Fine Arts - Italian Renaissance

Linear Perspective

a graphic system that showed artists how to create the illusion of depth and volume on a flat surface.

Who invented the printing press?

Johannes Gutenberg

When was the printing press made?

middle 15th Century

Arial Perspective

The use of hue, value, and intensity to show distance in a painting

How does Masaccio's fresco, The Tribute Money, use arial perspective?

The landforms and objects in the back of the fresco have bright colors, while the colors of the people and objects are darker.

What were the reasons did not go into art during the Renaissance

The had duties around the house and they were not able to learn the necessary traits required to enter and create art.

The medici family

controlled banking empire, generous patrons of the fine arts.

Michelangelo

(1475-1564) An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.

How were Greek and Roman paintings incorporated during this time?

Paintings, sculpture, and architecture

What were the characteristics of Greek and Roman paintings?

Depth and form replaced the flat, two-dimensional surfaces perspective and modeling in light and making the shade achieve realistic appearances.

What were the characteristics of sculpture in Greece and Rome?

There was a concern for realism, and the figures moved freely and naturally in space.

When did the Gothic style get abandoned?

The Italian Renaissance

What were the characteristics of Roman and Greek architecture?

Carefully proportioned, balanced, and elegant throughout buildings.

Made hundreds of books

Printing Press

What obstacles did women have to face during the Renaissance period?

Being excluded from the arts, household work, and wife and mother responsibilities

works of ancient Greek and Roman writers, religious books, and volumes of poetry and prose.

The Mass production capability allowed these works to be possible

foreshortening

drawing figures or objects according to the rules of perspective so that they appear to recede or protrude into three-dimensional space

At what point were women artists finally able to make a name for themselves?

After the peak of the Renaissance period

Development of Renaissance Style

developed techniques that brought an exciting new vitality to paintings and sculptures.

What job were women required to spend long periods in?

apprenticeship

Women's involvement in art was...

limited

Who controlled the banks in Florence and was a supporter of the arts?

The Medici family

What was the Middle Ages/Renaissance shift?

The shift was from the search for medieval salvation to a humanist focus based on the culture of ancient Greece and Rome.

How did Sofonisba Anguissola gain popularity?

Her father shared her artwork with lots of people including famous artists.

They embraced Greco-Roman belief that an individual has dignity and worth.

Humanism

What did Humanists embrace?

They embraced Greco-Roman belief that an individual has dignity and worth.

What did artists want to capture in their works?

Lifelike appearances

What was Sofonisba Anguissola's major accomplishment?

She painted portraits of the royal family in Madrid.

What would happen if their duties did not occupy all their time?

If they did not occupy all their time, they were required to join their husbands in the chores awaiting them in the fields.

What were women's responsibilities?

Their first responsibilities were those of wife and mother.

How did Humanism influence art?

It made artist look back at the works of Greece and Rome.

Who was Sofonisba Anguissola?

the first Italian woman to gain a worldwide reputation as an artist.

What were women expected to do at home?

They were expected to tend to duties within the household

What impact did the printing press have?

mass-production capability made available works of ancient Greek and Roman writers, religious books, and volumes of poetry and prose.

What was the most important contribution of the Italian Renaissances?

The Printing Press

How did Masaccio's fresco The Tribute Money use Linear Perspective

he slanted the lines of the building to lead the viewer's eye deeper into the picture.