ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Lecture 7 I II III 16th century art in Italy high renaissance Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Sanzio Outline of Lecture 8 I Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 1564 II Venice Current Lecture I Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 1564 i Painter architect sculptor poet ii Favored subtractive method of sculpture pieces are removed from a solid to create a form vs adding onto a structure piece by piece b Pieta c 1500 Michelangelo St Peter s Vatican Rome High Renaissance i Ideal body of Jesus ii Mary s garment has energy formed by bunches and folds of the robes Says he wants to express her sorrow through her garment so as to keep her ideal face iii Mary looks younger than her son She is virgin and spiritually pure so she aged differently iv Jesus looks peaceful as if asleep Doesn t show tortured body Foreshadows resurrection c David 1501 1504 Michelangelo 17 tall marble Florence high renaissance i Hands are big and veiny large head ii Initially the city wanted to do a series of sculptures for the top of Florence cathedral so he adjusts it for this but then the people protested it being so far from view and put it in front of the town hall iii before battle energy in twist of body and head brow furrowed iv Marble had flaw that had to be worked around David has a deep dip between his shoulders d David c 1450 Donatello 5 2 bronze post battle only Popes you need to know are Sixtus IV and Julius II e Sistine Chapel 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 i M is called back to Rome by pope to do the tomb of sixtus they run out of money for it and to keep M occupied they suggest he paints the ceiling ii He objects saying he is not a painter iii Pope wanted to ceiling to be like that of past but M says that is too boring and argue pope concedes f The Flood Sistine Chapel fresco i Very slow painting each character at a time ii Panels are simplified as he goes on g Creation of Adam i Woman under the arm hypothesized to be either Eve or Mary and the other people are also those waiting to be born ii Shape of God with the other figures and cloth seem to resemble the shape of human brain cross section h Sybil a woman prophet from old testament shows m s style he uses intense musculature to show spiritual strength II Venice a Venus of Uribino Titian c 1538 high renaissance Venice i Real female nude model very sensual ii Unknown who woman is supposed to be wife on wedding night courtesan iii Maids in background putting clothes away taking them out supports idea of married because women would often bring marriage chests with them iv Titian is acclaimed for his ability to paint flesh Artists start to use oil on canvas Venice is too humid for fresco mold would develop painting on wood was poor because wood would warp b Pesaro Madonna Titian oil on canvas 1519 26 i Head of Pesaro family kneeling at foot of stairs commemorates his victory over Turks ii Virgin Mary is put more towards the back than in previous Madonna paintings iii The triangle of people is more off center than previous styles more dramatic iv Considered to be one of the pieces that marks the decline down from the peak of the renaissance c Last Supper Tintoretto 1594 Venice i Much more going on than in Leonardo s last supper ii Less concerned with the features of people and more with the activity going on iii Less concerned with naturalism iv Loud v Judas doesn t have a halo is on opposite side of the bench Early Ren 13th 14th birth childhood Mid 14th early 15th childhood young adult High late 15th 16th adulthood Mannerism old age and decline
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