renaissance Flashcards
Renaissance is a _____ word which means _____
french Renaissance, meaning “rebirth”;
Renaissance comes from the italian word
Rinascimento, from re- “again” and nascere “be born”)
Rinascimento is
italian word, re- “again” and nascere “be born”)
re means- and
“again”
nascere means
“be born”
a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life in the early modern period.
Renaissance
it encompassed a revival of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.
Renaissance
Renaissance scholars employed this method in the study
humanist method
Renaissance scholars searched for
realism and human emotion in art.
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo inspired the term
“Renaissance men”
who inspired the term “Renaissance men”
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
Renaissance art will reflect values of Renaissance humanism and be based on classical models:
1) stresses proportion, balance, harmony,
2) reintroduces the nude human figure,
3) represents a heroic vision of human beings, humans as the focus of attention.
THREE PERIODS of Renaissance Art:
Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
Mannerism Period
period of R.A simple, pretty, gesture & expression
Early Renaissance
Early Renaissance YEAR
(14th-15th C. )
period of R.A painting was on man & nature in Fresco technique
Early Renaissance
Michaelangelo STYLE
contrapuesto-twists
period of R.A center in Florence, Venice & Rome
High Renaissance
period of R.A painting style – deepening of pictorial space, making the sky more dramatic with dark clouds & flashes of light
High Renaissance
High Renaissance YEAR
(16th cent)
contrapuesto-twists
Michaelangelo STYLE
FAMOUS PAINTERS DURING THIS TIME WERE Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio & Michaelangelo
Mannerism Period
period of R.A subject matter: human figure with the use of oil painting & color
Mannerism Period
period of R.A colors were sumptuous, warm & sensual
Mannerism Period
