ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Lecture 6Overview of Renaissance periodsI. Middle Renaissancea. MasaccioOutline of Lecture 7I. 16th century art in Italy, high renaissanceII. Leonardo da VinciIII. Raphael SanzioCurrent Lecture I. 16th century art in Italy, high renaissancea. (1490's - 1527) shift to Rome as the centerb. Popes try to increase power and influence, a lot through arti. Selling indulgences to raise money which causes rebellion in northern Europe (Martin Luther)c. Artists go from being considered laborers to geniusesi. Leonardo, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphaelii.d. Culmination of developmentsi. Walls - fresco (starting to favor oil otherwise)II. Leonardo da Vincii. illegitimate child, apprenticed to artist, very well researched in many areasii. 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 ideasiv. Develops the technique of cross section, studying world is studying god's designv. Dissected cadavers, around 30vi. Doesn't just want to know what things look like for art, but to knowvii. Inventions: early helicopters, tanks, flying machine/hang gliderviii. Many people make it their life's work to recreate the things from his notebooksb. 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 2Dc. Virgin of the Rocks oil on wood i. say Mary gave birth in a cave not a stableThese 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 gestureiii. Shows St. John inclined toward Jesus, angel pointing at St. John, Jesus blessing john, Mary with arm around john and gesturing to Jesusiv. Pool of water represents baptism, Jesus is the water that washed away our sinsChiaroscuro=shading or modelingChiaro=lightOscuro=darkSfumato=smokiness, feeling you are looking through air/atmosphereAerial or atmospheric perspective = objects become hazier and lighter in distanced. 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 cornersii. 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 supperi. Spent inordinate amount of time on it, doesn't like fresco because it was limiting, paints with oil and tempura, deteriorates quicklyii. Needs continuous restorationiii. Likes to work slowly and work in pieces here and thereiv. 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 holdingbag of moneyv. Coffered ceiling, etc. to create the depth and perspectivef. Mona Lisa i. Eyes follow, feels like she's looking at you, small smile gives sense that she has a secretii. Shading gives a "smile" that can show many different (such a range of) emotionsg. Background - sci-fi rocks that fade out into atmospheric perspective, bridge and road as if to indicate human lifeh. Resides in the LouvreIII. Raphael Sanzioi. Born near Florence, called to Rome by pope to assist in the decoration of Vatican, died at about 36b. Small Cowper Madonna oili. has luminosity, highly influenced by Mona Lisa, Mary seems sweet with a tinge of sadnessc. Madonna in the meadow, i. He did lots of Madonna paintingsd. Sistine Madonna with put i. captures childlike innocence in the angels, grand thing happening above, but they don't really caree. Philosophy, Pope’s libraryi. everything is painted, none is actual architecture ii. Decorate Pope's entire library in fresco, theology law poetry and philosophy are his subjectsiii. Plato and Aristotle walk in the middle, Plato points up to the realm of ideas, Aristotle gestures to ground, indicating earthly/physical mattersiv. Heraclitus is Michelangelo, Plato is Leonardov. Most people are portraits of people of the dayvi. 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, gesturesf. Cartoon for tapestry of Christ’s charge to peteri. Tapestries are most expensive, luxurious furnishingsii. The tapestry comes back very differentiii. The tapestry cost 5 times more than the ceiling of the