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The Renaissance: The Beginning
of Modern Painting
 In 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 3Dimensional 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
surface

Using linear perspective, reducing the size of
objects, blurring objects in the background
The School of Athens- Raphael
Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs
The Use of Light and Shadow
 Chiaroscuro
 Painting lighter parts which seem
to emerge from darker areas
 Produced the illusion of rounded,
sculptural relief on a flat surface
Top 4 Artistic Breakthroughs
Pyramid Configuration
Symmetrical composition
builds to a climax at the
center
Birth of Venus- Botticelli
DaVinci
 Stressed 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
Michaelangelo
Architect, sculptor, painter,
poet and engineer
 Considered one of the greatest artists of
all time
 Very prodigious in creating artwork
The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
Campidoglio by Michelangelo
Pieta by Michelangelo
Titian
Credited 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 Eyck
Painted convincingly the
most microscopic details in
brilliant, glowing color
Arnolfini Wedding by Van Eyck
Arnolfini Wedding
Arnolfini Wedding
El Greco- Spanish Renaissance
 Paintings 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