23/10/2016. High Renaissance Painting. Sunday, October 23, 2016 Course Outline. Or, Genius at work St. Lawrence, 10/23/2016. The High Renaissance

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1 High Renaissance Painting Or, Genius at work St. Lawrence, 10/23/2016 Sunday, October 23, 2016 Course Outline The High Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael 1

2 1492 Columbus reaches the West Indies Michelangelo s David Pope Julius II papacy Raphael s School of Athens 1517 Luther protests indulgences 1519 Death of Leonardo da Vinci 1520 Death of Raphael Michelangelo s Last Judgement 1540 Jesuit Order confirmed 1564 Death of Michelangelo 23/10/2016 Key Notions -Istoria -Monumental -Neo-Platonism -Sfumato Timeline 2

3 Italy, 1500 Source: 6 Da Vinci, Self-Portrait c. 1512, Red chalk on paper, 33,3 x 21,3 cm, Biblioteca Reale, Turin Born in 1452, Vinci Illegitimate son of Piero Da Vinci and Caterina = artistic importance Enters Verrocchio s workshop in 1462 In 1472, he is a renowned artist; he joins the goldsmith guild In 1481, he moves to Milan (Sforza family) Settles in Rome from ; is invited to France in 1516 He died there in 1519 The painter will create images of poor excellence if he is inspired by masters, but if his inspiration is nature, he will offer beautiful fruit. 3

4 Landscape drawing Pen and ink, 19 x 28,5 cm, Uffizi Gallery, Florence Vitruvian Man 1492, Pen and ink on paper, 34,3 x 24,5 cm, Gallerie dell'accademia, Venice Drawings, the basis of art 4

5 Drawings, the basis of art Drawings, the basis of art Drawings, the basis of art 5

6 The crane that topped Brunelleschi s dome Source: 7 Annunciation , Tempera on wood, 98 x 217 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Annunciation , Tempera on wood, 98 x 217 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence 6

7 Annunciation, detail Linear and aerial perspective Source: 7 Annunciation, detail Study in drawing Texture: Van Eyck Vs Da Vinci 7

8 Annunciation, detail Study in drawing Drapery: Giotto Vs Da Vinci The Last Supper 1498, Mixed technique, 460 x 880 cm, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan 8

9 The Last Supper 1498, Mixed technique, 460 x 880 cm, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Cosimo Rosselli, The Last Supper , Fresco, 349 x 570 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican The Last Supper 1498, Mixed technique, 460 x 880 cm, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan 9

10 The Last Supper, enhanced version Mona Lisa c , Oil on panel, 77 x 53 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris 10

11 Michelangelo (Buonarotti, ) Born in 1475, Caprese Buonarotti is mother s name (dies when he s only 6) Shortly after 1488, meeting with Lorenzo Medici In 1494, Medici leave Florence 1505: Julius II tomb 1508: Sistine Chapel From 1515 to 1534, will be in Florence He died in 1564 A Man: Study for a figure in Battle of Cascina cartoon , Pen and brush, 42 x 8 cm, British Museum, London Male Figures 1530s, Chalk, Musée du Louvre, Paris 11

12 Christ on the Cross c. 1541, Black and white chalk, 368 x 268 mm, British Museum, London Nude Woman on her Knees Chalk, Musée du Louvre, Paris Interior of the Chapel Sistine , Fresco, Vatican Perugino: The Baptism of Christ, c Botticelli: The Temptation of Christ, Ghirlandaio: The Calling of the First Apostles,

13 Ceiling , Fresco, Chapel Sistine, Vatican Creation of Adam 1510, Fresco, 280 x 570 cm, Chapel Sistine, Vatican Study for the Libyan Sibyl 1511, Chalk on paper, 29 x 21 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 13

14 Pietà 1499, Marble, height 174 cm, width at the base 195 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican Tomb of Julius II 1545, Marble, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Moses 1515, Marble, height 235 cm, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome 14

15 Last Judgment , Fresco, 1370 x 1220 cm, Chapel Sistine, Vatican Last Judgement: Giotto Vs Michelangelo 15

16 Self-Portrait 1506, Oil on wood, 45 x 33 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Born in 1483, Urbino Orphaned at 11, he is educated by his uncle Bartolomeo Apprentice to Perugino From , he is in Florence In 1508, he returns and settles in Rome 1509: Stanza della Segnatura He died in 1520 of an illness View of the Stanza della Segnatura , Frescoes, Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican The School of Athens 1509, Fresco, width at the base 770 cm, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican 16

17 The School of Athens 1509, Fresco, width at the base 770 cm, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi , Oil on wood, 154 x 119 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence The Sistine Madonna , Oil on canvas, 270 x 201 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden 17

18 The Transfiguration , Oil on wood, 405 x 278 cm, Pinacoteca, Vatican Suggested readings -Gombrich, The Story of Art, p ; Cleaver, Art, an Introduction, p Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 3, p Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p ; Bibliography and Sources 1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities 2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 3. Davies, Janson s Basic History of Western Art 4. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol Gombrich, The Story of Art 6. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages 7. Landrus, Les trésors de Léonard de Vinci