The artistic renaissace Flashcards
renaissance aritsts
considered the imitation of nature their primary goal, to persuade onlookers of the reality of the object or even they were portraying, human beings became the focus of attention
masaccio
cycle of frescoes in Brancacci chapel has long been regarded as the first masterpiece of early renaissance art, use of monumental figures, more realistic relationship between figures and landscape and visual representation of the laws of perspective a new realistic style of painting was born, his massive three dimensional human figures provided a model for later generations of Florentine artists
Early Renaissance Art
renaissance tyle modified, experimental trend (mathematics and anatomy), human nude = preoccupation, invension (botticiellli), architecutre (brunneschili) and scultpure (donatello), portature(delcartion of human individuality)
new renaissance style with painters
new renaissance style was absorbed and modified by other Florentine painters in the 15th century, development of an experimental trend that took two directions
Donato di Donatello
spent time in Rome, statue of David
statue of david
donato di Dontello, celebrated Florentine heroism in the triumph of Florence over the Milanese in 1428, radiated a simplicity and strength that reflected the dignity of humanity
Filippo brunelleschi
Rome, Duonomo, Church of San Lorenzo
Duomo
unfinished befre Burnellleschi sarted, new techniques and machinery
church of San Lorenzo
Brunelleschi, created a church interior very different from that of the great medieval cathedrals, created an environment that did not overwhelm the worshiper materially and psychologically, comforted as a space created to fit human, not divine, measurements
Renaissance portaiture
declarations of human individuality evident in portraiture, render facial features revealies inner qualities
High Renaissance
end of fifteenth century, individuliastic forms of creative expresssion, rome is the cultural center
Leonardo da Vinci
experimental (dissecting), stressed idelization of nature (create an ideal form), last supper
Last Supper
organiation of space and use of perspective to make it look 3-D
rapheal
madonnas (famous for), attempted to achieve ideal beauty, school of Athens
Michelangelo
driven by passion and desire, influenced by neoplastism
creation of adam
Michelangelo, Adam reveals an ideal type of human being with perfect proportions, the beauty of these figures is meant to be a reflection of divine beauty: the more beautiful the body, the more God-like the figure
David
Michelangelo, maintained that the form of a statue already resided in the uncarved piece of stone, proudly proclaims the beauty of the human body and the glory of human beings
Donato Bramante
came from Urbino, tempietto and columns doem
Tempietto
Bramante, summarized the architectural ideals of the high Renaissance,
Columns dome
recaptured the grandeur of ancient Rome
Middle Ages
arists seen as artisians
High Renaissance
artists seen as aritstiic genises with creative energies akin to devine, able to profit and rise on social scale
early Renaissance
arists were apprenitices then masters, seen as articisn, patrons determine both the content and the purpose of the paintings and pieces of sculpture they commissioned
Italian artists
treid to master technical skills that allowed them to portray humans in a reaslitsc setting
northern (low countries) artists
detail detail detail,
tried to imitate nature by observation and detail instead of perspective
emphasis on emotional intensity of religious feelings
started to go to italy and become influenced (durer)
Jan van Eyck
first to use oil paint, comprehension of perspective was still uncertain, northern artist, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
Eycks, attention to detail, precise portraits,
Sandro Botticelli
interest in Greek and Roman mythology was well reflected in Primavera, was one of Lorenzo the Magnificent prominent member, figures are well defined and poses an other worldly quality that is far removed from realism that characterized the painting of the early renaissance
Primavera
Botticelli, set in the garden of Venus
Guillamue Dufay
most important composer of his ear, greatest contribution was a change in the composition of the Mass, first to use secular tunes, combined medieval and early Renaissance style
music during the Renaissance
music ceased to be used chiefly in the service of God and moved into the secular world of courts and cities
madrigal
chief form of secular music, a poem set to music, usually 12 line poems written in vernacular, mid-16th century madrigal’s were written for five or six voices with text painting and it had spread to England
school of athens
Raphael, reveals a world of balance, harmony, and order the underlying principles of the art of the Classical world of Greece and Rome
Sistine Chapel in Rome
Michelangelo, influence of Neoplatosim was evident in his figures of ceiling of Sistine Chapel, pope Julius II commissioned him to decorate the chapel ceiling
middle ages
artists were largely viewed as artisans
Albrecht Durer
greatly affected by Italians, northern artist, after two trips to Italy, absorbed most of what the Italians could teach, wrote detailedtreatises on both sbuejcts
Adoration of the Magi
did not reject the use of minute details characteristic of northern artists, tried to integrate those details more harmoniously into his works and achieve a standard of ideal beauty by a careful examination of human form
text painting
music tried to portray the literal meaning of the text
