[E.2] HIGH RENAISSANCE (copy)

High Renaissance

Represented a culmination and a convergence of talent. Style of Italian renaissance art and architecture characterized by emphasis on draftsmanship, the illusion of sculptural volume in painting and in building. Its capital was scattered in Milan, Florence and Rome

Late 15th to Early 16th Century

When was the high renaissance period?

High Renaissance

Coincided with the time various people had successful voyages around the world; discovering that the earth is round

True

True or false: High renaissance architecture is more accurate to the classical details and used less planar classicism compared to the early renaissance period

Great Protestant Revolution

A revolution that started to question the church and their teachings

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Best known as a Florentine painter, but everything else as well. Attempted to unite science with art. Used sfumato

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Famous for monalisa, the last supper and madonna of the rocks

Sfumato

A modeling technique which consisted of blurring sharp outline with subtle, tonal gradations, Imparting a mysterious enigmatic quality, hinting at the subject's spiritual dimension

Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)

Trained in Florence and is best known as a painter and sculptor, but worked in architecture and wrote poetry as well. Used the knowledge to glorify god. He created a style which laid the foundation for baroque-mannerism. He saw painting as the lowest form of art and preferred sculpture instead

Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564)

Famous for the Sistine chapel ceiling, the holy family, statue of david (adult), pieta, the deposition, the last judgement, moses, creation of adam

Raphael or Rafaello Sanzio (1483-1520)

Trained in Umbria but studied in Florence. Best known as a painter but worked in architecture as well. Painted beautiful, gentle, calm women in a courteous manner

Raphael or Rafaello Sanzio (1483-1520)

Famous works include the school of athens, the marriage of the virgins, madonna and child, the transfiguration of christ, the holy family

Giorgione

Most famous of the venetian renaissance painters

Giorgione

Famous for his works tempest and sleeping venus

Titian

Leader of the 16th century venetian school of the Italian renaissance

Titian

His famous works include assumption of the virgin (assunta), the rape of europa, venus of urbino and coronation

Albrecht Durer

German painter known as LEONARDO OF THE NORTH. He produced more than a thousand woodcuts and engravings

Albrecht Durer

Famous works include apocalyps, st. jerome in his study, 4 apostles, adam and eve

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Greatest Flemish painter of the 16th c. flemish/dutch renaissance painter and printmaker known for hid landscapes and peasant scenes. He was a member of an affluent family but immersed his self with the poor

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Famous for his works peasant wedding, hunters in the snow, the blind leading the blind

Circle

Dominant motif of the high renaissance

Tempietto

Means small temple, it marked the spot of st. peter's crucifixion. Just 15 ft. in diameter, it harmonized a bas, a drum, a dome and a whole entablature

Donato Bramante

Who designed the Tempietto?

Donato Bramante

Redesigned st. peter's basilica during the high renaissance

Capitoline Hill

Composed of the palace of the senate, the conservatory and the capitoline museum where the statue of marcus aurelius stood. The plan is said to follow the structure of the human figure

Michaelangelo

Who designed the Capitoline Hill?

Staricase

High renaissance architecture used [answer] in front of a building’s facade