2. The Quattrocento Florence
Return to classical decorative and building elements
Semicircular arch, ( Arc de mig punt)
Classical columns and pillars (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders),
Barrel ( volta de canó)
Human figures are very important at this moment
Rediscovery of the power plants in search of light.
3. The Quattrocento Brunelleschi
The dome of the Cathedral of Florence (Santa Maria de Fiore)
5. The Dome (1420-1436)
Example of mathematical and
geometric calculations
Final Judgement. Vasari And Zuccari. 1579
DOUBLE DOME
Inside: hemispherical dome
Outside: pointed dome
8. San Andrea de Mantua Leon Battista Alberti
based on mathematical proportions
facade inspired by Roman triumphal arches
plant a barrel vaulted nave
two side chapels.
9. Rucellai Palace of Florence It has been constructed between
1446 and the 1451 by Bernardo
Rossellino on design of the Alberti
on order of Giovanni il Magnifico,
member of the illustrious Rucellai
family
The first Renaissance building
using a system of Classical
pilasters
15. Buildings were smaller , and not as tall as Gothic constructions.
This was because architects wanted to adapt them to the
proportions of the human body.
Ornamentation was simple and austere.
Architetcs tried to create a sense of order and harmony.
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20. THE CINQUECENTO Magnificient buildings were built under the
patronage of Popes Alexander VI, Julius II, Leo X
Rome.
and Clement VII.
Tendency to monumentality
Lose of interest in decoration.
Saint Peter’s Basilica
3 architects
Bramante did the first project
Michelangelo changed the dome
Maderno completed the rest.
21. Michelangelo Basilica of Saint Peter. Dome
Gives a higher profile and delete the towers to give more importance to the dome
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23. The Temple of San Pietro in Montorio Donato Bramante
Inspired by the Roman
temple of Vesta
Round, simple decoration
but an original structure.
27. Renaissance painters used colour,
composition and background scenes,
such as buildings and landscapes, to
create an impression of space and
depth.
28. Inspired by classical Antiquity, their
figures had harmonious proportions
and aimed for beauty by idealising
faces, bodies and movements.
29. Although artists still painted religious subjects, they also did
mythological scenes, nudes and portraits.
Portrait of a Praying Man, ca. 1480-1485
Oil on wood
Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Schloss Rohoncz
Castagnola, Spain
Handmade oil painting
reproduction of The
Fall and Expulsion
from Garden of Eden (
detail-7) 1509-10, a
painting by
Michelangelo
Buonarroti .
30. Pictures before perspective
They discovered perspective.
RAPHAEL: School of Athens
"View of an Ideal City", a painting by Piero della Francesca.
31. THE QUATTROCENTO.
Masaccio
Piero della Francesca
Pioneers in their use of perspective
Botticelli. His idealised figures convey a sense of movement.
32. THE QUATTROCENTO.
Botticelli. His idealised figures convey a sense of movement.
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35. THE CINQUECENTO Leonardo da Vinci
Brilliantly represented nature. He was a master of sfumato, a techhique which
involved blurring outlines to create a sense of depht.
His masterpieces are The Gioconda or Mona Lisa, and The Last Supper
37. Raphael achieved perfection in his use Titian, as a Venetian painter created
of colour, drawing and composition. His highly colourful works of art. He is
works include frescos for the Vatican famous for his portraits, and
palace and his madonnas or virgins paintings of religious and
mythological themes.
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Titian. Woman with mirror
Raphael, 'The small Cowper Madonna' 1505
39. Sculpture also followed the models of classical Antiquity
Great importance was given to proportions and anatomical studies of figures, and this was
of sculptures of nudes. Other types of sculpture which became popular were portrait sculp
statues
most sculptures were madeof bronze or marble
The first Renaissance sculptor was Ghiberti.
the Gates of Paradise, for the Baptistery of the Cathedral in Florence.
40. The greatest sculptor of the
Quattrocento was Donatello
He captured the Renaissance
ideal of sculpture in works like
David.
