Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raphael Sanzio and Leonardo da Vinci

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Sean, Ian and Johny
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Michelangelo Buonarroti,
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael Sanzio
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Titian

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Titian

• Venice
• Colorful
• Subtle colors comparing to that of Raphael
• Paintings are mostly related to mythology and
  religion

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Titian

• masterful blends colors

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Representative of the heroic phase of Renaissance
  art, whos an architect, poet, painter, engineer,
  and sculptor
• An Age of generalist education

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Pieta

• Lifeless Jesus held by young Virgin
• Protective pyramidal shape
• Monumental statement on the meaning of Christian
  Sacrifice

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David

• Biblical David
• Freestanding larger-than-life statue
• Defiant presence
• Powerful rather than graceful

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Sistine Chapel ceiling
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Sistine Chapel ceiling

• Ambitions of Pope and heroic aspirations of
  Michelangelo are reflected.
• Creation and Fall of Humankind in Genesis
  illustrated
• High-keyed, clear, bright colors used
• Michelangelo minimized setting, symbolic details
  but maximized grandeur of figures.

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Creation of Adam

• God and Man
• Equal in size and muscular grace
• The moment of fulfillment sought by Adam
• Potential divinity of humankind

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Dome of Saint Peters

• Colossal order
• Enormous double shell of brick and stone
  demonstrate that plans impractical.
• ? Inspired and affected many copies
  

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Raphael

• Fashionable Portraits
• Accuracy
• Incisiveness
• -gt it means clear and precise
• or direct and sharp

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Portrait

• Baldassare Castiglione
• At the page 383
• Figure16.8
• It shows self-confidence
• and thoughtful
• intelligence

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Raphael

• Raphael composition
• Clarity
• Harmony
• Unity of design
• The Alba Madonna (at page 417)
• 1. clear, bright colors, precise
  draftsmanship
• 2. composed by simple geometric shapes

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Circle
triangle
Trapezoid
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Female saints( idealized)

• Sweetness and light
• sentimental facial expressions
• theatrical poses
• e.g. St. Catherine.

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Raphael

• The School of Athens
• 1. Illustrate the philosophy
• 2. Ultimate tribute to the rebirth of classical
  humanism in the age of the Renaissance
• 3. Shows the Culmination of a style
• a.Spatial clarity
• b.Decorem,
• C.Balance and Grace

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The school of Athens
Appolo
Plato or Leonardo
Socrates
Aristotle
Raphael
Michelangelo or Heraclitus
Pythagoras
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Leonardo da Vinci
Scientific point of view General rules of
nature Special techniques
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Leonardo da Vinci Techniques

• Aerial perspective
• Though other artists had already begun to create
  some of these
• effects in their work, Leonardo was the first to
  make careful
• measurements and suggest rules for applying them
  realistically in
• painting. He called the subject aerial
  perspective.
• Linear perspective
• Linear perspective is a mathematical system for
  creating the
• illusion of space and distance on a flat
  surface.
• Other techniques Clarity Symmetry Order

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A feeling of distance
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A sense of spatial depth
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• Mysterious smile
• smile with sadness
• No
• No eyebrows
• Confidence shyness

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Who was the Model?
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The End

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