High Renaissance Art

the famous guys

humanism
classicism
- allegory
- geometric composition
more dynamic, tension
counterpoise
cross-currents
balanced compositions
complete and self-contained painting/work of art
art based on design vs color (see Venetian art)
figure:
- idealism, ideal beauty
- interest in anatomy of figure
- contrapposto
- tension in figure, figure sepentinata
- modeling and lighting (introduce chiaroscuro and sfumato light and dark)
grand, tough, strong
sculptural
- roundness and depth
EXAMPLES: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante

Leonardo da Vinci Embryo in the Womb drawing Windsor Castle, Royal Library 1510
Leonardo da Vinci The Virgin of the Rocks Louvre, Paris 1485
Leonardo da Vinci The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John cartoon National Gallery, London 1498
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Louvre, Paris 1503-1505 ***see Ghirlandaio's Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper Santa maria delle Grazie, Milan oils on wall 1495-1498 ***see Andrea del Castagno's Last Supper
Michelangelo Buonarroti David marble Accademia, Florence 1501-1504 ***see Donatello's and Verrocchio's Davids
Michelangelo Buonarroti Moses for the Tomb of Pope Julius II San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome 1513-1515
Michelangelo Buonarroti Rebellious Slave intended for Tomb of Pope Julius II Louvre, Paris 1513-1516
Michelangelo Buonarroti Dying Slave intended for Tomb of Pope Julius II Louvre, Paris 1513-1516
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican 1508-1512
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Last Judgement fresco Sistine Chapel altar, Vatican 1533-1541
Raphael Galatea Villa Farnesina, Rome 1513
Raphael The School of Athens fresco Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican 1509-1511
Donato Bramante Palazzo Caprini Rome c. 1510 (now destroyed)
Donato Bramante Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio Rome 1504

VOCAB

Neoplatonism
allegory
oil painting
sfumato
schiaroscuro
cartoon
classicism
Hellenistic Art
Expressionism
figura serpentinata
terribilita - 'fearfulness', associated with Michelangelo
Pope Julius II
martyrium
plasticity

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