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Florence and the Early Renaissance

Florence and the Early Renaissance. Chapter 17 Part 3: Classical themes and forms, illusionism and Leonardo. Artistic developments. Classical freestanding sculpture Donatello’s David (1440) Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504) Mythological themes

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Florence and the Early Renaissance

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  1. Florence and the Early Renaissance Chapter 17 Part 3: Classical themes and forms, illusionism and Leonardo.

  2. Artistic developments • Classical freestanding sculpture • Donatello’s David (1440) • Michelangelo’s David (1501-1504) • Mythological themes • Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, Birth of Venus (1480). • Illusionism: • Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476) • Mantegna’s Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74 • Leonardo da Vinci • Sfumato, psychological portrayal

  3. 8. Classical Freestanding Sculpture Donatello, David, 1440 Praxiteles, 4th cent. BCE

  4. 8. Classical Freestanding Sculpture Donatello, David, 1440 • First freestanding male nude since antiquity. • Classical influence: contrapposto pose, feminine features, eroticism.

  5. 8. Classical Freestanding Sculpture Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504 Polyclitus, 5th cent. BCE

  6. 8. Classical Freestanding Sculpture Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504 • Classical influence: contrapposto pose, anatomical study but different proportions (hands, head). • Symbol of victory over tyranny. • Terribilità, virtù.

  7. 9. Classical Themes Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus (1480).

  8. 9. Classical Themes Iconography of the baptism of Christ (Ghirlandaio, 1490)

  9. 9. Classical Themes Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (1480).

  10. 9. Classical Themes Botticelli Iconography of the Virgin Mary surrounded by saints

  11. 9. Classical Themes Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, 1483.

  12. 9. Classical Themes Boticcelli Barberini Faun, 3rd cent. BCE

  13. 10. Illusionism • Studiolo of Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino (1476)

  14. 10. Illusionism • Mantegna, Camera Picta, Mantua, 1465-74

  15. 11. Leonardo da Vinci • Identify the discipline Leonardo did not study: • Anatomy • Physiology • Physics • Mechanics • Music • Mathematics • Flora/ fauna • Geology • Astronomy • Painting and drawing

  16. 11. Leonardo da Vinci • Mona Lisa, 1503-1505 • Psychological portrayal: ambiguity. • Sfumato: haze, smoke • Aerial/ atmospheric perspective • “That painting is the most to be praised which agrees most exactly with the thing imitated.”

  17. 11. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo Botticelli

  18. 11. Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper, 1485-1498

  19. 11. Leonardo da Vinci

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