People became less interested in thinking about God, heaven, and saints and more in thinking about themselves, their surroundings and their everyday.

People became less interested in thinking about God, heaven,

and saints and more in thinking about themselves, their surroundings and their everyday lives.

Secular (not religious) Humanism (placing the study and progress of human nature at the center of interests)

The rise of Humanism can be seen in paintings created by Renaissance artists

Works of art created during the Renaissance are primary sources of information about how people lived.

By looking for evidence and specific clues, one can make judgments about whether a painting is a Renaissance painting or not.

Rise of Humanism

Madonna and Child in

Glory Jacopa di Cione 1360-1365 Tempera and gold

on panel

Madonna and Child in

Glory Very early example Halos around the heads Saints and angels around the upper

border are smaller than the Madonna

Hieratic scale- most important figures are larger then the less important figures

Miraculous Mass of St. Martin of Tours

Franconian School

About 1440 Tempera and

gold on canvas and panel

Miraculous Mass of St. Martin of Tours

Gold backgrounds to symbolize the holy atmosphere of heaven

Signs of halos or hieratic scale?

Do their surroundings look true to life?

Madonna and Child with St.

John

Guiliano Bugiardini 1523/1525

Halos? (different from the first painting?)

Landscape? (heavenly or earthly?)

Madonna and Child with St.

John Live in the same world as ordinary people

Oil paint: allowed artists to build up layers of paint that light could shine through

Adoration of the Shepher

ds Giovanni

Agostino da Lodi 1510

Hieratic scale? Halos? Tempera paint or

oil?

Adoration of the Magi

The Kress Monogramist; 1550/60; Oil on oak panel

Buildings? (true to life?)

Mathematical formulas allowed artists to represent space in paintings in a very believable way.

We call this accurate perspective

1. Which looks more true to life? Why?2. Can you find halos in The Adoration of the Magi painting?3. Is there any hieratic scale at work?4. Where is the landscape in this painting?5. Tempera paint or oil paint?

The Adoration of the MagiMiraculous Mass of St. Martin of Tours

The Bean Eater

Annibale Carracci 1582/83 Oil on canvas

Religious or ordinary?

Tempera or oil paint?

Conclusion

What have we learned about Renaissance art by analyzing these works of art?

Renaissance Artists

Leonardo Da Vinci

Michelangelo

Raphael

Da Vinci:Artist, Architect,

Scientist

1452-1519 The model “Renaissance man” Artist, scientist, inventor, mathematician,

architect, engineer, botanist Revolutionized scientific beliefs by dissecting

animals and discovering the function of the heart

Engineering designs for helicopters, tanks, subs Always experimented with new techniques and

ideas

Leonardo DaVinci

The Last Supper

Painting represents Jesus with his disciples as it is told in the Gospel of John

Mona Lisa

“The best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most

parodied work of art in the world”

Michelangelo

Portrait of Michelangelo done by Jacopino del Conte

1475-1564 Painter, sculptor, poet, architect, literary

scholar. Carved powerful human figures into marble

creating statues that were inspirations Painted famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel Designed the complex scaffold used to reach

the high ceilings. Designed the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in

Rome

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Pieta

Jesus on Mary after the Crucifixion

Statue of David

Sistine Chapel

Painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which took about four years to complete (1508-1512)

Raphael

By 25 he was one of Italy’s best painters Admired for his numerous madonnas

(paintings of the Virgin Mary) Known for his frescoes in the Vatican Palace His School of Athens reveals a world of

balance, harmony, and order----the underlying principles of classical Greek and Roman art.

Raphael

School of Athens

“Raphael’s masterpiece and the perfect embodiment of the classical spirit of the High

renaissance”