Transcript foreshortening

L'art de la Renaissance
Renaissance Spreads from Italy
• France
– In 1494, France invaded Italy. The French Kings were
fascinated by Italian architecture, art, and fashion.
– In the early 1500’s, King François I arranged for Italian artists
to work for him in France. He was the first person outside of
Italy to collect Italian art and statues. François also built the
Louvre, a palace on the banks of the Seine River in Paris.
– He also brought Leonardo da Vinci to France as his “Painter,
Engineer, and King’s Architect.” He encouraged French
writers to copy the writing style of the Italian writers.
Le Moyen Age
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Arrière-plan: simple, souvent en or
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Dénaturé, géométrique
La Renaissance
• Arrière-plan: Le monde naturel
• Les lignes naturelles
• La perspective (foreshortening)
• Sfumato: un effet vaporeux pour donner de la
profondeur
• Chiaroscuro: l'usage des parties claires et des
parties sombre pour donner de la profondeur
La Jaconde,
da Vinci
Sfumato
The Lamentation
over the Dead
Christ, Andrea
Mantegna
Foreshortening
St Joseph le
Charpentier,
Georges de la Tour
Chiaroscuro
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