History 324 Renaissance Art Slides

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History 324Renaissance Art Slides

• Art and Culture in the Renaissance A discussion
  of the Burckhardt Thesis and a preview of themes
  to come

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Masaccio, Trinity 1427 or 1428 Santa Maria
Novella, Florence
An example of artistic innovation (3D perspective)
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Alesso Baldovinetti Portrait of a
Woman 1460 National Gallery, London An example
of artistic innovation (new portrait style)
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Filippo Brunelleschi Dome of Florence Cathedral
1420 An example of how Renaissance architects
used ancient examples, such as the Roman
Pantheon, for inspiration
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Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus (after 1482),
Uffizi Gallery, Florence Shows how the mythology
of classical antiquity influenced Renaissance
painting
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Carlo Crivelli The Annunciation of S.
Emidius 1486 Domestic realism shown in
background details
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Domenico Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the
Shepherds 1485 San Trinita, Florence Domestic
realism (saddle, animals)
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Perugino, Giving of the Keys to St. Peter (1481),
Sistine Chapel, Rome This offers an example of
deceptive realism (illusion of reality)
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Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper (1495),
Milan This offers an example of expressive
realismit shows people how they really are.
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Vittore Carpaccio, Arrival of the Ambassadors of
Britain at the Court of Brittany 1496-97,
Venice This is an example of secular
(non-religious) painting in the Renaissance
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Michelangelo, David 1501-04 Accademia,
Florence Burckhardt and others saw in
Renaissance people a new brand of
individualismboth in personal attitudes and in
the unique style of artists such as Michelangelo