Artistic Renaissance
Artists, sculpters, charicteristcs, etc.
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- Michelangelo (painting)
- called himself "the devine one;" "The Creation of Man;" "The Flood"
- Patronage of the Renaissance Arts
- Medici family is the best example: Paid for it before 1494; high Renaissance: only the pope could afford it
- Giotto
- c 1266-1337; "Father of Renaissance Painting;" Perspective first used; facial expressions reflect humanity and emotion; "The Ascension;" "The Funeral of St. Francis"
- Donatello
- "Father of Renaissance Sculpture;" First free-standing sculpture since classical era; David is his most famous work
- Michelangelo (sculpture and architecture)
- La Pieta; most popular for sculptures; David-about the glory of the Renaissance; Sistene Chapel: ceiling is about the story of Genisis
- Brunelleschi
- "Father of Renaissance Architecture;" San Lorenzo; Cathedral of Florence
- Bramante
- Vatican City; Circle dome: designed by della Porta, Brumante, and Michelangelo; 138 feet in diameter
- Da Vinci
- "Mona Lisa;" court painter to Louis XII of France; "Vitruvian Man:" about human anatomy
- Qualities of the Italian Renaissance art
- Maintained all qualities of Humanism; ;Honored and glorified the Medieval Catholic Church: not pious Honor, but fear of domination over sin of pride
- Characteristics
- 1. elegance 2. simplicity 3. balance Example: Pantheon (dome and colomns and 3 characteristics.)
- Raphael
- student of Michelangelo; figures are soft and reflect inner beauty (pudgy); Madonna (Mary) and Child series; "The School of Athens:" 1. the Greeks and Romans teaching Humanists 2. Best example of linear perspective 3. shows secularism of the age 4. Aristotle and Plato were the center of all things (center of the painting)
- Bottecelli
- "The Birth of Venus;" "Primevera"
- Renaissance Sculpture
- high Renaissance Sculpture is about being greater than life