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The Renaissance

The Renaissance. An Art History Workshop on the Science of Anatomy and it’s Effect on Art. . Renaissance means Rebirth. Rebirth of What? . Science Philosophy Literature Music. Medicine Economies Technology Art. Why? the Black Death.

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The Renaissance

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  1. The Renaissance An Art History Workshop on the Science of Anatomy and it’s Effect on Art.

  2. Renaissance means Rebirth. Rebirth of What? • Science • Philosophy • Literature • Music • Medicine • Economies • Technology • Art

  3. Why? • the Black Death

  4. 1/3 of all Humans on Earth died a horrible death. Mattias Grunewald, Bridgeman Art Library

  5. What Would You Do? • You would Pray to God for Help… “Sorry, but No.”

  6. Monks, disfigured by the plague, being blessed by a priest. England, 1360–75.

  7. The Pope surrounded himself with a ring of Fire to keep out the Plague

  8. Da Vinci’s Drawing of a Foetus So they tried to help themselves. They dissected sick people. This was drawn after the careful dissection and observation of a women who died while pregnant. Note the stunning accuracy and detail.

  9. This led to precise anatomical drawings of the human body Medicine • Leonardo da Vinci • Vetruvian Man

  10. Before Lamentation (Pieta) by the Master of Nerezi, 1164

  11. After Tintoretto, Lamentation c.1560

  12. Renaissance Art • Art became much more realistic once they understood the body. • The Human Form became a thing of beauty. Michelangelo, Libyan Sibyl c.1510

  13. See the Difference? Raphael, The Small Cowper Madonna, 1505

  14. See the Difference?

  15. See the Difference? Madonna and Child by Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child – Berlinghiero 1228

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