ARTS OF RENAISSANCE PERIOD

RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1400-1600)

• Renaissance-was the period of economic progress. The period stirred enthusiasm

for study of ancient philosophy and artistic values.
• Italian Renaissance began in the late 14th century. It was an era of great artistic
and intellectual achievement with the birth of secular art.
• Renaissance art was characterized by accurate anatomy , scientific perspective,
and deeper landscape.
• Renaissance painters depicted real-life figures and their sculpture and balance.
FAMOUS RENAISSANCE ARTWORKS
AND ARTIST AND THEIR SCULPTURE
 MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI
(1475-1564)

Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor,

painter, architect, and poet. He was
considered the greatest living artist in his
lifetime, and ever since then he was
considered as one of the greatest artists of
all time. A number of his works in
paintings, sculpture, and architecture rank
among the famous in existence.
 PIETA
• Pieta, is the portrayal of pain that had always been connected with the idea of redemption as
represent by the seated Madonna holding Christ’s body in her arms.
• Michelangelo convinces himself and his spectators of the divine quality and the significance of these
figures by means of earthly and perfect beauty, but of course, these are human standards.
DAVID
 DAVID

• It is a 5.17-metre (17.0 ft) marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue
represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence. Originally
commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the
roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was placed instead in a public
square, outside the Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of civic government in Florence, in the
Piazza della Signoria where it was unveiled on September 8th, 1504.

• The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza
della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue
 BACCHUS(1496-1497)
 Is a marble sculpture. The statue is
somewhat over-sized and depicts Bacchus
the Roman god of wine, in a reeling pose
suggestive of drunkenness.
 Bacchus is depicted with rolling eyes. Sitting
behind him is a faun, who eats the bunch of
grapes slipping out of Bacchus's left hand.
With its swollen breast and abdomen, both
the slenderness of a young man and the
fleshiness and roundness of woman are
portrayed.
 DYING SLAVE-IN
• Dying Slave seems to be sinking into a deep sleep. Far from dying, the figure in
Michelangelo’s Dying Slave seems to be abandoning himself to the effects of an intoxicant.
Little resistance is shown in the silky contours of the arched back, extended left arms, and
relaxed abdomen.
• Michelangelo visualized the figures as imprisoned in the huge blocks of marble, and only by
carefully removing the excess stone could he free them. In their creation, and in their final
impact, the two slaves may symbolized the soul’s struggle against the bonds of temptation and
sin.
DYING SLAVE-IN
DAWN

Dawn is the only female nude Michelangelo

ever sculpted. A youthfully smooth, yet powerful
body turns towards the observer. He features
are by no means serene: the dark eyes are
deep set in their shadowy sickest. She wears a
turban and a band around her chest in the style
of slaves’ garments.
 DUSK
• In the spirit of an allegory of time, the deceased were coupled with
figures representing the times of the day whose gender was determined by
Italian grammar, The thoughtful figures of Dusk and Dawn are endowed
with soft outlines as they gracefully adorn the edge of the sarcophagus.
DUSK AND DAWN
 LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI (1452-
1519)
• Leonardo Da Vinci-was a painter,
architect, scientist, and mathematician. He
was popularized in present times through
the novel and movie, “Da Vinci Code.”
• He is known as the ultimate “Renaissance
man” because of his intellect, interest,
talent, and his expression of humanist and
classical values.
 THE LAST SUPPER
(the most reproduced religious painting of all time)

The Last Supper is a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci

in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. It is one of
the world's most famous paintings.
 MONA LISA
(the most famous and most parodied portrait)

• The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait

of a woman by the Italian artist
Leonardo da Vinci, which has been
acclaimed as "the best known, the most
visited, the most written about, the
most sung about, the most parodied
work of art in the world
THE VIRTRUVIAN MAR
The Vitruvian Mar is a pen and ink drawing done on paper
with a wash over metal-point accompanied by handwritten
notes. In the drawing , two male figures are superimposed
upon each other. The figures are shown with arms and legs
extended in differing degrees of extension. One figure
shows the legs slightly apart and the arms extended straight
out from the shoulders. The other figure shows the legs
moderately spread and the arms extended partway above
the shoulders. In both figures, the head and torso are
completely superimposed. The male figures are inscribed
within a circle and a square, showing the geometric
proportion of the human body.
 THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI
From the Matthean Vulgate Latin section A Magis Adoratur is the name traditionally given to
the subject in the Nativity if Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings,
especially in the West, having found Jesus by following star, lay before him gifts of gold,
frankincense, and myrrh, and worship him. On entering the house, they saw the child with
Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage.
VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
 VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS

