Class 6 16th Century Art in Italy the High Renaissance concluded Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1503 6 oil on panel 30 x 21 High Renaissance Raphael Sanzio 14831520 Born in Urbino and moves to Perugia to study with Perugino Soon after moves to Florence where he comes to know Leonardo and Michelangelo Called to Rome by Pope Julius II to assist in decoration of the Vatican Does many famous frescos and the designs for the tapestries that were made for the Sistine Chapel According to all accounts he was kind and wellmannered and never said a negative word about anyone He died young at the age of 36 Although less well known today than Leonardo or Michelangelo his style served as the model for artists working in academies down through the 19th century Raphael Small Cowper Madonna c 1505 oil on wood panel 23 3 3 x 17 3 8 High Renaissance Raphael knew and admired Leonardo He is said to have seen the Mona Lisa and to have been profoundly impressed The influence of Leonardo s figural style is obvious in this work Raphael Sistine Madonna with Putti 1513 oil on canvas High Renaissance Raphael Sistine Madonna with Putti 1513 oil on canvas High Renaissance Raphael c 15101511 fresco Stanza della Segnatura i e Pope s Library Vatican Rome High Renaissance Raphael School of Athens c 15101511 fresco 19 x 27 Stanza della Segnatura i e Pope s Library Vatican Rome High Renaissance Raphael School of Athens c 1510 1511 detail of Plato and Aristotle High Renaissance Plato pointing upward to the realm of ideas and pure form is thought to be a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci Aristotle gestures to the material world as the basis of philosophy Blue circle Heraclitus Red circle Socrates or Diogenes Raphael School of Athens c 1510 1511 details Michelangelo portrait left and Raphael self portrait right Raphael Cartoon for Tapestry of Christ s Charge to Peter 1515 color on paper 11 x 17 tapestries for Sistine Chapel Rome High Renaissance Christ s Charge to Peter 1517 wool and silk with gold wrapped threads 11 x 17 one of tapestries for Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti 14751564 Prolific sculptor painter architect and poet Favored the subtractive method of sculpture said he visualized the image trapped within the stone and it was his job to set it free Thought painting was best when it resembled sculpture Born and raised in Florence but did some of his best work in Rome Very gruff and somewhat antisocial but was supportive of his apprentices and fellow artists Deeply religious Michaelangelo Piet c 1500 marble 5 8 high Saint Peter s Vatican Rome High Renaissance Michaelangelo Piet c 1500 marble 5 8 high Saint Peter s Vatican Rome High Renaissance Michelangelo David 1501 1504 marble 17 tall without pedestal Florence High Renaissance Palazzo della Signoria Town hall Florence e 14th e Renaissance Donatello David c 1450 Florence bronze 5 2 Michelangelo David 1501 1504 marble 17 tall without pedestal Florence Michelangelo David 1501 1504 marble 17 tall without pedestal Florence High Renaissance Michelangelo David 1501 1504 marble 17 tall without pedestal Florence Sistine Chapel Vatican City Rome Built in 1475 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV decoration program begun at that time Ceiling decorated under Pope Julius II Giotto Scrovegni or Arena Chapel 1305 e Renaissance The themes for the ceiling were drawn from Genesis the 1st book of the Old Testament and consist of nine major narrative panels framed by Old Testament prophets All the architectural decoration was painted on Michelangelo The Flood Sistine Chapel Ceiling 15081512 fresco Vatican City Rome High Renaissance Michelangelo Creation of Adam Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1508 1512 fresco Vatican City Rome High Renaissance Michelangelo Creation of Adam Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1508 1512 Michelangelo Sybil Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1508 1512 fresco Vatican City Rome High Renaissance