Transcript RA - Italian Ren Presentaion

1350’s-1570’s
Location – Italy, mostly Florence
Reality, Perspective, Focused on Humans!
1386-1466
Sculptor
Rediscovered the beauty of the nude body
Combined classicism and humanism in his work
1412?
David, by Donatello
1444-1446
1450-1510
Painter
Combined classicism with Christianity in his
work
Adoration of the Magi, by Sandro Botticelli
1475
Primavera, by Sandro Botticelli
1478
The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli
1483
1452-1519
Artist, engineer, architect, inventor, and
scientist
Thought of as the ideal “Renaissance man”
Was Michelangelo’s rival
The Vitruvius Man, by Leonardo da Vinci
1487
Drawing of the flying machine, by Leonardo da Vinci
1488-1489
He wrote his notes backwards in a mirror so no one could read them!!
The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci
1498
The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci
1498
(In detail)
Study/Sketch for the Last Supper
Jesus
Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci
1503-1504
Self-portrait, by Leonardo da Vinci
1512
Sketches of the muscles of the neck and shoulders,
by Leonardo da Vinci
1515
He used to dissect corpses in order to sketch the human
anatomy more accurately
1475-1564
Sculptor – he considered himself a sculptor; he
disliked painting
Painter – ironically what he’s most famous
for!!
Was Leonardo’s rival
Michelangelo's Moses
Pieta, by Michelangelo
1498-1499
David, by Michelangelo
1501-1504
The David
Up Close
The David in Detail
Michelangelo believed that the sculpture was already
inside the stone and that it was his job to free it.
The Sistine
Chapel ceiling,
by Michelangelo
1508-1512
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo
(In detail)
The Creation of Adam
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo
(In detail)
Left
Left Center
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo
(In detail)
Right Center
Right
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo
(In detail)
God’s face
Hands of Adam and God
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo
(In detail)
Adam and Eve
The Last
Judgment,
by Michelangelo
(The back wall of
the Sistine
Chapel),
1536-1541
1483-1520
Painter
Combined classicism and humanism in his work
Learned techniques from Leonardo and
Michelangelo
The School of Athens, by Raphael
1510-1511
The School of Athens, by Raphael
1510-1511
The School of Athens, by Raphael
1510-1511
(In detail)
Aristotle And Plato
Raphael Himself!!
The Sistine Madonna, by Raphael
1512-1514
Architecture
The construction of the cupola of the Cathedral was one of the most imposing tasks of the
Renaissance, it kept the Florentines engaged in debates and competitions for years but, once it was
completed, thanks to the genius of Filippo Brunelleschi, it became the symbol of the city itself and
the new, revolutionary Renaissance architecture
December 2001