Art of the Italian Renaissance

Ms. Rosenberg

Western Civilizations I

Art Genres Painting Sculpture Architecture

New Techniques in Art Perspective used to create three

dimensional effects

Shading

Realism

Reemergence of Classical architectural

elements (columns, arches, domes,

arcades)

Lorenzo Ghiberti Florentine designer, sculptor, goldsmith,

architect and writer

to create numerous bronze works because of his

unrivaled skills

Figures reminiscent of Classical styles

Gates of Paradise

1425-1452, bronze, 16 feet 7 inches tall

Filippo Brunelleschi Florentine architect and sculptor

Often in competition with Ghiberti for art

commissions

Highly secretive, often difficult to work with

Pioneer in perspective and use of the vanishing

point

Duomo of the Santa Maria del

Fiore (Florence Cathedral)

Donatello Master sculptor of bronze and marble

Studied under Ghiberti

Connoisseur of the Ancients - works contain

some of the earliest examples of classical

lettering styles

Worked under the patronage of the Medici

David

1444-1446, bronze, 5 feet 2 inches tall

Sandro Botticelli 1445-1510, Florence

Studied with painting masters

Under the patronage of the Medici

Intensely classical themes relating to mythology

Subject matter changed under influence of

Savonarola

Primavera 1482, Tempera on wood, 203 x 314 cm

Birth of Venus 1485, Tempura on canvas, 67 7/8 x 109 5/8 in

Leonardo da Vinci

Worked under the patronage of various Italians and Europeans

Skilled in the arts, architecture, and mechanical engineering

Produced thousands of sketches of countless subjects (anatomical designs, weaponry, etc.)

Generally failed to finish his projects

True Renaissance Man

The Last Supper

1495-1497, fresco, 15 x 29 feet

Mona Lisa

1503-1506, oil on

wood, 30 x 21 inches

Michelangelo Buonarroti Studied under Ghirlandaio, spending time living

with the Medici

Studied anatomy in order to perfectly portray

the human form

Difficult to work with, very tempermental

Regarded as the greatest living artist at age 37

Exceptional sculptor, architect, and painter

Split time between Florence and Rome

Pieta

1489, marble,

5 x 6 feet

David

1501-1504, marble, 13 feet tall

The Sistine Chapel

1509-1512, fresco

The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1509-1512, fresco

The Last

Judgment

The Sistine Chapel

1535-1541

Laurentian

Library

Reading Room

Library Exterior

Rome

Raphael Santi Skilled painter and architect

Studied under Leonardo and Michelangelo,

evidence of their influence exist in his work

Work generally had calmer styles, more popular

with the general population

Heavily influenced by Greco-Roman sculpture

School of Athens

1510-1511, fresco

Pythagoras

Averroes Epicurus

Socrates

Heraclites

Plato Aristotle

Raphael

Ptolemy

Euclid

Diogenes

Alexander

Apollo Athena