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Some basic facts about the evolution of European art and an oportunity to learn some art-related vocabulary.

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The High Renaissance Man, the measure of all things.
Greek Classicism: The model Action in repose. A rebirth of humanism. Man stands alone, prepared to take the consequences of his own actions.
From medieval inhibited forms to free-standing sculpture of the Early Renaissance.
Late Gothic: Art depicts other worldly concerns. Flat, hieratic and dematerialized images in a heavenly space of gold leaf. Duccio
The Parthenon, Athens FLORENCE, the NEW ATHENS Humanism is reborn as Man asserts his will in art forms imbued with Christian meaning. Brunelleschi’s Duomo
Ghiberti Baptistry Competition Brunelleschi And the winner is….
Bronze doors of the baptistry. Humanism imbued with Christian meaning. Ghiberti
Baptistry of Florence
Uccelo Early Renaissance: Exploiting linear perspective.
Mantegna Pre-occupation with 3D spatial effects. Masaccio
One point perspective brings spatial harmony in a 3D illusion of reality.
The High Renaissance A culmination of visual knowledge and aesthetic groundbreaking. In the brief span of 25 years, four great masters produced works unparalleled in artistic achievement. Raphael Da Vinci Michelangelo Titian Leonardo da Vinci
Familiar subject matter realizes its full potential in the hands of Leonardo da Vinci.
Pre-Renaissance depiction Of the Last Supper. Pictorial visualization with little understanding or concern with the visual realities of this world.
Ghirlandio The Last Supper Do you get the point? When more is less.
Da Vinci utilizes linear perspective and groupings to organize space. The viewer is placed in the audience; not as a participant at the table. Judas is placed in opposition to Christ at a 90 degree angle.
Religious themes infused with… Idealized participants. Linear painting technique. Closed-form and Plane composition. All forms a re en closed Figures and landscape within a p rescribed are placed parallel to diagram. the pictu plane. re
Uniﬁed Compositions: Perspective serves a greater cause. The viewer is guided through a scene of related elements.
Giotto: A Late Gothic fresco painter anticipates the Renaissance. Figures appear to be of this world, depicted as three dimensional, fully modeled images. Early evidence of concern with visual phenomena, but limited by the lack of knowledge of linear and aerial perspective. The Deposition
Raphael The Deposition
Raphael The School Of Athens
Anticipating the Baroque Titian The Deposition
Titian Georgione Venus The Venetian School Pagan art for the wealthy merchant. Titian
Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s drawing and completed fresco for the Sistine Chapel. Just one of 320 life-sized ﬁgures painted in four and a half years.
Michelangelo believed the form was in the stone, waiting for his mallet and chisel for liberation.
Michelangelo portrays himself with the spiritual force behind his proliﬁc efforts.
The Last Judgment An aging Michelangelo’s last chapter for the west wall of the Sistine Chapel.
Lorenzo de Medici Dusk & Dawn Giuliano de Medici Night Day Michelangelo’s Tomb Of The Medici Manneristic Sculpture
MANNERISM transforms “the calm, balanced grandeur” of the Renaissance into disquieting distortion, ambiguity and hidden meanings. Pontormo
El Greco: Spanish Mannerism Paramigianino: Italian Mannerism
Story Climax Anti-Climax Linear Painterly Time Stopped Time-In-Flux Reason Passion Renaissance Baroque Michelangelo’s David Bernini’s David

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