HY 102 Lecture 36: The Italian Renaissance - ch 12
30 May 2018
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I.The Italian Renaissance: Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
A. General tendencies
1. Laws of linear perspective were discovered in the fifteenth century
2. Experimented with the effects of light and shade (chiaroscuro)
3. Careful studies of human anatomy
4. Growth of lay patronage opened the door to nonreligious themes and subjects
5. Delighting the intellect and the eye
6. Oil does not dry quickly, allowing the painter to make changes
B. Renaissance painting in Florence
1. Masaccio (1401-1428)
a. "Giotto reborn"
b. Paintings imitated nature
c. Employed perspective and chiaroscuro
2. Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
. Classical and Christian subjects
a. Allegory of Spring and Birth of Venus
i. Allegories compatible with Christian teachings
ii. Ancient gods and goddesses represent various Christian virtues
3. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
. Personified the "Renaissance Man"
a. Painter, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, and artist
b. Patronage of Lorenzo the Magnificent
c. Worked slowly—had difficulty finishing projects
d. Left Florence for Milan and the Sforzas (1482-1499)
e. A "camera eye" for what he painted
f. The worship of nature and the essential divinity in all things
g. The Virgin of the Rocks
. Passion for science, the universe as a well-ordered place
h. The Last Supper
. A study of psychological reactions
i. Mona Lisa and Ginevra de Benci
4. The Venetian School
. Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516)
a. Giorgione (1478-1510)
b. Titian (c. 1490-1576)
c. Characteristics
. Their art reflected the luxurious life of Venice
i. Their aim was to appeal to the senses, not the mind
ii. A mirror of the tastes of wealthy merchants
5. Painting in Rome
. Raphael (1483-1520)
. Native of Urbino
i. Portrayals of man as temperate, wise, and dignified
ii. Influenced by Leonardo
iii. Disputà and the School of Athens
a. Michelangelo (1475-1564)
. An idealist, embraced Neoplatonism
i. Painter, sculptor, architect, and poet
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