1350’s-1570’s Location – Italy, mostly Florence Reality, Perspective, Focused on Humans!

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The Italian Renaissance. 1350’s-1570’s Location – Italy, mostly Florence Reality, Perspective, Focused on Humans!. DONATELLO. 1386-1466 Sculptor Rediscovered the beauty of the nude body Combined classicism and humanism in his work. David, by Donatello. 1412?. 1444-1446. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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1350’s-1570’sLocation – Italy, mostly FlorenceReality, Perspective, Focused on Humans!

1386-1466SculptorRediscovered the beauty of the nude bodyCombined classicism and humanism in his work

1450-1510PainterCombined classicism with Christianity in his work

Adoration of the Magi, by Sandro Botticelli

1475

Primavera, by Sandro Botticelli1478

The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli

1483

1452-1519Artist, engineer, architect, inventor, and scientistThought of as the ideal “Renaissance man”Was Michelangelo’s rival

The Vitruvius Man, by Leonardo da Vinci1487

Drawing of the flying machine, by Leonardo da Vinci

1488-1489

He wrote his notes backwards in a mirror so no one could read them!!

The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci1498

The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci1498

(In detail)

Study/Sketch for the Last Supper

Jesus

Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci1503-1504

Self-portrait, by Leonardo da Vinci1512

Sketches of the muscles of the neck and shoulders,

by Leonardo da Vinci1515

He used to dissect corpses in order to sketch the human anatomy more accurately

1475-1564Sculptor – he considered himself a sculptor; he disliked paintingPainter – ironically what he’s most famous for!!Was Leonardo’s rival

Michelangelo's Moses

Pieta, by Michelangelo1498-1499

David, by Michelangelo1501-1504

The DavidUp Close

The David in Detail

Michelangelo believed that the sculpture was already inside the stone

and that it was his job to free it.

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo

1508-1512

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo

(In detail)The Creation of Adam

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo

(In detail)Left

Left Center

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo

(In detail)Right Center

Right

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo

(In detail)God’s face

Hands of Adam and God

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo

(In detail)Adam and Eve

The Last Judgment,

by Michelangelo

(The back wall of the Sistine Chapel),

1536-1541

1483-1520PainterCombined classicism and humanism in his workLearned techniques from Leonardo and Michelangelo

The School of Athens, by Raphael1510-1511

The School of Athens, by Raphael1510-1511

The School of Athens, by Raphael1510-1511(In detail)

Aristotle And Plato

Raphael Himself!!

The Sistine Madonna, by Raphael1512-1514

Architecture

The construction of the cupola of the Cathedral was one of the most imposing tasks of the Renaissance, it kept the Florentines engaged in

debates and competitions for years but, once it was completed, thanks to the genius of Filippo Brunelleschi, it became the symbol of the city itself and the new, revolutionary Renaissance architecture

December 2001

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