Arts 150 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Current Lecture I Raphael II Michelangelo Current Lecture Review of Raphael s Mural The School of Athens o In Roman area of Vatican Palace o Fresco o Shows main philosophers and thinkers of the time some contemporaries and some ancient thinkers Zoraster is Pietro Bembo a famous humanist who started a library Raphael Madonna of the Meadow 1505 oil on panel o Inspired by Leonardo but grew independent style o Modeled after a Virgin and Saint Anne with the Christ Child o Used Chiaroscuro o Raphael used lighter tones than Leonardo o Raphael was not fascinated with mystery which is typical to see in Leonardo s work Raphael The Small Cowper Madonna oil on wood 1505 o Had ability to unify Christian devotion and beauty o Church of St Bernardino in background which is a church of Raphael s hometown in Urbino Raphael MaddalenaDoni 1505 oil on panel o Comparable to Leonardo s Mona Lisa o AgnaloDoni commissioned Raphael to paint his wife in honor of their marriage o No sense of mystery that veils the Mona Lisa o Emphasizes the powerfulness the Strozzi bankers the family of Doni s wife Sumptuous clothes jewelry hair embroidered o Raphael used his style to emphasize female beauty Michelangelo Buonarroti o Inspired genius that studied sculpture architecture painting poetry and engineering o Influenced by Donatello o Studied frescos which culminated in his work at the Sistine Chapel o Recognized himself as a sculptor 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 Pieta Michelangelo in Old St Peter s Church 1500 o Pieta means the virgin Mary holding Christ s dead body o Michelangelos investigation into Christ s body between death and resurrection o Not dead body of Christ rather a state in transition o Influenced by German Gothic Pieta 1300s o Recreated Pieta very creatively transformed marble into flesh and hair o Position of Christ s legs reveal slight movement o Mary mourns over Christ in sculpture however Mary appears younger than Christ portraying her purity and beauty o Christ appears to be in a restful sleep in Mary s arms o Idea of beauty on classical nude In 1505 Michelangelo returned to Florence o David Michelangelo Marble Influenced by Greco Roman work Sistine Chapel o Ceilings shallow barrel vault o Windows vault cut o Center 9 panels from the Bible Genesis dealing with Creation o View facing east altar o Archeologists 1979 1989 restored fresco o Libyan Sibyl 1511 1512 On ceiling of Chapel Restored Depicts a prophetess in the heavens
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