Artistic+Renaissance

Emi Wong

//**Describe the emotions and ideas behind arts during the Renaissance period. Give specific examples of artists and their works. **//

Basic Background Information (can be used as CD's, probably in the first paragraph): Renaissance Artists' primary goal was to imitate nature (naturalism). They also attempted to portray stressed human bodies, especially with the use of nudity.

Beginning of the Artistic Renaissance Period:

6. Donato de Donatello 9. Fillippo Brunelleschi
 * 1) Giotto - he began the naturalism goal
 * 2) This was later taken up by Masaccio, who used monumental figures - a new realistic style of painting. Some say it has a mathematical side
 * 3) Sandro Botticelli
 * (4) reflected Greek and Roman mythology in his work
 * (5) //Primavera// or //Spring//
 * (7) studied Roman statues of antiquity
 * (8) created the life size nude sculpture of David
 * (10) friends with Donatello; went to Rome
 * (11) architecture; new interior of church
 * (12) Cathedral of Florence

High Renaissance Period (1480-1520)

7. Raphael 12. Michelangelo 18. Donato Bramante
 * 1) Artists created a new environment
 * 2) They mastered new techniques for science observations
 * 3) Leonardo da Vinci
 * (4) studied everything, and dissected human bodies to learn more about anatomy
 * (5) hoped to reveal an inner person's life
 * (6) //Last Supper//
 * (8) was known as a great painter from age 25
 * (9) known for Madonnas
 * (10) shows harmony, classic world of Greek and Rome
 * (11) //School of Athens//
 * (13) painter, sculptor, and architect
 * (14) influenced by Neoplatonism
 * (15) figures and bodies were God-like
 * (16) //David// made of marble. 14 ft tall
 * (17) Sistine Chapel in Rome
 * (19) hired by Pope Julius II; designed St. Peter's
 * (20) Tempietto (little temple) had Doric columns, enclosed by a dome - architectural ideas of the High Renaissance

Northern Artistic Renaissance

6. Albrecht Durer
 * 1) Gothic cathedrals with stained glass windows
 * 2) Jan Van Eyck
 * (3) first to use oil paints, which enabled artists to use a varied range of colors and make changes to create fine details
 * (4) //Giovanno Arnolfini and His Bride//
 * (5) prime example of Northern Renaissance - focused on naturalism, but realistically with accurate portrayal of details. Also, great emphasis on emotional intensity of religious feeling and devotional art in their altar pieces
 * (7) tried to create harmony in his works; careful examination in the human form
 * (8) //Adoration of the Magi//

Music in the Renaissance


 * 1) Guillaume Dufay - first to use secular tunes to replace Gregorian chants
 * 2) In Italy and France, the chief form of secular music was the madrigal - poem set to music. Usually 12 line poems written in the vernacular

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