Transcript Italian Renaissance

Key Concepts of
Renaissance Art
Mr. Bell and Ms.
Rendek
Patrons
• Wealthy people who
sponsored the production art
• Showed high social status
1. New Techniques for
Art
• New Techniques
Include:
i. Oil Painting
ii. Fresco – wet
plaster on
canvas
iii. Sculpture “in
the round”
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=7dZA4aFffLY
2. Concern
for Concept
and Space
• Three dimensional
reality
• Consider
perspective and
light using
mathematics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZY
BWA-ifEs
Idealized
• Seen a perfect or even better
than reality
• Idealized form = the best form
3. Idealized
Human Form
• Artists focused on an idealistic image of
the human body
• They were influenced by Greek and
Roman statue and painting
• Made their art realistic to human
movement and anatomy
High
Renaissance
• Period between 1490 and 1520
• Period of great art productions that
often had religious messages
• Mainly associated with Leonardo da
Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
• artist, scientist, inventor
• painted Mona Lisa and The
Last Supper
• “Renaissance man”
Mona Lisa
Why is this
painting so
famous?
The Last Supper
vertical
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
horizontal
Perspective!
Michelangelo
• artist – painter and sculptor
• painted ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel
• sculpted David
Sistine Chapel
Sistine
Chapel
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1508-1512
Fresco
Last Judgment
back wall
1536-1541
Sistine Chapel
Photo Tour
The Sistine Chapel Details
The Last Judgment
David
The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
Da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
Raphael – Sistine Madona
Painter
1483-1520
Directions:
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The art you have in front of you is from the
Renaissance and the Middle Ages.
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In each paper-clipped pile is one piece from
the Middle Ages and one from the Renaissance.
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Go through each paper-clipped pile and
decide which piece is from the Renaissance
and which is from the Middle Ages. Use your
notes to help you decide.
Closure
• What are some common
themes you see with the art
work? Write down two
common themes.
Directions
• Look at all of the documents in the
Renaissance pile.
• Consider what we have discussed in
class.
• Choose two of the documents to
analyze.
• Answer the following analysis questions
for each of your chosen documents.
Closure
• Which piece of art would you
want to see in person? Why?