By Phae N.
Sophomore EHAP
Ms. Pojer
And
here’s
Florence!
Here it
is!
Located on the Adriatic
Sea
 Major port city
Further away from
Rome than Florence
 Secular republic
during the
Renaissance
Stable, powerful, and
prosperous economy
 More incentive for
noble patrons to
support the arts.
 Alfonso d’Este.
 Guilds made sure
artists were
properly
compensated.
By 1425, Florence had a population of 60,000
A self governed,
independent state
Twelve artist guilds
regulated trade
 Bases of
commercial
success
Prosperity can from
trading of textiles (mainly wool)
Landlocked city
 Banking was the
first source of
income.
 Made patrons
wealthy.
 First supporters
of art.
 Lorenzo de
Medici.
Poetry
Color
Pleasure
Beauty
Intellect
۩ Classical
and biblical
themes
Line, form,
design
Grandeur
Heroic
۩ Perspective
۩ Antiquity
۩ Balance/Geometry
۩ Individualism
۩ Light/Shadow
Sculptors:
Painters:
Architects:
Donatello
Botticelli
Michelangelo ۩ Alberti
Ghiberti
Da Vinci
Raphael
۩ Bruneschelli
Born in Florence
Worked in
Ghiberti’s shop
Three periods of
work:
 Before 1425
(influenced by
gothic work, but
also classical and
realist)
 St. Mark
 1443-1466
(realism, focus
on character)
 David
 1425-1443
(Mostly with
antiquity)
 Gattamelata
Born in Florence
Extremely vivid
and detailed
work
Both a sculptor
and goldsmith
Sacrifice of Isaac
Bronze Doors
 28 panels
 Took 21
years to
complete
Gates of
Paradise
 Took 27
years
Real name: Alessandro
Filipepi
Member of the Medici
family
Adoration of the Magi
• 1481-1482
Birth of
Venus
• 1484
Florence’s
favorite
artist
Primavera
 1482
Desire to
paint
realistically
Architect,
musician,
engineer,
scientist,
inventor
Mona Lisa
(1503-1506)
Last Supper
(1495)
Painter, sculptor
and architect
Major studies of
human anatomy
– helped him to
form figures
Most famous for
David and his
paintings on the
Sistine Chapel
In Florence,
taught by
Michelangelo
and da Vinci.
 Lighting
techniques
and figure
shaping.
Marriage of
the Virgin
(1504).
Entombment
(1507).
۩ Florentine family – returned from exile in
1429
۩ Thought of
architecture as
having sociopolitical basis
۩ S. Francesco
Tempio
Malatestiano (1450)
۩ S. Maria Novella (1458-71)
۩ Though never produced anything worth
notice, he wrote several books about
paintings and how to paint well
۩ Studied
architecture after
lost a competition
to Ghiberti.
۩ Was asked to help
raised the cupola of
S. Maria del Fiore
(1420-1436)
۩ When the council
heard his
suggestion, they
thought he was
crazy
Light and color
achieved drama
Smooth
brushwork –
achieved velvety
look
Subject matter
 Mostly
church
themes
 Venuses
Somewhat mannerist
 Stayed away from contraposto and tortured
emotions
Oil painting
 Durable in Venice’s moist climate
Born in Venice
Founder of the Venetian
School of Painting
Used light
and color
for
transitions,
not lines
San Zaccaria
Altarpiece
(1505)
Frari Triptych
• 1488
Use of shapes is
not what draws
attention to the
Madonna
Alfonso d’Este commissioned
Bellini paint five works for his
estate in Ferrara, where his
family ruled.
Feast of the Gods was the last
painting Bellini did before he
died in
1516.
The x-ray of the
painting shows that
the painting was,
indeed, finished by
Bellini, but painted
over by Titian
Painted
over
The quince Cybele
is holding
symbolizes
marriage, and as
Neptune’s hand
rests on her thigh,
the veiwer can
wonder if they
perhaps symbolize
the Duke and his
wife.
Priapus
and Lotis
Real name:
Tiziano
Vecellio
(1485-1578)
Studied
under Bellini
and
Giorgione
Greatest
painter of the
Venetian
School
Bacchus and
Ariadne
Worship of
Venus
Bacchanal
Notice the
gorgeous
skylines in
the
background
Presentation of the
Virgin (1539)
Penitene Magdalene
(1555-1556)
Real name: Giorgio de
Castelfranco
 Castelfranco is
30km northwest
of Venice
Some of his paintings
were completed after
his death
Sleeping Venus (1510)
The Impassioned Singer
(1510)
The Tempest
(1510)
Adoration of the Shepherds (1505-1510)