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RENAISSANCE ART

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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RENAISSANCE ART

Highlights and Important Details
Photo by Cea.
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What is the Renaissance?

  • "Re-birth" - a focus on the revival of classical antiquity and humanism
  • 14th-17th centuries in Europe
  • Easier dissemination of ideas due to movable press
  • Unprecedented patronage allowed free thinking
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Patronage from Wealthy Benefactors

Sponsor by commissioning works, dictating content and materials
Brunelleschi, Santa Maria del Fiore (Il Duomo); Inset is Cosimo de Medici by Bronzino
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Common Themes

  • Religious scenes
  • Mythology and history
  • Natural scenes and landscapes
  • Portraits and nudes
Boticelli, Birth of Venus
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Techniques

Leonardo, Vitruvian Man
Photo by fpra
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Linear Perspective

windows into space
Raphael, Fire in the Borgo
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Foreshortening

Objects change shape to give appearance of flatness
Mantegna, Lamentation over the Dead Christ
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Sfumato

"without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane."
Leonardo, Mona Lisa
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Cangiante

Changing colors to when a lighter or darker shade isn't available
Michelangelo, Daniel (Sistine Chapel)
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Chiaroscuro

Strong contrast of light and dark to give a sense of volume
Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St. Peter
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Oil Paints

Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece
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Do you know any Renaissance artists?

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Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
Fra Angelico
Boticelli
Mantegna
Titian
Bosch
Van Eyck
Durer
Bramante

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