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Last Supper
1495-98
Milan, Italy
Oil and Tempera on plasterĀ
Leonardo da VinciĀ
Sfumato: smokey hazeĀ
Location: one end of a monkās dining hallĀ
Judas holds a bag of gold, proving his betrayalĀ
Geometry and balance beginsĀ
1 point perspective: a vanishing point
Sistine Chapel ceiling
1508-1512
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Michelangelo
FrescoesĀ
Patron: the PopeĀ
Tells many, many stories in horizontal registers
Sistine Chapel altar wall
1534-1541
Vatican City, Rome, ItalyĀ
Michelangelo
FrescoesĀ
Patron: the PopeĀ
Large, chaotic crowdsĀ
Shows resurrection, also hellĀ
School of Athens
1509-1511
Vatican City, Rome, ItalyĀ
RaphaelĀ
FrescoĀ
Patron: Pope Julius 2
Plato and (his student) Aristotle (in middle)
Venus of Urbino
1538Ā
VeniceĀ
TitianĀ
Oil on canvas
Patron: the Duke of UrbinoĀ
Ladies in the back are getting clothes for nude lady
Made for male gaze
Direct gaze, contemporary interior, upper class (servants)
Glazing: multiple layers of thin coats of paint (10-15)Ā
Balanced compositionĀ
Marriage portrait? Painterly seduction?Ā