1495-1520 The High Renaissance: Leonardo and Raphael

The High Renaissance produced a cluster of extraordinary geniuses named ______ all of whom worked in Rome in this period.

Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo

Visual art was raised to the status formerly held only by ______ in the High Renaissance.

poetry

Leading artistic centers of Italy in the High Renaissance were…

Florence and Rome

Name 4 paintings by Leonardo da Vinci.

• The Last Supper

• The Mona Lisa

• The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne”

• The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant John"

The Last Supper (artist)

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper (date)

1495-1498

The Last Supper (material)

oil and tempera on plaster

The Last Supper (location)

Refectory/dining hall, Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

The Last Supper (patron)

Ludovico Sforza

Compare Leonardo’s “Last Supper” with Ghirlandaio’s …

• Judas

  • leans back

  • shadow

  • salt shaker knocked over

  • left handed

• Peter

  • holds a knife

• Christ

  • right hand downward gesture of judgement toward Judas

  • left hand open gesture

• Thomas

  • finger

The Mona Lisa (artist)

Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa (year)

1503-1505

The Mona Lisa (material)

oil on wood

The Mona Lisa (location)

Florence

The Mona Lisa (details)

• diagonal position with head facing the viewer (became the way to paint portraits)

• interested in anatomy of the facial expression

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (artist)

Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (year)

1510

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (location)

Florence

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (details)

• Example of sfumato

• interesting when compared with the cartoon…

sfumato

a smoke-like haziness that subtly softens outlines in painting; particularly applied to the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John (artist)

Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John (year)

1505-1507

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John (material)

charcoal and white on brown paper

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John (location)

Milan

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John (details)

• Example of a cartoon

• Interesting when compared to the painting…

cartoon

a full-sized preliminary drawing from which a fresco, oil painting or tapestry is made

Theology, Disputation over the Sacrament (artist)

• Raphael

Theology, Disputation over the Sacrament (date)

1510-1511

Theology, Disputation over the Sacrament (location)

Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome

Theology, Disputation over the Sacrament (material)

fresco

Philosophy, The School of Athens (artist)

Raphael

Philosophy, The School of Athens (date)

1510-1511

Philosophy, The School of Athens (location)

Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome

Philosophy, The School of Athens (material)

fresco

Stanza della Segnatura

room intended to serve as a study and library for Julius II which Raphael famously painted frescoes in

refectory

room where meals are served, especially in a college or other institution