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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
