Renaissance Art
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Created on September 19, 2024
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Renaissance Art
Alegheri was known as a writer and powet who wrote The Divine COmedy in whoch he explores life after death (hell, purgatory and paradise)
The Divine Comedy
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This work was comissioned in 1503 and painted by Leonardo da Vinci. There is not a lot known about this portrait but it is believed to be the wife of Francesco Del Giocondo. It is also known as La Gioconda.
Mona Lisa
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Cervantes wrote Don Quixote and is regarded as one of Spain's most important novelists because he included his experiencces in his writing. He examines the complexity of human nature and studies the hero and antihero.
Don Quixote
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Painted by Michelangelo from 1481-1483. It is name for Pope Sixtus IV. It is located in the Vatican. It is a Fresco style painting.
The Sistine Chapel
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The Last Supper is one of the most famous paintings in the world, painted by da Vinci. It is believed to have been painted between 1495-1498. Each of the people are given a personality that portray emotions in some way.
The Last Supper
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Types of Paintings
In Northern Europe, the Renaissance was characterized by advances in the representation of light through space and its reflection from different surfaces; and (most visibly) in the achievement of supreme realism in easel-portraiture and still life. This was in part due to the fact that most Northern Renaissance artists began using oil paint in the early 15th century, in preference to tempera or fresco which (due to climate and other reasons) were still preferred painting methods in Italy. Oil painting allowed richer color and, due to its longer drying time, could be reworked for many weeks, permitting the achievement of finer detail and greater realism. Oils quickly spread to Italy: First to Venice, whose damp climate was less suited to tempera, then Florence and Rome.
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Themes in the Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance noted four things. 1. A reverent revivial of Classical Greek/Roman art forms and styles2. A faith in the nobility of Man (Humanism)3. The mastery of illusionistic painting techniques, maximizing 'depth' in a picture, including: linear perspective, foreshortening and later, quadratura4. The naturalistic realism of its faces and figures, enhanced by oil painting techniques like sfumato
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Renaissance Characteristics
Renaissance art is marked by a gradual shift from the abstract forms of the medieval period to the representational forms of the 15th century. Subjects grew from mostly biblical scenes to include portraits, episodes from classical religion, and events from contemorary life. Human figures are often rendered in dynamic poses, showing expression, using gesture, and interacting with one another. They are not flat but suggest mass, and they often occupy a realistic landscape, rather than stand against a gold background as some figures do in the art of the Middle Ages. Renaissance art from Northern Europe emphasized precise detail as a means of achieving a realistic work.
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Renaissance Subjects
Among other things, this meant that while Christianity remained the dominant theme or subject for most visual art of the period, Evangelists, Apostles and members of the Holy Family were depicted as real people, in real-life postures and poses, expressing real emotions. At the same time, there was greater use of stories from classical mythology - showing, for example, icons like Venus the Goddess of Love - to illustrate the message of Humanism.
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Raphael's fresco, The School of Athens, has come to symbolize the marraige of art, philosophy, and science that was a hallmark of the Italian Renaissance. Painted between 1509 and 1511, it is located in the first of the four rooms designed by Raphael.
The School of Athens
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Machiavelli was a writer, philosopher and politician who wrote The Prince as a guidebook on how to acquire and maintain power. He believed that kind leaders are not necessarily good leaders and leaders should inspire fear, force, cruelty and deception at times in those they rule.
The Prince
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This statue was completed by Donatello and comissioned by Opera del Duomo. This statue represents one of the clearest examples of how perspective is achieved.
St. John Evangelist
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