Arts 150 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Current Lecture I Leonardo DaVinci II Raphael Current Lecture Leonardo DaVinci s Scientific work o Studying laws of nature and science o Notes and handwriting intertwined with sketches o Greatest ambition to discover laws underlying flying of birds o Studied nature and its form through and art o Arno Landscape 1st known landscape drawing o Believed studying nature would make him a better artist o Rarely completed paintings but accepted many commissions o Study of a Flying Macine o Design for a Catapult o Study for the Sforza Monument for the Duke of Milan Never finished Performed many studies of horse movement in preparation o In preparation for the Last Supper Study of head of the Apostle He looked very closely at the human body o Study of Left Leg shows bones and tendons 1508 o Fetus and Lining of the Womb 1510 o Studied human figure and natural movement Old man seated in profile and 4 studies of Swirling water which led to Storm breaking over valley and Deluge over a city black chalk on paper Studies of water movement Star of Bethlehem and other plants o Vitruvian Man 1485 1490 ink Vitruvius 1st century BC a Roman architect and engineer Considered eyes and sight the most vital organ Believed reality interpreted better with paint Paragone Debate Pictorial experimentalist Raphael 1403 1520 o Early work Florence Perugia Urbino o Later works Rome These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Raphael trained under Perugino o Called to work for Pope Jullius II o Raphael Marriage of the Virgin compared to Perugino s Christ Giving the Key to St Peter o Round building in back of Raphael s painting is Tempietto which is at the St Pietro Church of Rome by Donato Bramante o Raphael received large commission of Vatican Stanza dellaSegnature Papal Office Room of the signature o One of the murals on the walls School of Athens Philosophy mural Represents Renaissance humanism Study of ancient philosophers Painting centered around Plato and Aristotle On Plato s side of piece were ancient philosophers and on Aristotle s side were new scientists and philosophers of the time Euchid most likely depicts Bramante Raphael in the mural too Points to the importance of art alongside philosophy Michelangelo s portrait is also there Zoroaster Pietro Bembo included in too
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