Mannerism - Pine-Richland School District
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Mannerism - Pine-Richland School District
1 The Renaissance 1 The Renaissance The 15th century artistic developments in Italy (for example, the interest in perspectival systems and in depicting anatomy) matured during the 16th century, accounting for the designations “Early Renaissance” and “High Renaissance” (respectively). Although no singular style characterizes the High Renaissance, the art of those most closely associated with this period: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian – exhibits an astounding mastery, both technical and aesthetic. High Renaissance artists created works of such authority that generations of later artists relied on these artworks for instruction. These exemplary artistic creations further elevated the prestige of artists. Artists could claim divine inspiration, thereby raising visual art to a status formerly only given to poetry. Thus, painters, sculptors, and architects came into their own, successfully claiming for their work a high position among the fine arts. In a sense, 16th century masters created a new profession with its own rights of expression and its own venerable character. From: GARDNER’S Art Through The Ages 2 Map of Rome 3 The Renaissance Italian Renaissance 1453: Constantinople falls to the Turks 1436: Duomo is dedicated in Florence Proto-Renaissance 1300’s (14th Century) 1590: St. Peters Basilica dedicated in Rome 1512: the Medici return to Florence 1494: the Medici are driven out of Florence 1400’s Early Renaissance (15th Century) 1492: Columbus discovers America 1451: Germany: Gutenberg invents the Printing Press High Renaissance / Mannerism 1600’s 1500’s (16th Century) 1517: Germany: Reformation Martin Luther’s 95 Theses (192 - 337) Baroque (17th Century) 1666:London, England: The Great Fire Northern Renaissance 4 High Renaissance Leonardo Michelangelo Raphael 5 (Donatello: Early Renaissance) Leonardo Michelangelo Raphael 6 Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) 7 7 Leonardo da Vinci Self Portrait (?) This red chalk drawing has largely determined our idea of Leonardo’s appearance for it was long take to be his only authentic self portrait. Nowadays it is thought to be a fake, or at best a copy. 8 High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: Vetruvian Man, 1490 [Proportions of the Human Body] (Sketch: Pen and ink on paper) {Venice, Accademia} (Apprenticeship: Florence 1469 - 1482 Under Andrea del Verrocchio) 9 (Court Artist: Milan 1487 - 1490) High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last Supper, c. 1495 - 1498 Oil and tempera on plaster, 29’ 10” X 13’ 9” [Refrectory: Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan] 10 (Court Artist: Milan 1487 - 1490) High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last Supper, c. 1495 - 1498 Oil and tempera on plaster, 29’ 10” X 13’ 9” [Refrectory: Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan] 10 Leonardo Da Vinci, Studies for The Last Supper c. 1495 {Windsor Castle, England} *read: Pg. 639: Disegno 11 High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: Mona Lisa, (c. 1503-05) *now thought: 1519 Oil on wood ~2’ 6” X 1’ 9” {Louvre, Paris} 12 High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: Mona Lisa, (c. 1503-05) *now thought: 1519 Oil on wood ~2’ 6” X 1’ 9” {Louvre, Paris} ‘sfumato’- (technique believed to be primarily evolved by Leonardo) numerous glazes that create an equal number of degrees of shading, with the result that the figure…seems to emerge, radiant with light, from out of the darkness. 12 The ‘Mona Lisa’ Portrait of Lisa del Giocondo (born in 1479) •Widely regarded as the most famous painting in the world •Stolen from the Louvre in 1911 by an Italian decorator and rediscovered in curious circumstances in Florence in 1913. •Often interpreted - various views have been put forward: •Not a woman at all but a self-portrait by Leonardo (as a woman?) •Or…if it is a woman, then she is suffering from syphilis, or pregnant (or both), or at the very least paralyzed down one side of her face. •Myth(s): •The piece is in bad condition, damaged, and brutally cut at the edges. (actually - it is in excellent condition) •What art historians DO know: •Lisa’s husband, Francesco (a well-to-do Florentine silk merchant) was acquainted with friends of the da Vinci