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Artists of the Italian
Renaissance
The Rebirth of Europe
New Artistic Styles
• Look to Roman and
Greek influences.
• Use of realistic
perspective in
depicting scenes.
• Portrait painting
becomes popular.
• Depiction of
Renaissance ideals.
• New dignity of the
individual
Early Renaissance
• Florence the leader in Renaissance art esp. in
quattrocento (1400s)
• Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) – architect of
cathedrals (il duomo in Florence)
• Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), architect of
cathedrals.
• Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) -- sculptor: bronze
doors for Florentine baptistry
• Donatello (1386-1466 – sculptor: David (in bronze)
• Masaccio (1401-1428) painter: nude human figures
• Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) – Portrait of a
Condottiere
• Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1574) – goldsmith and
sculptor
Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337)
• Considered to be the
Father of the Italian
Renaissance
• Broke with linear
style of Middle Ages.
• First to us
chiaroscuro.
• Reputed to be a
shrewd and witty
character.
• Praised by the poet
Dante.
Giotto - The Mourning of Christ
Giotto - The Flight into Egypt
Fra Angelico (1400-1455)
• Dominican Friar
who began career
decorating
manuscripts.
• Professional and
highly successful
artist despite his
religious
convictions.
Fra Angelico – Presentation in the Temple
Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510)
• Spent almost his
entire life in
Florence.
• Only significant
journey was to
Rome to work on
Sistine Chapel.
• Died in obscurity
and his fame was
not reestablished
until the 19th
century.
Botticelli-Primavera
Botticelli- Birth of Venus
High Renaissance
• “High Renaissance” centered in
Rome (1500-1527) – cinquecento
(1500s)
• Most worldly of Renaissance popes
– Alexander VI (1492-1503); Julius
II (1503-1513); and Leo X (15131521), funded great art projects
• Characteristics: classical balance,
harmony, restraint
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
• Painter, sculptor,
architect and
engineer.
• Often left work
unfinished.
• Conducted
extensive scientific
studies.
• Invented the
armored tank and
designed aircraft.
Leonardo Da Vinci - Mona Lisa
• Probably the most
famous painting in
the world.
• Brought a new
“life-like”
dimension to
painting.
• People focus on her
enigmatic smile.
Da Vinci – The Last Supper
Da Vinci’s Other Works
Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)
• Sculptor, painter,
architect, and poet.
• Tormented genius
who was rarely
satisfied with his
talents.
• In painting and
sculpture his work
focused mainly on
the nude human
form.
Michelangelo - David
Michelangelo – La Pieta
Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel
Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
• Child prodigy in
the world of art.
• Patronized by
the popes and
named Papal
Architect in
1514.
• Died of fever at
age 37.
Raphael – Three Graces
Raphael – School of Athens
Raphael – School of Athens
Timeline of Renaissance Artists
Giotto
break
s with
earlier
styles
of
painti
ng.
Black
Death
rages
throu
gh
Europ
e.
Fra
Angeli
co
Paints
his
religio
us
devoti
on
c. 1300
1347-1352
c. 1430
Bottic
elli
paints
mytho
logical
and
secula
r
works
Italian
Wars
rage
betwee
n citystates
of the
penins
ula
Michela
Leonar ngelo
do Da paints
Vinci
the
compl ceiling
etes
of the
the
Sistine
Mona Chapel
Lisa.
at the
Vatican.
c. 1480
1494-1559
1505
1508-1512
Rapha
el
dies
at the
age of
37
years.
1520
Exit Ticket
• What changes occurred in art over the
two centuries of the Italian
Renaissance?
• How does the art we examined
exemplify Renaissance ideals and
values?
• How do the artists themselves embody
the principles of the Renaissance
period?