Renaissance Visual and Music Samples
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Leonardo Da Vinci Visuals
Earliest known work by da Vinci –
Study of a Tuscan Landscape
(c. 1473)
Adoration of the Magi
circa 1481-1482
Annunciation
Date: circa 1473-1475
Study of horse
c. 1490
Madonna of the Rocks
1503-1506
The Last Supper, (showing Jesus, at the center,
saying to his disciples, "One of you shall betray me“)
1495-1498
Mona Lisa
(1503–1505/1507)
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
and St. John the Baptist
(c. 1499–1500)
Vitruvian Man
c. 1485
Vitruvian Man
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Based on correlations of ideal human proportions with
geometry described by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius
a palm is four fingers
a foot is four palms
a cubit is six palms
four cubits make a man
a pace is four cubits
a man is 24 palms
Vitruvian Man
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the length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of a man
from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height of a man
from below the chin to the top of the head is one-eighth of the height of a man
from above the chest to the top of the head is one-sixth of the height of a man
from above the chest to the hairline is one-seventh of the height of a man
the maximum width of the shoulders is a quarter of the height of a man
from the breasts to the top of the head is a quarter of the height of a man
the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of the height of a man
the distance from the elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of the height of a man
the length of the hand is one-tenth of the height of a man
the root of the penis is at half the height of a man
the foot is one-seventh of the height of a man
from below the foot to below the knee is a quarter of the height of a man
from below the knee to the root of the penis is a quarter of the height of a man
the distances from the below the chin to the nose and the eyebrows and the hairline are
equal to the ears and to one-third of the face
Studies of Embryos
c. 1510
Da Vinci Helicopter
Da Vinci Parachute
Da Vinci Tank
Michelangelo Visuals
Madonna of the Stairs
1490-92
Battle
c. 1492
Bacchus
1496-1497
Pieta
c. 1499
David
c. 1504
Madonna and Child
1501-05
Doni Tondo - The Holy Family
with St. John the
Baptist. c.1504-1506
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
c. 1508-1512
Basilique San Pietro in Vincoli
c. 1513-1515
Moses
1515
Tomb of Giuliano de'
Medici 1526-1531
The Last Judgment
c. 1534-1541
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
c. 1546
Renaissance Music Samples
You will hear 1 minute of each sample –
I will play each sample twice
Chant vs. Palestrina
Chant (Schola Gregoriana)
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Introitus: Adorate Deum
Introitus: Dominus
Illuminatio Mea
Offertoria: De profundis
Gradualia: Laetatus Sum
Versus Alleluiatici: Laudate
Deum
Communiones: Qui
Manducat
Palestrina
1. Nos Atem Gloriari
2. Missa Sine Nomine: Kyrie
3. Fundamenta Eius
4. Magnificat Primi Toni
5. Tu Es Petrus
6. Sicut Cervus