”
•Linear perspective
– Vanishing point
•Atmospheric perspective
– Showing sky
•Weight, depth
•Da Vinci Code: importance of
Mary Magdelene
The Last Supper
Mona Lisa
•1st High Renaissance portrait
•Grandeur, mystery
•Not a goddess, queen, but a
merchant’s wife
•Form dominates
•Landscape setting behind
•Contrapposto
•Sfumato: “up in smoke”; hazy
background, blurred edges
Mona Lisa
Muppet Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa after one
week in the USA.
Raphael
•Father was an artist/saw other
famous artists (Botticelli)
•Realism in art: depicting what is
true
•One-point perspective: focus
on a single point (creates
depth)
•Known for his Madonnas (Virgin
Mary)
•School of Athens
Madonnas
School of Athens
Michelangelo
•Preferred medium was sculpture
•Apprentice with Medici family
•Famous works:
– David statue
•Commissioned for the Florence
Cathedral
– The Pieta
•Sculpture of Mary & Christ
– Sistine Chapel
•Ceiling at the Vatican
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David
Pieta
Sistine Chapel
•Commissioned by the Pope
•5800 sq. ft. ceiling
•Began at age 33
•Includes: New Testament, Old
Testament stories, Greek
mythology
•Achieves depth through massive
figures
•“Creation of Adam” -well-known
Sistine
Chapel
ceiling