ART 1001 Lecture : Lecture 10 Notes
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High renaissance is the period marked by some of the most outstanding artistic talent in history: Mythology=stories about the gods and heroes of classical antiquity. Multiple talents: military engineering, geography, anatomy, sculpture and painting. Example for atmospheric perspective sfumato (soft-focus, misty atmosphere, similar to atmospheric perspective) Nepotism: church posts for members of his own family. Council of trente (1545-1563): convince believers with splendor of churches. Stanza della segnatura = room of the signature; papal library. Epitome of high renaissance style; influence leonardo and michelangelo. Trade in the mediterranean, near and even the far east (marco polo) Sacra conversazione = conversation of saints and biblical figures across the ages. French 18th-centuryrococo art: f te champ tre(figures enjoying themselves in the ) Established conventions for portraits of reclining female nudes. Carved from a single giant block of marble. Tense, muscular bodies, idealized proportions, heroic nudity rendered in white marble.
