ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Lecture 6 Overview of Renaissance periods I Middle Renaissance a Masaccio Outline of Lecture 7 I II III 16th century art in Italy high renaissance Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Sanzio Current Lecture I II 16th century art in Italy high renaissance a 1490 s 1527 shift to Rome as the center b Popes try to increase power and influence a lot through art i Selling indulgences to raise money which causes rebellion in northern Europe Martin Luther c Artists go from being considered laborers to geniuses i Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo and Raphael ii d Culmination of developments i Walls fresco starting to favor oil otherwise Leonardo da Vinci i illegitimate child apprenticed to artist very well researched in many areas ii Much older than other artists was a military advisor etc iii Leonardo s notebooks writes backwards in his notebooks so that no one could steal his ideas iv Develops the technique of cross section studying world is studying god s design v Dissected cadavers around 30 vi Doesn t just want to know what things look like for art but to know vii Inventions early helicopters tanks flying machine hang glider viii Many people make it their life s work to recreate the things from his notebooks b Vitruvian Man 1490 i perfect proportions of man wingspan is same as head to feet and extended limbs create a circle s circumference his anatomy is incredibly convincing even in 2D c Virgin of the Rocks oil on wood i say Mary gave birth in a cave not a stable 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 ii Forms a triangular shape with the people that makes a stability but the characters have a motion and gesture iii Shows St John inclined toward Jesus angel pointing at St John Jesus blessing john Mary with arm around john and gesturing to Jesus iv Pool of water represents baptism Jesus is the water that washed away our sins Chiaroscuro shading or modeling Chiaro light Oscuro dark Sfumato smokiness feeling you are looking through air atmosphere Aerial or atmospheric perspective objects become hazier and lighter in distance d Birth of Venus Botticelli compared to Angel da Vinci i Leo liked dawn and dusk corners of mouth and eyes are hidden in shadow and creates some mystery to what they are feeling because you can t see the orientation of the corners ii All oil Venus is oil and tempura e Last supper 1495 98 da Vinci Leonardo is building damns and war stuff during this time but also gets commission for last supper i Spent inordinate amount of time on it doesn t like fresco because it was limiting paints with oil and tempura deteriorates quickly ii Needs continuous restoration iii Likes to work slowly and work in pieces here and there iv Compare to Momtenya s last supper M All disciples are evenly spaced around table with Judas separate L Jesus haloed by natural light reactions of people are showed and life is shown in their gestures use of threes to represent trinity and faces and gestures make each character individual Judas reaching for roll and holding bag of money v Coffered ceiling etc to create the depth and perspective f Mona Lisa i Eyes follow feels like she s looking at you small smile gives sense that she has a secret ii Shading gives a smile that can show many different such a range of emotions g Background sci fi rocks that fade out into atmospheric perspective bridge and road as if to indicate human life h Resides in the Louvre III Raphael Sanzio i Born near Florence called to Rome by pope to assist in the decoration of Vatican died at about 36 b Small Cowper Madonna oil i has luminosity highly influenced by Mona Lisa Mary seems sweet with a tinge of sadness c Madonna in the meadow i He did lots of Madonna paintings d Sistine Madonna with put i captures childlike innocence in the angels grand thing happening above but they don t really care e Philosophy Pope s library i everything is painted none is actual architecture ii Decorate Pope s entire library in fresco theology law poetry and philosophy are his subjects iii Plato and Aristotle walk in the middle Plato points up to the realm of ideas Aristotle gestures to ground indicating earthly physical matters iv Heraclitus is Michelangelo Plato is Leonardo v Most people are portraits of people of the day vi There is very little religion in these paintings very Greco Roman used to not be accepted vii Perspective is great the people are grouped in interesting positions gestures f Cartoon for tapestry of Christ s charge to peter i Tapestries are most expensive luxurious furnishings ii The tapestry comes back very different iii The tapestry cost 5 times more than the ceiling of the Sistine