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Early Renaissance. Early Renaissance. Florence, Italy & Flanders were the main centers for Renaissance Renaissance means “Rebirth” Renaissance was a time of great cultural achievement/study in sciences, philosophy, art and literature
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Early Renaissance • Florence, Italy & Flanders were the main centers for Renaissance • Renaissance means “Rebirth” • Renaissance was a time of great cultural achievement/study in sciences, philosophy, art and literature • Influenced by Humanism: thought to be an approach to studying the Greek/Roman classics and the human experience, anatomy and all • A renewed appreciation of classical Greco-Roman art • Invention of moveable type (printing literature on large scale, quicker) • Study of Anatomy
Why Florence and the Renaissance Flourished • Pope settled nearby: Church had lots of $ to spend on embellishment • Florence proved itself a formidable area • Banking center • The Medici’s became the uber patrons of the arts
Characteristics of Early Renaissance Art • Religious content treated with a Humanist approach • Content broadened to include Roman history and mythology • Chiascuro: Patterns of light and dark values that suggest volume • Emphasis upon proportional studies, linear perspective/depth perception, contraposto (twisted pose) and realistic expression • http://www.robinurton.com/history/Renaissance/madonnas.htm
Notable Artists • Giotto di Bondone (thought to be the first renaissance artist)
Donatello • Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi; c. 1386 – December 13, 1466
Donatello • Prophet Jeremiah • 1427 Marble Donatello: Madonna of the Clouds, ca.1425-35 The technique of rilievo schiacciato developed by Donatello and seen in Madonna of the Clouds featured a “fine gradation of the surfaces which produces the impression of an almost infinite pictorial space.”
Became a model for consequent equestrian sculptures for hundreds of years*made of bronze& erected independently Donatello's equestrian statue of Gattamelata at Padua.
Fra Angelico • The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1440/1460 The Entombment of Christ, c. 1450
Sandro Botticelli • Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi • Born 1445-1510 approx. • Botticelli means “little barrel” & it is believed the name was applied to his older brother first • Apprenticed in Filippo Lippi’s studio • Soon outshined his mentor and earned the patronage of the Medici’s • Painted frescoes in the Sistine Chapel • Frescoe: painting created in the wet plaster of a wall….not on the surface like a mural.
His style included elongated figures, much like those seen in Gothic art • Tender and sad expressions and gestures • Use of line and decorative detail in creating expressive subjects • Use of neo-platonism= Chrisitian and mythological ideas/stories
Architecture • Gothic architecture is asymmetrical • Renaissance architecture is symmetrical • Use of classical columns and pilasters (flat colums with shaft, base and a capital) • Use of a symmetrical façade • Use of module to construct
Filippo BrunelleschiSculptor and Architect, 1377-1446 Church of San Spirito The Duomo Florence, Italy
Resources • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/botticelli.html • http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/renaissance/earlyrenaiss.htm • http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/early_ren.htm • http://www.historylink101.com/art/Sandro_Botticelli/bio_Botticelli.htm • http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art63843.asp • http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Filippo_Brunelleschi.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatello • http://www.mimenta.com/Mimenta_Art/Images/Extra%20Graphics/VA09/Renaissance_Giotto.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Fra_Filippo_Lippi_009.jpg
