The Renaissance: The Beginning of Modern Painting In the early 1400’s the world woke up: A...

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The Renaissance: The Beginning of Modern PaintingIn the early 1400’s the world woke up:A rediscovery of art, literature, and science

The Creation of Man- Michaelangelo

Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs Oil on Stretched Canvas

This had a greater range of rich colors with smooth gradations allowed painters to simulate 3-Dimensional form.

Minerals were mixed with turpentine and oil (previously used tempera paint on wood panels)

Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs Perspective

One of the most significant discoveries

The illusion of depth on a flat surfaceUsing linear perspective, reducing the

size of objects, blurring objects in the background

The School of Athens- Raphael

Top 4 Artistic BreakthroughsThe Use of Light and Shadow

ChiaroscuroPainting lighter parts which seem to emerge from darker areas

Produced the illusion of rounded, sculptural relief on a flat surface

Top 4 Artistic BreakthroughsPyramid Configuration

Symmetrical composition builds to a climax at the center

Birth of Venus- Botticelli

DaVinciStressed the intellectual aspects of art and creativity

Artist, Scientist, Inventor, Writer

Less than 20 completed works still survive

Horrible procrastinator

The Last Supper by Da Vinci

The Mona Lisa by Da Vinci

MichaelangeloArchitect, sculptor, painter, poet and engineerConsidered one of the greatest artists of all time

Very prodigious in creating artwork

The Last Judgment by Michelangelo

Campidoglio by Michelangelo

Pieta by Michelangelo

TitianCredited with establishing oil on canvas as the gold standard medium. Painted canvas first with a red wash, then

background and figures in vibrant hues, lastly he’d apply 30-40 layers of glaze to mute the hues and tones down

Dominated the art world for 60 years while he was alive.

Bacchanal of the Adrians by Titan

Italian Renaissance Exhibit- Scotland National Museum of Art

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint by Titan

Northern Renaissance In Holland and Flanders Northern Renaissance artists focused on painstaking portrayals of reality. Every feature, blemish and minute detail was recorded in their paintings.

Jan Van EyckPainted convincingly the most microscopic details in brilliant, glowing color

Arnolfini Wedding by Van Eyck

Arnolfini Wedding

Arnolfini Wedding

El Greco- Spanish RenaissancePaintings were surreal, emotionally intense reflected the extreme zealotry of Spain

Figures were often distorted and elongated

Paintings seemed to glow with an “inner light”

Adoration of the Saints by El Greco

The Repentant St Maria Magdalene by El Greco