renaissance art & architecture ap euro - semester 1

RENAISSANCE ART &ARCHITECTURE

AP Euro - Semester 1

Characteristics of Renaissance Art Rejection of medieval themes/styles; more

secular Heavy influence of classical Greece & Rome Emphasis on:

Perspective (pioneered by Giotto and Masaccio) Emotion Natural color Basic human nature

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve

Masaccio

Q: What type of painting is this?

A: Fresco; a painting done on wet plaster

David

Donatello

Q: What sculptural technique is used in this work?

A: Contraposta

The Annunciation

Fra Filippo Lippi

Birth of Venus

Botticelli

Salt Cellar

Benvenuto Cellini

Primavera

Botticelli

Mona Lisa

DaVinci

Q: What other name is this painting known by?

A: La Gionconda

Judith and Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi

Vetruvian Man

DaVinci

Q: Where was this found?

A: His Notebook

David

Michelangelo

Q: In which museum is this statue?

A: L’Academia in Florence, Italy

The Last Supper

Leonardo DaVinci

Q: What was so disastrous about this fresco?

A: A fatal mixture of oil and water caused the painting to deteriorate

La Pieta

Michelangelo

Q: What does a “pieta” usually depict?

A: The Holy Mother holding her crucified son

Michelangelo also painted...

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Creation of Man Temptation of Adam and Eve

Wall of the Sistine Chapel The Last Judgment

School of Athens

Raphael

Q: What else did the artist paint?

A: Several Madonnas, depictions of the Holy Mother holding the infant Christ child

Moses

Michelangelo

Q: Who commissioned this sculpture, and for what purpose?

A: Pope Julius II; for his tomb

The Tailor

Giovanni Moroni

Northern Renaissance Art

1500s: Italian “rebirth” spread to other states Netherlands Flanders (Belguim) Germany

Themes of religious reform and old Christian values

Less secular than Italian Renaissance Use of light and shadow Realistic presentation of image

Wedding Portrait

Jan Van Eyck

Q: How many figures are there in this painting?

A: Four; the chaperone’s and the artist’s reflections are in the mirror

Self-Portrait of Albrecht Durer

The Moneylender and His Wife

Quinten Massys

The Ambassadors

Hans Holbein

Q: What else did the artist paint?

A: Portraits of Henry VIII

Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture Gothic style had dominated Middle Ages;

Renaissance architecture inspired by the Greeks & Romans

Four classical elements: Columns Domes Arches Symmetry

Cathedral of Florence

Brunelleschi

*Note how Brunelleschi convinced people of the stability of his dome, the largest since antiquity

St. Peter’s Basilica

Three main parts of the structure: Nave Transept Apse

Bramante – main portion, façade Bernini – baldachino, colonnade surrounding

St. Peter’s Square Michelangelo – dome