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Renaissance Art
“The Kosher Version”
Presentation Assembled by Mrs. Train
The Renaissance
This was the historical
period after the Middle
Ages, from the 14th (13011400) through the middle of
the 17th century, and was a
time of cultural rebirth.
It began in Italy,
first in Florence, then Rome
and Venice. In 1500, it
spread to the rest of Europe
and became known as the
Northern Renaissance.
http://www.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/classes/ah111/EuroRen1.JPG
What were the Highlights?
ART
Rediscovery of the art and literature of Greece and Rome
Realistic and detailed depictions of the human body
Reproductions of the forms of nature realistically
Invention of the Printing Press
SCIENCE
Study of anatomy
Exploration
1400 – 1500
Early Renaissance
1420’s
Perspective discovered
1446 – 50 Gutenberg invents printing
•The Medicis:
•the most powerful in Florence, Italy
•bankers, popes and royalty
•rich patrons of the arts
•unfortunately also victims of murder
•with death, the Renaissance switched
moved to Rome.
Lorenzo I 'il Magnifico' de' Medici (1449-1492)
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs8/lorenzodemedicia.jpg
Page from the
Gutenberg
Bible
Johann Gutenberg,
1455.
movable typography.
German.
www.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/ classes/ah111
Top Four Breakthroughs!
Oil on Stretched Canvas
Perspective
Use of Light and Shadow –
Chiaroscuro (pronounced key arrow SKEWR o)
Pyramid Configuration
Early Renaissance
Hall-of-Famers
Masaccio
Pronounced ma Saht chee oh
1401 – 1428
Nickname: “Sloppy Tom”
Painted the figure not as a linear column but as a real
human being
Mastery of perspective
Used single source of light, casting accurate shadows
Detail from
San Pietro
guarisce con
l'ombra,
1426,
Cappella
Brancacci,
Firenze
Profile of a
Young Man
Donatello
1386 – 1466
Sculptor
Re-discovered classical sculpture: weight
concentrated on one leg with rest of body relaxed,
often turned.
Realistic figures had sense of skeletal structure
Shouted at own sculpture: “Speak, speak, or the
plague take you!” because it was so life-like.
Mary, David
Sandro Botticelli
Pronouned bought tee CHEL lee
1444 – 1510
decorative linear style
Painted tiptoing golden-haired maidens
Return to classical mythology
Portrait
of a
Young
Woman
http://www.cultureguide.gr/images/events
/files/NGR01-02.jpg
Birth
of
Venus
1482
Uffizi,
Florence
The Italian Renaissance:
Heroes of the High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - 1519
Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
Raphael 1483 – 1520
Titian 1490? - 1576
Highlights
1500 – 1600 Renaissance spreads to Northern Europe
1503 – 6 Leonardo paints “Mona Lisa”
1508 – 12 Michelangeo frescoes Sistine Chapel ceiling
1509 – 11 Raphael creates Vatican frescoes
1513 – Balboa sights Pacific Ocean
1520 – Magellan circumnavigates globe
Leonardo
… not just a Ninja Turtle
Leonardo = Renaissance Man
Multi-talented
Handsome, intelligent and
charming, sang “divinely”
Avid mountain climber who was
fascinated with flight
Kept notebooks with sketches and
notes, mathematical notes
Invented: flying machine, a
machine to move mountains, a
parachute, helicopter, armored tank
and a diving bell
Oh Oh !
His brilliance had one flaw! Vasari, a famous art
historian, called him “capricious and fickle.”
Jumped from one incomplete project to another
There are only 20 paintings that have survived
But the ones that survived are incredible!!!!!!!!!!
Mona Lisa
1503 – 1506
Hangs in the Louvre in France
Mona = Mrs.
One of first to use oil paint
Vanishing point behind head
Triangle composition
Relaxed, three-quarter pose
Studied anatomy
Instead of an outlined figure,
used light and shadows
Used multiple layers of paint
TWO TERMS
Sfumato is the subtle, almost infinitesimal changes
between colour areas, creating a haze or smoky effect;
you can see it in the delicate gauzy robes worn by the
sitter.
Chiaroscuro is the technique of defining forms
through contrasts of light and shadow; the sensitive
hands of the sitter are portrayed with light and shade,
while color contrast is used only sparingly.
Adapted fromwww.sitevip.net/ leonardo-da-vinci/
That famous smile…
Leonardo hired jesters and
musicians to amuse his subject
In 1911, an Italian worker
stole it and brought it back to
Italy but it was recovered
It’s actually very small - 21
inches wide and 30.5 inches
high.
The most duplicated and altered
image in the world!
Lady with
an Ermine
Sketch of Lida
Design for
a machine
Study of
Male Body
Leonardo da Vinci
Scientific proportion
drawing
15-16th century
Italian
Thousands of pages
of sketches and ideas
Anatomy,
engineering,
astronomy,
mathematics, natural
history, music,
scuplture, architecture
and painting
Anticipated many of
the scientific and
engineering
discoveries of the
future
The Notebooks
Leonardo’s
Signature
Leonardo wrote in Italian using a special kind of shorthand that
he invented himself. He also used "mirror writing", starting at
the right side of the page and moving to the left (like Hebrew!).
However, when he was writing something intended for other
people did he write in the normal direction.
People have suggested that he did this because:
• He was making it harder to steal his ideas.
• He was hiding his scientific ideas from the church
• To prevent smudging as he worked across the page
Sample Writing
usual signature
how it would like in mirror
Another
page
Answers to Questions
I’ve been asked
 Yes, Leonardo da Vinci is dead
 I don’t know if Leonardo di Capria was
named for Leonardo da Vinci
 No you can’t buy the Mona Lisa
Create Your Own
‘Leonardo’ Sketchbook Page…
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You will be creating a sketchbook page in the
style of Leonardo da Vinci.
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You can decide on whatever subject matter or
topic you want.
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Research your subject using books, magazines
and the internet.
What it should look like
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You can use tea staining or paint to
make your page look old, if desired
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Create various full sketches and
partial sketches on one large sheet of
cartridge paper
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Notes, information, details and
comments should be included as part
of this sketchbook page
And ….

Write your signature and even some other words
in mirror-image style as Leonardo did (we have
mirrors in class)
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You can use a variety of media: pencil, Sharpie,
pencil crayon and/or watercolour
Some Examples
And…
And…
And…
Due Date
Mrs. Train will let
you know in class
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11. fresco. Italian
Michelangelo, The Devine M.
Statue of David, 1501-1504
Image from the Sistine Chapel,
Rome, 1508-1512
The Sistine Chapel
Raphael
Portrait of
Bindo
Altoviti,
1515
Titian
Woman with
a Mirror,
1513-1515