family – which probably led to the commission. •In Spring of 1503 the couple bought a house and Lisa bore them a son prior to this – these were more than enough reasons to have a portrait done in 15th or 16th century Florence 13 Why is Lisa so famous? •Leonardo’s painting demonstrates various aspects of Florentine (and Umbrian) portraiture in the late 15th century (this later influenced / coincided with Flemish port.) •The piece was a trendsetter in terms of realism, form, and technique: •The subject (Lisa) comes closer to the front edge of the picture than all (known) earlier works – this smaller distance heightens the intensity of the visual impression (greater spatial depths and atmospheric intensity) •Half figure turned 2/3 towards the viewer •Balustrade with pillars connects the foreground with background landscape •Similarities between the Mona Lisa and paintings he’d done of the Madonna (common in Renaissance portraits - Virgin Mary: the ideal woman to which all aspired) •The standard portrait smile (of the day): reflection of beauty and virtue (“Lisa had married well – already in those days good grounds for smiling out into the world”) •Meticulous detail: •gossamer veil *lighting/shadow on face *intricate embroidered gown/sleeves •Major influence on Florentine painting: •Raphael adopted this schema / form of portraiture - used technique for decades •Da Vinci never delivered the portrait – he carried it with him throughout his life 14 The ‘Mona Lisa’ •Her fame has perpetuated itself: in other words – ‘she is famous because she is famous’ •Songs have been written about her (Nat King Cole) •She has been parodied ad infinitum: in art, in advertisements •Thousands of tourists visit her at the Louvre in Paris each year When pronounced in French "L.H.O.O.Q." A pun on the phrase "Elle a chaud au cul," which translates colloquially as "She is hot..." Marcel Duchamp: LHOOQ, 1919 Andy Warhol: Mona Lisa, 1963 Two Golden Monas, c. 1980 15 …but then again… •Zollner, Frank: Leonardo Da Vinci, Taschen, Cologne Germany, 2000. 16 Photoshop Link http://www.technologies.c2rmf.fr/iipimage/showcase/zoom/cop29 17 18 18 High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: Embryo in the Womb, c. 1510 - 12 (Pen and ink on paper) {Windsor Castle, England} 19 “Renaissance Man” DaVinci is best remembered as the painter of the Mona Lisa (1504) and The Last Supper (1495). But he's almost equally famous for his astonishing multiplicity of talents: he dabbled in architecture, sculpture, engineering, geology, hydraulics and the military arts, all with success, and in his spare time doodled parachutes and flying machines that resembled inventions of the 19th and 20th centuries. Da Vinci made detailed drawings of human anatomy, which are still highly regarded today. Da Vinci wrote notebook entries in code - in mirror (backwards) script, a trick that kept many of his observations from being widely known until decades after his death. It is believed that he was hiding his scientific ideas from the powerful Roman Catholic Church, whose teachings sometimes disagreed with what Leonardo saw. Leonardo's fresco of the "Last Supper" was begun in 1495 and completed by 1498. This work is now badly damaged. Leonardo's own experiments with the fresco medium account in part for its disintegration, which was already noticed by 1517. Deterioration and repeat restorations had obliterated details and individual figures. Nonetheless, the composition and general disposition of the figure reveal a power, invention and a sublimity of spiritual content that marks the painting among the world's masterpieces. In 1978, a major (and controversial) restoration was begun, and in 1994 protective airfiltration and climate-control equipment was installed. The restoration was completed in 1999, leaving the fresco brightened considerably with details clarified, but also revealing the extensive loss of the original painting. Sketch website: http://www.visi.com/~reuteler/leonardo.html 20 New York Times #1 Bestseller http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/resources.html 21 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) 22 High Renaissance: Michelangelo: Pieta, 1499 St. Peters Basilica, Vatican City: Rome, Italy (nose broken off by crazed man – now protected by glass; Michelangelo’s only signed work) 23 Return to Florence (1501-1505) High Renaissance: Michelangelo: