Thesis: Renaissance art was the beginning of a new outlook as humans became the center of the universe and religion and antiquity was shown in the painters detailed works such as Donatello, Da Vinci and Michaelangelo.
-Began in Florence, Italy - Imitate nature -Humans became the center of everything -Sandro Boticelli
Interested in Greek and Roman mythology
Primavera also known as Spring; Garden of Venus which was a garden of eternal spring
Classical ancient times
Well distinct figures
Boticelli's: Primavera -Donato Di Donatello
Statue of David; First life-size statue, bronze nude version
Statue celebrated Florentine heroism
Simple and power which reflected the pride of humanity
-Filippo Brunelleschi
Inspired from architectural monuments of Roman antiquity
Architecht
Designed the Churchof San Lorenzo
Inspired by Roman models
Classic columns, rounded arches, coffered ceiling
Comfortable for humans
Used geometric principles
-Accurate interpretation of facial features and at the same time showed the inner traits of the characters on the canvas
High renaissance artists
Raphael
Started as a painter at age 25
Madonnas were used to achieve an ideal of beauty
Painted Frescoes in the Vatican Palace
School of Athens classical influence of renaissance art, used faces of his inspirations(da Vinci, Bramante, and Michaelangelo)
Donato Bramante
Small temple on the site of Saint Peter's martyrdom
Doric columns
Recaptured the beauty of more
Basilica; Church with broad nave and columned aisles
Jan Van Eyeck
First to use the oil paint which allowed a wide range of colors and very detailed paints
Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife
Realistic observations of the laws by visual reality
Albert Durer
Adoration of Magi
Adoration Of The Magi - Albrecht Durer - www.albrecht-durer.org
Usage of watercolors made him one of the 1st European landscape artist
Michaelangelo
Painter, Sculptor and Architect
Influenced by Neoplatonism
Created 14 feet high sculpture of "David", marble version
Spent many years creating and completing the frescoes in Sistine Chapel; painted nine scenes from the Old Testament
Pieta sculptor which is now located in the Basilica of St.Peter
Leonardo da Vinci
Last supper, Mona Lisa works in oil paint
Studied everything and dissected to see how nature worked
Drawings of planks of a tank, helicopters, ideal construction of the roads and canal system
Renaissance Art
Thesis: Renaissance art was the beginning of a new outlook as humans became the center of the universe and religion and antiquity was shown in the painters detailed works such as Donatello, Da Vinci and Michaelangelo.
-Began in Florence, Italy
- Imitate nature
-Humans became the center of everything
-Sandro Boticelli
- Interested in Greek and Roman mythology
- Primavera also known as Spring; Garden of Venus which was a garden of eternal spring
- Classical ancient times
- Well distinct figures
Boticelli's: Primavera-Donato Di Donatello
-Filippo Brunelleschi
-Accurate interpretation of facial features and at the same time showed the inner traits of the characters on the canvas
High renaissance artists
- Raphael
- Started as a painter at age 25
- Madonnas were used to achieve an ideal of beauty
- Painted Frescoes in the Vatican Palace
- School of Athens classical influence of renaissance art, used faces of his inspirations(da Vinci, Bramante, and Michaelangelo)
- Donato Bramante
- Small temple on the site of Saint Peter's martyrdom
- Doric columns
- Recaptured the beauty of more
- Basilica; Church with broad nave and columned aisles
- Jan Van Eyeck
- First to use the oil paint which allowed a wide range of colors and very detailed paints
- Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife
- Realistic observations of the laws by visual reality
- Albert Durer
- Adoration of Magi
Adoration Of The Magi - Albrecht Durer - www.albrecht-durer.org
- Usage of watercolors made him one of the 1st European landscape artist
- Michaelangelo
- Painter, Sculptor and Architect
- Influenced by Neoplatonism
- Created 14 feet high sculpture of "David", marble version
- Spent many years creating and completing the frescoes in Sistine Chapel; painted nine scenes from the Old Testament
- Pieta sculptor which is now located in the Basilica of St.Peter
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Last supper, Mona Lisa works in oil paint
- Studied everything and dissected to see how nature worked
- Drawings of planks of a tank, helicopters, ideal construction of the roads and canal system
da Vinci's: Mona Lisahttp://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/michelangelo.html