Renaissance Art

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Renaissance Art
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Mona LisaLisa del Giocondo Portrait of Mona
Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the
wife of Francesco del Giocondo 1503-06 (150 Kb)
Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in) Musee
du Louvre, Paris

• Leonardo da Vinci

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Da VinciVitruvian Manbased on text written by
the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.
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Is a more realistic painting a better painting?

• That painting is the most to be praised which
  agrees most exactly with the thing imitated.
• Leonardo da Vinci

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The Last SupperDa Vinciend wall of the dining
hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie
in Milan, Italy
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• Looking across the picture from left to right
• Bartholomew, James Minor and Andrew form a group
  of three. All are aghast, Andrew to the point of
  holding his hands up in a "stop!" gesture.
• Judas, Peter and John form the next group of
  three. Judas, you will note, has his face in
  shadow and is clutching a small bag (of silver?).
  Peter is visibly angry and a feminine-looking
  John seems about to swoon.
• Christ is the calm in the midst of the storm.
• Thomas, James Major and Philip are next. Thomas
  is clearly agitated, James Major stunned and
  Philip seems to be seeking clarification.
• Matthew, Thaddeus and Simon comprise the last
  group of three figures. It appears that, when a
  situation turns ugly, Simon is the "go to" guy
  for explanations.

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Leonardo Da vinci Madonna (Virgin) of the
RocksThe Louvre-Paris1483-1486 Oil on panel
(transferred to canvas)
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Virgin of the Rocksda Vinci-London-National
Gallery1495-1508 Oil on panel
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Madonna in the MeadowRaphaelJohn, Mary and
Jesussymbols, contrapposto
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blue lines) The figures in this image are
organized in a triangle or pyramid This is a
characteristic design configuration of many
paintings in the Renaissance
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Raphael School of Athens or Philosophy
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  The parenthetical names are the contemporary
characters from whom Raphael is thought to have
drawn his likenesses. 1 Zeno of Citium
2 Epicurus 3 unknown13 4 Boethius or
Anaximander or Empedocles? 5 Averroes
6 Pythagoras 7 Alcibiades or Alexander the
Great? 8 Antisthenes or Xenophon or Timon?
9 unknown 1413 or the Fornarina as a
personification of Love 15 or (Francesco Maria
della Rovere?) 10 Aeschines or Xenophon?
11 Parmenides? 12 Socrates 13 Heraclitus
(Michelangelo) 14 Plato (Leonardo da Vinci)
15 Aristotle 16 Diogenes 17 Plotinus
(Donatello?) 18 Euclid or Archimedes with
students (Bramante?) 19 Zoroaster 20 Ptolemy?
R Apelles (Raphael) 21 Protogenes (Il Sodoma,
Perugino, or Timoteo Viti)16
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Raphaels Sistine Madonna
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Raphaels Cherubs
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Botticelli The Birth of Venus
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Botticelli portrait of a youth
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David--Donatello
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Michelangelos David
depicts the moments before (or after) the battle,
with the slingshot placed over the left shoulder.
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 Andrea del Verrochio's David was commissioned by
the Medici family, and popular legend states that
the model for the statue was a young artist from
Verrochio's studio, Leonardo da Vinci.The
placement of Goliath's head has been the subject
of debate. Some historians say that the head
should be placed between David's feet while
others claim that it belongs to the right.The
statue has been exhibited using both placements.
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Michelangelos Pieta
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Birth of ManSistine ChapelMichelangelo
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Michelangelos Creation of Adam
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Duomo in Florence--Brunalleschi
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Lorenzo Ghiberti Gates of Paradise
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Lorenzo Ghiberti

• 'The Sacrifice of Abraham. 1401' (w)
•  This is Ghiberti's winning piece for the
  competition for the Baptistery doors.
•  The doors were began in 1403 and finished in
  1424 and show the great qualities of charm and
  grace associated with brilliant workmanship.

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Giottos Campanile
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Giotto--Ognissanti Madonna
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Jan van Eyck The Arnolfini WeddingFlemish
Painter
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Jan van EyckMarriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and
Giovanna Cenami, 1434
single candle Gods eye
St Margaret?
crystal prayer beads
oranges fertiility, paradise
Shoes sanctity of marriage
imported carpet
Fidofaithfulness
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• ten miniature medallions depicting scenes from
  the life of Christ.
• van Eyck's own tiny self-portrait
• another man may have been the official witness to
  the ceremony.

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Madonna with Chancellor Nicholas Rolinvan Eyck
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Madonna with Child Readingvan Eyck