Renaissance Art

• Schools / Movements:
o THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE (1250-1550).
o NORTHERN RENAISSANCE (1400 – 1600).
o THE BAROQUE ERA (1600-1700).
o THE AGE OF ELEGANCE (1700-1780).
o Mannerism (1500)
 • THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

• Information:
New Techniques in Painting:

o Perspective: 3-D effects on a 2-dimensional surface.

o Chiaroscuro: use of dark and light colors to create the illusion of depth.
o Faces of subjects expressed unique individual characteristics (embodied Renaissance
ideal of “individualism”).
o More Emotion was shown on human faces.
o Sfumato developed by Leonardo da Vinci; a technique of blurring or softening sharp
outlines.

Sculpture:

o Was often free-standing, designed to be seen in the round.

o Heavily influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.
o Many sculptures glorified the human body and many portrayed nude figures (like
works in ancient Greece and Rome).
o Like Renaissance painting, many Renaissance sculptures glorified the individual.
Architecture:
o Utilized ancient Greek and Roman forms such as Greek temple architecture, Greek
columns, Roman arches, and domes.
o Simplicity, symmetry, and balance.
o Contrasted sharply with the highly- ornamented gothic style of the Middle Ages of
pointed arches, columns below.
• Main characteristics:
o Realism & Expression: First nudes since classical times.
o Perspective: First use of linear perspective.
o Classicism:
o Greco-Roman influence.
o Secularism.
o Humanism.
o Individualism free standing figures.
o Symmetry/Balance.
o Emphasis on Individualism.
o Geometrical Arrangement of figures.
o Artists as Personalities/Celebrities: Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors,
and Architects.
o ‫استخدام النور والظل‬
o ‫تنعيم الحدود الخارجية‬
‫كانو بيهتمو بجسم االنسان ر‬
o ‫اكت من وشه‬
o ‫استخدام صور عارية‬
‫ر‬
o ‫وكونتاست‬ ‫وايت وشايد اند شادو‬
o ‫تجسيم وتفاصيل‬
o ‫نسب جميلة ودقة التعبت‬
‫ر‬
o ‫الكونتاست بدأ يظهر بشكل كبت‬
o ‫بيعمل اناليس للهيومان فيجرز والحركة بتاعتها وااليموشت وتفاصيل الشعر‬
o Hidden quoutes )‫معان خفية‬ ‫( ي‬
‫ر‬
o ‫ بوينت بريسبكتف‬1 ‫احتامه لل‬

• Artists:
o Filippo Brunelleschi.
o Lorenzo Ghiberti.
o Donatello.
o Masaccio.
o Bramante.
o Leonardo da Vinci.
o ‫الوانه غامقة‬
o Raphael.
o ‫النسان دايما‬
‫ي‬ ‫الوانه فاتحه وفيه العنرص‬
o ‫الوان مبهجة‬
o ‫بتسم التماثيل بتفاصيلها‬
o
o Michelangelo Buonorrati.
 • THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

• Information:
o None.

• Main characteristics:
o Focus on religion.
o Observation and Obsession.
o Early Landscapes.
o Inventive Fantasies.
o Court Portraits and Miniatures.
o Close to the Land.
o ‫ بوينت بريسبكتف بسبب الالندسكيب‬2 ‫ابتدا يتطور لل‬
o ‫غي حقيقية‬
‫مشاهد ر‬

• Artists:
o None.
 • THE BAROQUE ERA
• Information:
o None.

• Main characteristics:
o Close to the Land.
o Heightened Drama and Tension.
o Distortion of Form.
o Dramatic Light and shade.
o Voluptuous Nudes.
o French Neo-Classicism.
o Character Studies and Royal Portraits.
o A Feeling for Humanity.
o Inner Truth laid bare.
o Still Life Painting.
o Dutch Landscapes.
o Distortion of the form )‫(بيشوهو االبعاد‬
o ‫الوان غامقة واضاءة دراماتيك‬
o ‫لوح درامية‬
o ‫ربيسمو لوحة جوا اللوحة احيانا‬
o ‫فقر شديد‬
o ‫مواضيع مختلفة الفنان بيعمل مواضيع هو عايزها‬
o ‫بدأ يخرج عن االنسان أحيانا‬

• Artists:
o None.
 • THE AGE OF ELEGANCE

• Information:
o None.

• Main characteristics:
o Domestic Intimacy.
o French Rococo.
o Frills and Fancies
o The Venetian Approach.
o Social Satire.
o Simplicity and Stillness.
o Capturing Animals.
o The Art of Careful calculation.
o ‫تفاصيل عائلية وداخلية‬
o ‫ بوينت بريسبكتف‬2
o ‫معي‬
‫ ألكشن ر‬pause ‫بياخد‬
o ‫تطرق للحيوانات وبق يف مواضيع كاملة متعلقة بالحيوانات فقط‬

• Artists:
o None.
 • Mannerism

• Information:
o None.

• Main characteristics:
o formality, balance, restraint.
o emphasis on decorative design.
o extravagant use of bright colors and abstract design.
o distorted human figures and unnatural lighting effects.
o simplicity in human figures similar to Gothic sculpture.

• Artists:
o None.
Some terms/individuals to remember
Mannerism
Contrapposto
Sfumato
Chiaroscuro
Characteristics of Renaissance Painting
Gio o
Bo celli
Michelangelo
Leonardo Da Vinci
Masaccio
Durer
Di erences between Italian and Northern Renaissance Artists
Raphael
Van E c