Transcript Art of the Renaissance

Art of the Renaissance
The Italian
Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
Self-Portrait
The Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Lady with an
Ermine
La Belle
Ferronière
Flying Machine
War Machines
da Vinci’s Tank
Propeller
Michelangelo
1475-1564
Self-Portrait
Sistine Chapel
Left Half
Right Half
Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica
Detail of
David Statue
Pieta
Raphael
1483-1520
Self-Portrait
Baldassare
Castiglione
Woman with a
Veil
Ceiling Fresco
The School of Athens
The Coronation of Charlemagne
Donatello
1386-1466
Self-Statue
Zuccone
Equestrian
Monument
St. George
St. Mark
Titian
1488/90 - 1576
Self-Portrait
Ranuccio
Farnese
Portrait of a
Lady
Man with a
Quilted Sleeve
The Northern
Renaissance
Jan van Eyck
1385-1441
Man in a Turban
- possibly a
Self-Portrait
The Arnolfini
Portrait
The Ghent
Alterpiece - closed
The Ghent
Alterpiece – open
(center)
God the Father, and
Jesus
John the Baptist
The Virgin Mary
Female martyrs.
Male martyrs, all visible
are clergy.
Male saints, popes at
the front.
Pagan writers and Jewish
prophets.
The Just
Judges
The Knights of
Christ
The Hermits
The Pilgrims
Albrecht Dürer
1471-1528
Self-Portrait
Early
Self-Portrait
Young Hare
The Little Owl
Squirrels
Hans Holbein
- The Younger –
1497-1543
Portrait
Miniature
The Ambassadors
The most notable and famous of Holbein's
symbols in the work, however, is the skewed
skull which is placed in the bottom centre of
the composition. The skull, rendered in
anamorphic perspective, another invention
of the Early Renaissance, is meant to be a
visual puzzle as the viewer must approach
the painting nearly from the side to see the
form morph into an accurate rendering of a
human skull. While the skull is evidently
intended as a vanitas or memento mori, it is
unclear why Holbein gave it such prominence
in this painting.
Artists often incorporated skulls as a
reminder of mortality, or at the very least,
death. Holbein may have intended the skulls
(one as a gray slash and the other as a
medallion on Jean de Dinteville's hat) and
the crucifixion in the corner to encourage
contemplation of one's impending death and
the resurrection.
Sir Thomas More
Lais
Corinthiaca
Sir and Lady Guilford
Pieter Brueghel
- The Elder –
1525-1569
The Painter and the
Connoisseur
– believed to be a selfportrait
The Fall of Icarus
Netherlandish Proverbs
Tower of Babel
Children’s Games