Renaissance Virtual Field Trip

Renaissance Art:

A Virtual Field Trip

The Italian Renaissance

• Leonardo da Vinci, (1452–1519) • Painter, Sculptor, Contributor to Science

and Medicine.• The Last Supper (ca. 1492/94–1498)• Mona Lisa (ca. 1503–6 and later) • Virgin of the Rocks• Virgin with Child and St. Anne

• Automobile and Skull• Self-Portrait and Proportions

The Last Supper

Mona Lisa

-Note Her Interesting Smile?

-Are Her Eyes Watching You?

Mona Lisa(Close-up)

Virgin of the Rocks

-Notice the Triangular positioning of the figures.

-The Virgin Mary is at the top of the triangle.

Virgin with Child and St.

Anne

Da Vinci and Drawing

More Drawings

Michelangelo Buonarroti, (1475-1564)

• Painter, Sculptor, and Architect

• Major works:

• Sculptures– Madonna of the Stairs– Awakening– Crucifix– David

Madonna of the Stairs

Awakening

-Michelangelo believed that the sculpture already existed in the block of marble, it was up to him to reveal what was hidden.

Crucifix

David

-This is one of the world’s most famous sculptures.

-Over 17 feet tall, plus a 6 foot pedestal.

David(from behind)

-Notice the muscle tone on David’s back.

David-His hair!

-His eyes!

-His face!

David’shand

-the detail!

Michelangelo, the Painter

-His Major Paintings:

-The Sistine Chapel ceiling

-The Last Judgment

-Martyrdom of St. Peter

The Sistine Chapel ceiling

-Could you paint this on a ladder or lying on your back?

-For 30 years?

The Sistine Chapel ceiling,

(view looking up)

-By the way, the ceiling is relatively flat!

The Creation of Adam

Expulsion from the Garden

The Last Judgment

(front wall of Sistine Chapel)

Michelangelo,the Architect

-The Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica,

the Vatican

Raphael

Self-Portrait

School of Athens

Madonna and Child

Botticelli, Birth of Venus

Madonna with

Child and Six Angels

The Northern Renaissance

• Albrecht Durer, German Painter• Self-Portrait• Adoration of the Trinity• Christ with Doctors

• Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish Painter• Peasant Wedding

Durer,Self-

Protrait

Durer,The

Adoration of the Trinity