Renaissance Art And Architecture

Renaissance Art and Architecture Overview – part 1 - Life like art was reborn - Rediscovery of Greco-Roman tradition - Move from supernatural to natural - Expansion of scientific knowledge o Understanding of anatomy o Perspective o Went beyond Greece and Rome in technical proficiency o Exploration of new continents and scientific research boosted mans belief in himself - protestant reformation decreased the sway of the church - study of human beings the new focus Top 4 Breakthroughs - oil on stretched canvas - perspective - use of light and shadow (chiaroscuro) - pyramid configuration Italian Renaissance Early Renaissance - Born in Florence - 15th century - 3 geniuses o Masaccio 1401-1428 o Donatello 1386-1466 o Botticelli 1444-1510 Donatello “David” first statue to be naked since ancient times High Renaissance - 1500 to 1520 - Leonard da Vinci 1452-1519 - Michelangelo 1475-1564 - Raphael 1483-1520 - Titian 1490?-1576 - Venetian School o Giovanni Bellini 1430-1516 o Giorgione 1476- 1510 Architecture - 4 R’s o Rome o Rules o Reason o Rithmetic Architects - Alberti 1404-1472 - Brunelleschi 1377-1446 - Bramante 1444-1514

- Palladio 1508-1580 Northern Renaissance Overview - Started about 1420 - Started in Netherlands and Florence - Break with Gothic Style Low Countries - Jan Van Eyk 1390-1441 (Flemish) - Hieronymous Bosch 1450-1516 (Dutch) - Pieter Bruegel 1525-1569 (Flemish) German Renaissance - started in 1st guarter of the 16th century - hans Holbein 1497-1543 - Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 - Matthias Grunewlad 1480-1528 - Albrecht Attdorfer 1480 -1538 Italian v Northern part 1 - Ideal beauty - Simplified forms/ measured proportions - Religious and mythological scenes - Heroic male nudes - Formal/ reserved - Fresco/ tempera/oil - Underlying anatomical structure - Theory - Static/balanced - ----- Intense realism - Lifelike features/ unflattering honest - Religious and domestic scenes - Prosperous citizens/ peasants - Reveal individual personality - Oil on wood - Visible appearance - Observation - Complex/irregular Mannerism and the late Renaissance Overview - 1520-1600 - Between the renaissance and the Baroque - People felt art had reached a peak - So what now? Spanish Renaissance - Spain was in the grip of a religious frenzy - El Greco 1541-1614 o Hard to classify