David, 1501-04 14’ 3” high (white marble: “The Giant”) {Galleria dell’ Academia} 24 Detail: David On his return from Rome, Michelangelo found the political climate in his hometown greatly changed in the absence of the Medici. A new, more democratic government on the Venetian model had been established in 1494. A Great Council with over 3000 members now passed laws and made decisions on the awarding of civic positions…the city’s artistic life flourished once again…Michelangelo received important public commissions, the most famous of which was for his monumental David. Michelangelo was commissioned at the age of 24 to complete David. The work shows a kind of pent up energy, seems to be emotionally charged with his muscular body at once calm and tense. 25 26 High Renaissance: Michelangelo: Creation, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Panel, Vatican City: Rome, Italy 1508-1512 (fresco mural) 27 28 29 The project was physically and emotionally torturous for Michelangelo. Michelangelo recounts its effect on him with these words: "After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become." http://michelangelo-buonarroti.wikiverse.org/ 30 High Renaissance: Michelangelo: Sketches – Study for the Sybil c. 1510 (red chalk on paper) {British Museum, London} 31 High Renaissance: Michelangelo: Last Judgement, 1536 - 1541 Sistine Chapel, Back Wall, Vatican City: Rome, Italy (Fresco) 32 High Renaissance: Michelangelo: Self Portrait on the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew (Detail from Last Judgement) 33 High Renaissance: Michelangelo: Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, 1546 – 1564 (completed: 1590) 34 St. Peter's Basilica: Michelangelo's dome •Construction began in 1452 and was completed in 1626. •St. Peter's is the largest church in the world at 186 meters in length. (614’ long) •145’ tall •Pope Julius II / Pope Paul III •Michelangelo – 7th architect •The Apostle Peter (the first ‘Pope’) was martyred in Rome by Emperor Nero •Still considered the center of the Catholic Church – the most famous church in the world •Extensive study of Brunelleschi’s dome in Florence 35 36 Raphael Sanzio (1483 - 1520) 37 High Renaissance: Raphael,The School of Athens, 1510-11 Vatican, Rome: Stanza della Signatura, ~19’ X 27' (Fresco) 38 http://home.wlu.edu/~mahonj/Ancient_Philosophers/Plato&Aristotlepic.htm Detail: Plato (Leonardo) and Aristotle 39 Detail: Raphael, Self Portrait in School of Athens 40 Detail: Raphael’s Heraclitus (Michelangelo) 41 Raphael, Study for The School of Athens, c. 1510 42 High Renaissance: Raphael, Sistine Madonna, c.1513-1514 Oil on panel. 104” x 77” {Dresden Gallery, Germany} 43 Detail: Raphael, Angels from the Sistine Madonna, c.1513-1514 44 High Renaissance: Titian: Venus of Urbino, 1538. Oil on Canvas, ~4’ X 5’ 6” {Uffizi} 45 Giorgione: Sleeping Venus, c. 1510 (oil on canvas) 46 46 Edourd Manet: Olympia, c. 1863 (oil on canvas) 47 47 Mannerism: Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, c.1535 Oil on wood ~7’ 1” X 4’ 4” 6” {Uffizi} -elongated the human figure in order to make it more elegant -criticized in its time for putting too much emphasis on ‘style' Mannerism An artistic style of the late 16th century characterized by distortion of elements such as scale and perspective - put emphasis on the individual style of the artist. 48 Mannerism: Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, c.1535 Oil on wood ~7’ 1” X 4’ 4” 6” {Uffizi} -elongated the human figure in order to make it more elegant -criticized in its time for putting too much emphasis on ‘style' Mannerism An artistic style of the late 16th century characterized by distortion of elements such as scale and perspective - put emphasis on the individual style of the artist. 48 Mannerism: Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, c.1535 Oil on wood ~7’ 1” X 4’ 4” 6” {Uffizi} -elongated the human figure in order to make it more elegant -criticized in its time for putting too much emphasis on ‘style' Mannerism An artistic style of the late 16th century characterized by distortion of elements such as scale and perspective - put emphasis on the individual style of the artist. 48 Baroque "If it ain't Baroque Don't fix it!" French, from Italian barocco, imperfect pearl, and from Portuguese barroco.] adj. 1. Baroque Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasizing dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts. 2. Baroque Music. