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Renaissance
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
