AHS - High Renaissance in Italy, Early 16th Century

EXAM 2

High Renaissance

Greater realism, increased interest in classism and increased interest in psychology

Giorgio Vasari

First art historian

Chiaroscuro

Dramatic shading, 3D quality

Leonardo da Vinci

Perfectionist, many unfinished works, careful notebooks, mirror writing, anatomy

Sfumato

Misty-haze around figures, glowing look

Leonardo da Vinci, “Embryo in the Womb”

Leonardo da Vinci, “The Vitruvian Man”

Leonardo da Vinci, “Virgin and Child with St. Anne”

Leonardo da Vinci, “Ginevra de’ Benci”

Leonardo da Vinci, “The Mona Lisa”

Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci, “Copy of the Mona Lisa” (Prado version)

Leonardo da Vinci, “The Last Supper”

Laocoon (Ancient Greece) inspiration for Michelangelo

Michelangelo, “David”

Michelangelo, “The Medici Tomb”

Michelangelo, “Lorenzo de Medici” (in Medici Tomb)

Michelangelo, “Giuliano de Medici” (in Medici Tomb)

Michelangelo, “Dusk and Dawn” (in Medici Tomb)

Michelangelo, “Day and Night” (in Medici Tomb)

Who commissioned the Sistine Chapel Ceiling?

Pope Julius II

Ignudi

Male nude figures, filler figures, help religious figures

Sibyls

Female Prophets

Michelangelo, “The Sistine Chapel Ceiling”

Michelangelo, “God Creating the World” (Sistine Chapel)

Michelangelo, “God Creating Adam” (Sistine Chapel)

Michelangelo, “The Last Judgment” (Sistine Chapel, over the altar)

Who commissioned “The Last Judgment” by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel?

Pope Paul III

Michelangelo, “Charon and the River Styx”

Martin Luther

Reformation leader who saw many problems with the church and the sale of “indulgences.” He wrote the 95 Theses and split the Christian beliefs.

Raphael, “The Stanza Della Segnatura” (Library of Pope Julius II)

Raphael, “The School of Athens”

Raphael, Heraclitus (mathematician), “School of Athens”

Raphael, “Crucification

Raphael, “The Sistine Madonna”

Raphael, “Madonna of the Meadows”

(Christ child and John the Baptist)