Is the name used for two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, of the same subject,
and of a composition which is identical except for several significant details. The
version generally considered the prime version, that is the earlier of the two,
hangs in The Louvre in Paris and the other in the National Gallery, London. The
paintings are both nearly 2 metres (over 6 feet) high and are painted in oils.
Both paintings show the Madonna and Child Jesus with the infant John
the Baptist and an angel, in a rocky setting which gives the paintings
their usual name.
 RAFFAELLO SANZIO DA URBINO
URBINO(Raphael) (1483-1520)

Raphael was an Italian painter and

architect of the High Renaissance Period.
His works was admired for its clarity of
forms and ease of composition and for its
visual achievement of interpreting the
Divine and incorporating Christian
doctrines.
THE SISTINE MADONNA

The Madonna holds her child as she floats on

a swirling carpet of clouds, she is flanked by
St.Sixtus and St. Barbara. At the fort of the
painting are two angels (cherubs) who gaze in
wistfull contemplation. There has been lots of
speculation about the sadness, or even
petrified expressions on the face of the Virgin
and the infant Jesus.
THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS
Refers to a famous fresco painted by Raphael in
the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The fresco
was painted between 1510 and 1511 and is one
of four frescoes painted by Raphael in the rooms
now known as the “Stanze di Raffaello”. School of
Athens was the second fresco completed in the
room and depicts Raphael’s interpretation of
philosophy as a branch of knowledge. Showing a
gathering of Greek philosophers engaged in
various activities, the fresco is considered a prime
example of High Renaissance art and considered
Raphael's masterpiece.
THE TRANSFIGURATION

The transfiguration of Jesus is an event

reported in the New Testament when Jesus
is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory
upon a mountain.
It was Raphael’s last painting on which he
worked on up to his death.
 DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO BARDI
(Donatello) (1386-1466)

Was an early Renaissance sculptor from Florence.

He is known for his work in bas-relief, a form of
shallow relief sculpture. He studied classical
sculpture, and used this to develop a fully
Renaissance style in sculpture, whose periods in
Rome. He worked in stone, bronze, wood, clay,
stucco and wax, and had several assistants, with
four perhaps being a typical number. Though his
best-known works were mostly statues in the round,
he developed a new, very shallow, type of bas-
relief for small works, and a good deal of his output
was larger architectural reliefs.
DAVID STATUE
• David is the title of two statues of
the biblical hero David by the
Italian early Renaissance sculptor
Donatello. They consist of an early
work in marble of a clothed figure
(1408-09), and a far more
famous bronze figure that is nude
between its helmet and boots, and
dates to the 1430s or later. Both
are now in the Museo Nazionale
del Bargello in Florence.
 STATUE OF ST.GEORGE

• Donatello carved his statue of St. George for the guild

of armorers and sword makers in Florence. Like
the statue of St. Mark, the statue of St. George was
destined for the guild’s niche in the building
of Orsanmichele. Because the guild was of
average size, it could only afford a statue of marble,
rather than of bronze.
• St. George was the patron saint of the armorer’s guild
and was known as a military figure, one who was well-
known in the Byzantine East, but who was also known
by the Crusaders who battled Muslim forces in the Holy
Land.
 EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT OF GATTAMELATA
Is a sculpture by Italian early Renaissance
artist Donatello, dating from 1453 located in
the Piazza del Santo in Padua, Italy, today. It
portrays the Renaissance condottiero Erasmo
da Narni, known as "Gattamelata", who
served mostly under the Republic of Venice,
which ruled Padua at the time.
 PROPHET HABACUC
• Lo Zuccone is a marble statue that depicts the
Biblical prophet Habakkuk. It was a commissioned
work for the Duomo in Florence and was
completed between 1423-1425.

The name Zuccone originated from the long and

angular shape of the figure's head and translates
in Italian as "pumpkin." The spectacularly life-like
statue is fraught with tension and clad in the
flowing robes that are typical of most of
Donatello's prophets. His face is tilted slightly
down which gives the figure a humble expression
upon his gaunt face.
THE FEAST OF HEROD
• The Feast of Herod is a bronze relief
sculpture created by Donatello circa 1427.
It appears on the baptistry of the Siena
Cathedral in Italy. It is one of Donatello's
earliest relief sculptures, and his first
bronze relief.
• The Feast of Herod is a bronze panel (60
by 60 centimeters) made by Donatello
around 1427. Donatello tells the story of
John the Baptist's death in the sculpture.
It shows John the Baptist's head getting
served to King Herod by his assassin.
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