Humanities Exam 4 Art

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The Duomo
Florence, Italy
Early Renaissance

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Birth of Venus
Botticelli
Early Renaissance

Classical story
Classical nudity

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Primavera
Sandro Botticelli
Early Renaissance

Orange grove = sexuality
Earthly love & fertility

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Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist and Donors
Masaccio
Early Renaissance

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The Tribute Money
Masaccio
Early Renaissance

Jesus being asked to pay his taxes
Atmospheric perspective - objects farther away are less distinct and have muted colors

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Duke and Duchess of Urbino
Piero della Francesca
Early Renaissance

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Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
High/Late Renaissance

First time Judas was put on the same side of the table as Jesus

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Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
High/Late Renaissance

First time woman was painted in full frontal rather than side profile
da Vinci has Mona Lisa look the viewer in the eye

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Plans for Saint Peter's
2nd - Donato Bramante
3rd - Michelangelo
High/LateRenaissance

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David
Michelangelo
High Renaissance

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo
High Renaissance

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Creation of Adam
Michelangelo
High Renaissance

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St. Peter (East End)
Michelangelo
Late Renaissance

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Madonna with the Long Neck
Parmigianino
Mannerism

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Return of the Hunters
Peter Brueghel the Elder
Northern Renaissance

Depicted the rise of genre (scenes of everyday life)

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Isenheim Altarpiece, closed
Matthias Grunewald
Northern Renaissance

In hospital of St. Anthony
Jesus' body is covered in sores so those inflicted with St. Anthony's Fire could relate

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Isenheim Altarpiece, first opening
Matthias Grunewald
Northern Renaissance

One point linear perspective in annunciation scene (fools your mind into thinking the painting has depth)
Angels are multiple ethnicities

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The Last Supper
Tintoretto

Followed the "rules" for artists

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Christ in the House of Levi
Veronese

Was originally a last supper painting but it did not meet "rules" for artists because it was not seen to be theologically accurate so it was changed

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Renaissance =

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Rebirth
Birthplace = Florence

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Renaissance Architeture

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Central Plan
Dome
Hermes Trismegistus - Corpus Hermeticum

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Neoplatinist

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Those who subscribe to ideas of Plato
Believe in the One
Human perfection is attainable in this world by developing your knowledge
Taught that they did not believe in evil
-things are only as evil as so far as they are imperfect

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Vitruvian Man

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Circle represents the divine (sacred)
Square represents the earthly (secular)

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Genre

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Scenes from everyday life

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Rules for Artists

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Appeal to the emotions
Morally acceptable
Clear compositions
Theologically accurate

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Classicism

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Botticelli; Birth of Venus
Classical Nudity and Classic Story
Reverting back to pre-Christian art

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Individualism/Here and Now

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Portraits on the front and back
-Speaks to authority and wealth
Portraits of historical individual

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Rationality

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1 point linear perspective- lines create the feeling of depth
Rationality of it is, it uses mathematics
Conscious of where the viewer is

Has to be architecture (non in Mona Lisa)

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Gothic Inspired Spiritualism

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In Italy, great influence of the classical world, rebirth of classical ideas. The North gothic style begins in France, medieval spiritualism, associated with the north never goes away, like the classical world.

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Humanism

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Renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome and the classical philosophy and arts

Humanism in Italy, makes it’s way to the North

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How does Humanism use linear perspective?

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Related to the space of the individual, where the individual is standing

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Problems of Society (Here and Now)

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Mannerism

-innovative

-anti-ideal