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Leonardo Da Vinci


Vitruvian Man


1490




solved challenge of fitting human body into a circle and square by putting midpoint of circle at navel and square at groin. suggests ideal beauty and cosmic perfection of human form.

Leonardo Da Vinci


Embryo in Womb


1510-1513

Leonardo Da Vinci


Project for a Church

Leonardo Da Vinci


Madonna of the Rocks


1485




altarpiece with fanciful bizarre rock canopy bg. madonna, john the baptist, christ and angel appear in tender scene, all 4 appear close. stacked structure of hands. sfumato, max chiaroscuro. popular image in florence at the time (john adoring christ)

Leonardo Da Vinci


Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci


1474-78






ginevra means juniper, juniper bush in bg is identifier. oil paint shows flemish influence. 3/4 view is also flemish influence, more suggestive of personality. large shift away from profile portraiture occurs at this time.

Leonardo Da Vinci


Last Supper


1495-98


San Maria della Grazie, Milan




experimental fresco painted on refectory wall. the mystery of transubstantiation in the subject. jesus is at center, apostles appear in 4 groups of 3, tightly knit compositional knots. fictive architecture an expansion of the room, jesus silhouetted in window, he resembles an equilateral triangle. all disciples react emotionally.

Leonardo Da Vinci


Battle of Anghiari


1504


Florence, Palazzo Vecchio




lost mural depicting a battle between Florence and Milan won by Florence. experimental fresco a secco with encaustic technique failed and quickly faded. horses and riders all very compositionally tangled, extremely expressive figures. figures had "options" in leonardo's prep drawings

Leonardo Da Vinci


Mona Lisa


1503-5




wife of Francesco della Giocanda. her eyebrows were probably finely detailed and applied last, and removed by the abrasion of early restoration attempts. her humor isn't common in portraiture of married women. lips have sfumato which makes expression more ambiguous




contrast between reserved figure and wild landscape, fantasy landscape perhaps suggestive of personality?

Raphael


Marriage of the Virgin


1504




raphael sponged up a lot of Perugino's teachings, this is very close to his teacher's painting of the same subject- placement of hands has better contrast though, figures are more energetic and less symmetrical and ring is exchanged at the bottom of an imaginary circle that carries through the top of pic.

Raphael

Madonna and Child with Saint John


1507




more solid forms than marriage of the virgin


triangular cluster of figures implied in gazes and contours


markedly serene, figures weighty but light

Raphael


School of Athens


1508-11


Fresco Cycle in the Stanze, Vatican Palace




each wall of fresco cycle had composition referencing a sect of human endeavor. this is philosophy scene. plato and aristotle @ center under an arch. interest in balance and contrast. plato is old and dignified, points up at cosmos. aristotle is young and vigorous, hand down at earth, holding books of timaeus and ethics, respective important works. plato is all about ephemerality of physical world, concepts. aristotle is empirical, know the world around you. their eye contact suggests commonality of thought. architecture is enormous and classical. fresco resembles masaccio's trinity and also new st peters by bramante.

Raphael


Galatea


1513


Villa Farnesina, Rome.




home of pope's banker. artists in 16th c have more confidence with classical subject matter and nudity. cupids shoot at galatea with love arrows. rendered bodies are confident and solid, realistic.


galatea is vertical axis, horizon is horizontal axis, cupid arrows cross and the intersection is on her face.

Raphael


Portrait of Pope Leo X with his Nephews


1517




we get a good sense of the power balances between all 3

Raphael


Saint Paul Preaching in Athens


1515-16




cartoon executed for a tapestry, was sent to flanders for weaving, spread high renaissance ideas to northern europe. has severity of masaccio's frescoes. Power of saint expressed by his gesture and audience reaction. bramante inspired architecture encloses the space.

Raphael (engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi)


Judgement of Paris


1510-1520




raphael did a lot of religious commissions but loved pagan subject matter. engravings like this spread his designs far and wide-printing press was recent invention. drawing refers to roman art depicting the same scene. water gods and nymphs borrowed from roman art.

Michelangelo


Pieta


1498




highly idealized youthful figure


.abundant drapery


.mary is like 30% taller than christ for sake of composition


.brutality and indignity downplayed.


.mary expresses knowing acceptance


.theological basis of themes, not weepy human drama but essential sacrifice.

Michelangelo


David


1501-1504




colossal figure of florence's beb


.commissioned for duomo exterior


.psychologically complex and vibrant


.compare to donatello's st george and david


.when it was unveiled it was judged "too fine" to go all the way up there so it sat at eye level in palazzo vecchio.

Michelangelo


Temptation and Expulsion from Eden


1508-12


Sistine Ceiling




.center of ceiling


.tree of knowledge divides, serpent and angel resemble 2 sides of same coin. serpents tail like a spring.


.good and evil are not that far apart, could flip flop.


.influence of masaccio.



Michelangelo


Creation of Adam


1508-1512


Sistine Ceiling




.kind of created humanitys conception of god here


.adam is about to be passed the spark of life, when the gap is passed he will go from being clay and earth to being truly man.


.creation story is really a sculptor's story, meant a lot to michelangelo.





Michelangelo


Libyan Sibyl


1508-1512


Sistine Ceiling




such twisty musculature... yes... so twisty. the tension and power embodies a lot of michelangelo's artistic legacy.

Michelangelo


Moses


1513-1515




intended for corner of roof of julius ii's tomb. ultimate image of dignified patriarch


.holds 10 commandments


.horns come from a mistranslation that had been cleared up by this time but michelangelo just carried on the tradition.

Michelangelo


Tomb of Julius II


1505-45




this pope named himself after caesar... he was a guy after temporal, earthly authority. a militaristic pope. wanted massive freestanding tomb but there were cutbacks after his death.

Michelangelo


Academy Slaves


1525-27




ignudi on tomb of julius ii


called slaves because they seem restrained


common tomb imagery - soul restrained by body, people deprived by loss


michelangelo carved by scanning back to front, so figures appear to emerge like they're breaking out, they look sort of modernist to our eyes. michelangelo sees the figure in the marble and sees himself as helping it out.


-thing is half alive like creation of adam.

Michelangelo


Last Judgement


1534-41


Sistine Chapel, Vatican




christ is unusually strong/muscular and beardless- just pure godlike essence at this, the end of time!!!


damned to the R, holy on my L


when this was unveiled people were shocked by NAKED JESUS!!!! "a stew of nudity.. stirs up... unwanted... thoughts!" after he died someone got the job of painting over the offending bits.


-extreme poses, heading into mannerism territory.


funfax- st bartholomew holds flayed skin with michelangelo's face. insert yaself in the fukin weirdest way possible.

Michelangelo


Pieta


1546




intended for michelangelo's own tomb- nicodemus bears his face and supports christ- he gives himself unmediated access to the divine.


he tried to destroy this in 1555 and left it unfinished.