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Renaissance Art

Renaissance Art. Why Should We Study Renaissance Art?

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Renaissance Art

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Why Should We Study Renaissance Art?

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

David

1501-1504marble14 ft. 3 in. high

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Masaccio

Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden

ca. 1425fresco7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.

1. Renaissance art was realistic and expressive.

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Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus

ca. 1482tempera on canvas5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.

2. Renaissance art used Classical as well as Biblical themes.

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Masaccio

Holy Trinity

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

ca. 1428fresco21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.

3. Renaissance art rediscovered linear perspective.

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Domenico Ghirlandaio

A Man with His Grandchild

ca. 1480-90oil and tempera on wood24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in.

4. Humanism – Renaissance art focused on and glorified human achievements.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)

ca. 1503-1505oil on wood2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.

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Medieval Art was religious and “flat.”

Madonna Enthroned ~1280 Giotto, Madonna Enthroned ~1310

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Fra Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child with Angels

ca. 1455tempera on woodapproximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Virgin of the Rocks

ca. 1485oil on wood6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.

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Raphael

Madonna of the Meadows

1505oil on panel3 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 10 1/4 in.

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Donatello

David

ca. 1408marble6 ft. 3 in. high

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Donatello

David

ca. 1428-1432bronze5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

David

1501-1504marble14 ft. 3 in. high

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Sistine Chapel (view facing east)

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

built 1473

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1508-12frescoapproximately 128 x 45 ft.

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1511-12frescoapproximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.

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Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1977-1989

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Michelangelo,La Pieta

1499

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Last Judgment

Vatican City, Rome, Italy

1537-41fresco

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Titian

Venus of Urbino

1538oil on canvas4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.

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Raphael

Philosophy (School of Athens)

Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy

1509-11frescoapproximately 19 x 27 ft.

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