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation. 3. Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation Antonio Vivaldi: Italian composer and violinist. He is best known for his concertos, particularly The Four Seasons (1725), a set of four violin concertos. (1675-1741) 49 Baroque: Caravaggio, Bacchus 1597 (Italian) Michelangelo Carravaggio (1571-1610) •Italian painter: influenced most of the painters of his time through his use of great contrasts and theatrical lighting •in works are characteristic dark backgrounds and bright highlights called chiaroscuro •used many diagonals which makes a composition more active 50 Baroque: Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew, 1597 – 1601 Oil on canvas (11’ x 11’) (Italian) [chiaroscuro] 51 Baroque: Caravaggio, “The Death of the Virgin” or “Assumption” c. 1604-06 52 52 Woman Artist: Baroque: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1614 – 1620 (6’ 6” X 5’ 4”) {Uffizi} Baroque painting had many of the same attributes that Baroque sculpture and architecture had: •theatrics •innuendo •violent subjects 53 Judith and Her Maidservant 54 Baroque: Façade of St. Peter’s Basilica, (1506 - 1666) (Papal audience) 55 Bernini, Piazza: St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican 56 Interior : St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican 57 Baroque: Bernini: Throne of St. Peter, 58 Baroque: Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Theresa, 1645 – 1652 Marble (11’ 6” tall) 59 Baroque: Bernini: David, 1623 Marble (~ 5’ 7” high) [Borghese Gallery] 60 Compare & Contrast: David Donatello Verrocchio Michelangelo Bernini 61 Northern Renaissance http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm 62 Northern Renaissance: Jan Van Eyck: The Arnolfini Wedding, 1434 (Dutch) Group Brainstorming: Interpret the symbolism in the piece. (Consider social conventions / customs of the day) 63 The following excerpt is from Gardner's Art Through the Ages (pp. 576-578) The intersection of the secular and religious in Flemish painting also surfaces in Jan van Eyck's double portrait Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride. Van Eyck depicts the Lucca financier (who had established himself in Bruges as an agent of the Medici family) and his betrothed in a Flemish bedchamber that is simultaneously mundane and charged with the spiritual. As in the Mérode Altarpiece , almost every object portrayed conveys the event's sanctity, specifically, the holiness of matrimony. Arnolfini and his bride, Giovanna Cenami, hand in hand, take the marriage vows. Van Eyck enhanced the documentary nature of this painting by exquisitely painting each object. He carefully distinguished textures and depicted the light from the window on the left reflecting off various surfaces. (The picture's purpose, then, seems to have been to record and sanctify this marriage. Although this has been the traditional interpretation of this image, some scholars recently have taken issue with this reading, suggesting that Arnolfini is conferring legal privileges on his wife to conduct business in his absence. Despite the lingering questions about the precise purpose of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride, the painting provides viewers today with great insight into both van Eyck's remarkable skill and Flemish life in the fifteenth century.) http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth200/gender/Arnolfini.html 64 …The all-seeing eye of God seems to be referred to twice. It is symbolized once by the single candle burning in the left rear holder of the ornate chandelier… 65 …and again by the mirror, where viewers see the entire room reflected. The small medallions set into the mirror's frame show tiny scenes from the Passion of Christ and represent God's everpresent promise of salvation for the figures reflected on the mirror's convex surface. 66 The little dog symbolizes fidelity (the common canine name Fido originated from the Latin fido, "to trust"). Rabbit’s foot: Good luck (?) The cast-aside clogs indicate this event is taking place on holy ground (…or symbolize comfort for the long road ahead ?) 