Italian High Renaissance Flashcards
Where does the center of artistic patronage shift to in the High Renaissance?
from florence to Rome
How does the High renaissance differ from the proto/early renaissance?
Even more classical antiquity and even more of a growth in humanism
How does science relate to high Renaissance artists?
High renaissance artists were often referred to as a “Renaissance Man”, which meant that they were experts in more than one thing; they believed that to be the best artists they could be they needed to understand the science of what they were depicting, so they studied anatomy and biology in order to depict things correctly and naturally
How does the location of Venice shape the preferred painting medium of the area?
Venice is farther north than Rome, so it had more influence from the early northern renaissance. It also preferred oil paints as a medium
The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
ideal representation of the human form; illustrates Leonardo’s fascination with the body
Madonna of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci
chiaroscuro; sfumato; triangle with depth
School of Athens by Raphael
typical roman architecture; philosophers and scientists together, which is the same basic concept as neoplatonism
Pieta by Michelangelo
transformed marble into flesh and hair; deep sorrow; realistic drapery; pyramid shape
Last Judgement by Michelangelo
beginnings of mannerism; Christ as an uncertain judge; enigmatic portrayal
Tempietto by Bramante
central plan; roman features; balanced and harmonic proportions; possibly patterned after the pantheon
The Tempest by Giorgione
oil paints and colors; venetian art is poetic; blended figures; mysterious and enigmatic
Pesaro Madonna by Titian
representative of the church in Venice; triangle
sfumato
golden light that illuminates and unifies figures
