Medieval & Renaissance Art

Sculpture & Portraiture Effigy of Henry II, 13 th c. Bust of Lorenzo de Medici, 15 th c.

Classical Portraiture Bust of Pericles, 5 th c. BC

King David Above: Gospel Book of Philip the Fair Right: Vivian Bible

Gothic Kings Chartres Cathedral, Royal Portal 13 th century

Michelangelo’s “David”

“David” Perspective

Michelangelo’s Detail

La Gioconda Leonardo da Vinci

Medieval Painting “ Hortus Deliciarum” of Herrad of Landsberg c. 1176-96 (19 th c. French copy)

Botticelli, “Birth of Venus”

Crucifixion

Masaccio’s “Trinity” The first known painting to apply Brunelleschi’s system of linear perspective. Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

The Last Supper Gospel Book of Bernward of Hildesheim, c. 1016 German

Leonardo da Vinci, “Last Supper” Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy

“Last Supper” Perspective

da Vinci, “Adoration of the Magi”

Perspective study for “Adoration of the Magi”

Creation

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

Raphael’s “School of Athens”

Raphael’s “School of Athens” Clockwise: Plato (Leonardo), Aristotle, Raphael, Michelangelo