67 The artist augmented the scene's credibility by including the convex mirror, because viewers can see not only the principals, Arnolfini and his wife, but also two persons who look into the room through the door. One of these must be the artist himself, as the florid inscription above the mirror, "Johannes de Eyck fuit hic," (‘Jan Van Eyck was here’) announces he was present. 68 Behind the pair, the curtains of the marriage bed have been opened. The bedpost's finial (crowning ornament) is a tiny statue of Saint Margaret, patron saint of childbirth. From the finial hands a whisk broom, symbolic of domestic care. 69 The oranges on the chest below the window may refer to fertility (or innocence?) Is she or isn’t she? The Color Green: symbolism Fertility (?) 70 Northern Renaissance: Jan Van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432 (closed) Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium Oil on wood, (~11’ 6” X 15’ 1”) (Dutch) 71 Northern Renaissance: Jan Van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432 72 Details: Adam, Eve, And God Almighty 73 Detail: Adoration of the Lamb of Christ 74 Northern Renaissance: Albrecht Durer: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498 (15”x11”) Woodcut block print [Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC] (German) 75 The third and most famous woodcut from Dürer's series of illustrations for The Apocalypse, the Four Horsemen presents a dramatically distilled version of the passage from the Book of Revelation (6:1–8): "And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, 'Come!' And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and he was given a great sword. When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, 'Come!' And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand; … When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come!' And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given great power over a fourth of the earth; to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth." Transforming what was a relatively staid and unthreatening image in earlier illustrated Bibles, Dürer injects motion and danger into this climactic moment through his subtle manipulation of the woodcut. The parallel lines across the image establish a basic middle tone against which the artist silhouettes and overlaps the powerful forms of the four horses and riders—from left to right, Death, Famine, War, and Plague (or Pestilence). Their volume and strong diagonal motion enhance the impact of the image, offering an eloquent demonstration of the masterful visual effects Dürer was able to create in this medium. 76 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/19.73.209 76 Northern Renaissance: Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505 – 1510 (Oil on wood) Creation of Eve Garden of Earthly Delights (7’ 2 5/8” X 6’ 4 ¾”) Hell 77 Northern Renaissance: Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights (Hell), 1505-1510 (Dutch) 78 Detail: Hell 79 Northern Renaissance: Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Peasant Dance, 1567 (German) 80 Northern Renaissance: El Greco: View of Toledo, 1597 (Spanish, Mannerist) 81 Northern Renaissance: Diego Velazquez: Las Meninas, 1656 (Spanish, Baroque) -court painter for Philip IV of Spain , Oil on canvas "Maids of Honor" (English translation) is a view into the artist's studio and the Royal family's lives 82 83 Northern Renaissance: Rembrandt: Self-Portrait, 1658 (Dutch, Baroque) 83 Northern Renaissance: Rembrandt: Self-Portrait, 1658 (Dutch, Baroque) Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) •conveyed character and drama through his use of dark and light • Self Portraits- conveyed these ideas of character in light and shadow •Chronicle: he did them each year 83 84 Northern Renaissance: Rembrandt: The Nightwatch, 1658 (Dutch, Baroque) 84 Rembrandt’s largest, most famous canvas was made for the Arquebusiers guild hall. This was one of several halls of Amsterdam’s civic guard, the city’s militia and police. Rembrandt was the first to paint figures in a group portrait actually doing something. The captain, dressed in black, is telling his lieutenant to start the company marching. The guardsmen are getting into formation. Rembrandt used the light to focus on particular details, like the captain’s gesturing hand and the young girl in the foreground. She was the company mascot. 85 85 Vocab Review •Perspective •Patronage •Quatrefoil •Gilded •martyr •Divine inspiration •Apprenticeship •Sfumato •Glazes •Mannerism •Baroque •Chiaroscuro 86