Renaissance - Mrs. Milewski's Digital Classroom
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The Renaissance: The Beginning
of Modern Painting
In the early 1400’s the world woke up:
A rediscovery of art, literature, and science
The Creation of Man- Michaelangelo
Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs
Oil on Stretched Canvas
This had a greater range of rich
colors with smooth gradations
allowed painters to simulate 3Dimensional form.
Minerals were mixed with turpentine and oil (previously used
tempera paint on wood panels)
Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs
Perspective
One of the most significant
discoveries
The illusion of depth on a flat
surface
Using linear perspective, reducing the size of
objects, blurring objects in the background
The School of Athens- Raphael
Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs
The Use of Light and Shadow
Chiaroscuro
Painting lighter parts which seem
to emerge from darker areas
Produced the illusion of rounded,
sculptural relief on a flat surface
Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs
Pyramid Configuration
Symmetrical composition
builds to a climax at the
center
Birth of Venus- Botticelli
DaVinci
Stressed the intellectual aspects of
art and creativity
Artist, Scientist, Inventor, Writer
Less than 20 completed works still
survive
Horrible procrastinator
The Last Supper by Da Vinci
The Mona Lisa by Da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Architect, sculptor, painter,
poet and engineer
Considered one of the greatest artists of
all time
Very prodigious in creating artwork
The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
Campidoglio by Michelangelo
Pieta by Michelangelo
Titian
Credited with establishing
oil on canvas as the gold
standard medium.
Painted canvas first with a red wash, then background
and figures in vibrant hues, lastly he’d apply 30-40 layers
of glaze to mute the hues and tones down
Dominated the art world for 60 years while he was
alive.
Bacchanal of the Adrians by Titan
Italian Renaissance Exhibit- Scotland National Museum of Art
The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint by
Titan
Northern Renaissance
In Holland and Flanders
Northern Renaissance artists
focused on painstaking
portrayals of reality. Every
feature, blemish and minute
detail was recorded in their
paintings.
Jan Van Eyck
Painted convincingly the
most microscopic details in
brilliant, glowing color
Arnolfini Wedding by Van Eyck
Arnolfini Wedding
Arnolfini Wedding
El Greco- Spanish Renaissance
Paintings were surreal, emotionally
intense reflected the extreme
zealotry of Spain
Figures were often distorted and
elongated
Paintings seemed to glow with an
“inner light”
Adoration of the Saints by El Greco
The Repentant St Maria Magdalene by El Greco