xiii. high renaissance (late 15th- early 16th c)

High Renaissance

represented a culmination and a convergence of talent. style of italian renaissance art abd 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

leonardo da vinci

1452-1519. best known as a florentine painter, but everything else as well. attempted to unite science ith art. used sfumato. 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, impartibg 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 styke which laid the foundation for baroque-mannerism. sistine chapel ceiling, the holy family, statue of david (adult), pieta, the deposition, the last judgement, moses, creation of adam.

he saw painting as the lowest form of art and preferred sculpture instead

raphael or rafaello sanzio

1483-1520. trained in umbria but studied in florence. best known as a painter but worked in architecture as well. oaineted beautiful, gentle, calm women in a courteous manner.

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. famous for his works tempest and sleeping venus

titian

leader of the 16th century venetian school of the italian renaissance. 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. 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.

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

circle

dominant motif of the high renaissance

tempietto

by donato bramante. 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

redesigned st. peter's basilica during the high renaissance

capitoline hill

by michelangelo. composed of the palace of the senate, the conservatory and the capitoline museum where the statue of marcus aurelius stood. it is said to be a structure of the human figure