Renaissance Art
Why Should We Study Renaissance
Art?
Or, if you prefer . . .
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504
marble
14 ft. 3 in. high
1. Renaissance art was
realistic and expressive.
Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
ca. 1425
fresco
7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus
ca. 1482
tempera on canvas
5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in.
2. Renaissance art used Classical as
well as Biblical themes.
3. Renaissance art rediscovered linear
perspective.
Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
ca. 1428
fresco
21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in.
4. Humanism – Renaissance
art focused on and glorified
human achievements.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
A Man with His Grandchild
ca. 1480-90
oil and tempera on wood
24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
ca. 1503-1505
oil on wood
2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.
Medieval Art was
religious and “flat.”
Madonna Enthroned ~1280
Giotto, Madonna Enthroned ~1310
Fra Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child with Angels
ca. 1455
tempera on wood
approximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
ca. 1485
oil on wood
6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
Raphael
Madonna of the Meadows
1505
oil on panel
3 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 10 1/4 in.
Donatello
David
ca. 1408
marble
6 ft. 3 in. high
Donatello
David
ca. 1428-1432
bronze
5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504
marble
14 ft. 3 in. high
Sistine Chapel (view facing east)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
built 1473
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1508-12
fresco
approximately 128 x 45 ft.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1511-12
fresco
approximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.
Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1977-1989
Michelangelo,
La Pieta
1499
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Last Judgment
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1537-41
fresco
Titian
Venus of Urbino
1538
oil on canvas
4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.
Raphael
Philosophy (School of Athens)
Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy
1509-11
fresco
approximately 19 x 27 ft.