Art+of+the+Renaissance

Krystal Leong **__Renaissance Art __** __Characteristics __ · Portraiture- honored prominent citizens, accurate facial features, revealed inner qualities of subjects’ personalities · Wanted to recapture spirit of Greek and Roman culture · Wanted to portray subjects realistically __Early Renaissance __ · Brunelleschi - Famous architect, inspired by Roman architecture - designed Church of San Lorenzo, classical columns, rounded arches, high ceiling · Donatello - Artist and sculptor - //David //- statue, first life size freestanding nude, celebrated heroism, simplicity and strength reflected dignity of humanity · Botticelli - Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Primavera //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- garden of Venus, eternal spring, well defined figures __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">High Renaissance __ · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Leonardo da Vinci <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Initiated preoccupation with idealization of nature <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Last Supper //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- organization of space, use of perspective to depict subjects three dimensionally and two dimensionally · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Raphael <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Numerous madonnas in which he attempted to achieve ideal beauty <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">School of Athens //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- fresco in Vatican Palace, balance, harmony, order · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Michelangelo <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Sculptor, painter, and architect, influenced by Neoplatonism <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Ceiling of Sistine Chapel- muscular figures, ideal type of human with perfect proportions <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">David //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- marble statue, representation of beauty of human body · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bramante <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Architect, commissioned to design St. Peter’s Basilica <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Tempietto //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- small temple on site of Saint Peter’s martyrdom, Doric columns, enclosed by dome, recaptured grandeur of ancient Rome __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Northern Renaissance __ · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jan Van Eyck <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Among first to use oil paint which allowed use of range of colors and creation of fine details <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- precise portraits, emphasis on detail · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Durer <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Greatly affected by Italians, mastered laws of perspective <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Adoration of the Magi //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- maintained use of minute details

Hankins, James. "Renaissance." //World Book Advanced//. World Book, 2011. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. < http://worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar464720&st=renaissance+art>