Renaissance art developed in 15th century Italy and spread across Europe in the 15th-16th centuries. It was inspired by antiquity, rejecting Gothic styles, and focused on naturalism, ideal beauty, and humanism. Major art centers included Florence under the Medicis and Rome under the popes. Famous Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Titian produced influential works in sculpture, painting, and architecture that emphasized harmony, proportion, and perspective.

1. RENAISSANCE ARTRENAISSANCE ART
(15(15thth
- 16- 16thth
centuries)centuries)

2. Renaissance art appeared in the
Italian Peninsula in the 15th
century
and it spread to the rest of Europe.
It was the predominant style in the
15th
and 16th
centuries.
Two stages:
-QUATTROCENTO (15th
century):
Main development in Italy. Main
centre: Florence. Main patrons: the
Medici family.
-CINQUECENTO(16th
century):
Extension to Europe. Main centre:
Rome. Main patrons: the Popes.

3. MAIN FEATURES
-Inspiration on Antiquity
(Greece and Rome):simplicity,
harmony, proportions, straight
lines…
-Rejection of the elaborated
decoration of Gothic art
-Interest in representing ideal
beauty
-Study of nature and the human
body
PITTI PALACE,
Florence
SLAVE, Michelangelo

4. Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent
ROLE OF PATRONS
Rich members of the bourgeoisie
and the Church were the
commisioners of many works of
art, as a sign of social prestige.

5. ARCHITECTURE
-Use of simple and classical
elements.
-Smaller and proportioned
buildings, adapted to
human scale.
-Search for harmony and
order.
-Austere decoration.
MEDICI-RICARDI PALACE, FLORENCE

6. ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

7. PEDIMENT

8. DOME OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE, FLORENCE, BRUNELLESCHI

11. CHURCH OF SAN LORENZO IN FLORENCE, BRUNELLESCHI

13. CHURCH OF SANTO SPIRITO IN FLORENCE, BRUNELLESCHI

15. OSPEDALE DEGLI INOCENTI, FLORENCE, BRUNELLESCHI

16. CLOISTERS

17. FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA, FLORENCE,
LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI

18. RUCELLAI PALACE, ALBERTI

19. TEMPIETTO OF SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO, ROME, BRAMANTE

20. PROJECT FOR THE BASILICA OF SAINT PETER OF THE VATICAN IN ROME
BRAMANTE
RAFAEL

21. MICHELANGELO
DOME OF THE BASILICA,
MICHELANGELO

23. DOME OF SAINT PETER´S BASILICA, MICHELANGELO

24. STAIRCASE OF THE LAURENTIAN LIBRARY IN FLORENCE, MICHELANGELO

25. SCULPTURE
BUST OF GIULIANO DI MEDICI,
VERROCCHIO
LORENZO DI MEDICI,
VERROCCHIO
-Interest in representing human beauty
and proportioned bodies
-Inspiration in Greek and Roman sculptures
-Different types of sculptures: busts, portraits,
tombs, equestrian statues
DAVID, MICHELANGELO

26. GATES OF THE BAPTISTERY OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE, FLORENCE,GHIBERTI
Isaac´s sacrifice
The story of Joseph

27. Adam and Eve Moses and the Ten Commandments

28. DONATELLO
DAVID
SAINT GEORGE

29. PROPHET HABACUC
(Il Zuccone)
CONDOTTIERE GATTAMELATA

30. MICHELANGELO BUONARROTTI
DAVID

31. PIETÀ

32. MOSES

33. TOMB OF THE MEDICI, SAINT LORENZ CHURCH, FLORENCE

34. LORENZO DI MEDICI
GIULIANO DI MEDICI
DAY AND NIGHT DUSK AND DAWN

35. PAINTING
-Development of perspective:
representation
of the third dimension in a two-
dimensional
space.
-Mythological and religious themes.
-Predominance of drawing over
colour.

36. TRINITY, MASACCIO

37. TRIBUTE MONEY, MASACCIO

38. EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN,
MASACCIO

39. THE FLAGELLATION OF CHRIST, PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

40. THE BIRTH OF VIRGIN MARY, GHIRLANDAIO

41. THE BIRTH OF VENUS, BOTTICELLI

42. PRIMAVERA, BOTTICELLI

43. LEONARDO DA VINCI, A RENAISSANCE MAN

44. MONA LISA (GIOCONDA), LEONARDO DA VINCI

45. THE LAST SUPPER, LEONARDO DA VINCI

46. VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS, LEONARDO DA VINCI

47. SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST,
LEONARDO DA VINCI

48. THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN
RAFAEL
PERUGINO

49. THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS, RAFAEL

50. THE PARNASSUS, RAFAEL

51. THE FIRE IN THE BORGO, RAFAEL

52. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN
OR LA FORNARINA,
RAFAEL

53. SISTINE CHAPEL, VATICAN CITY

54. SISTINE CHAPEL FRESCOES, MICHELANGELO

55. DISTRIBUTION OF
THE SISTINE CHAPEL FRESCOES
ON THE WALLS

56. DISTRIBUTION OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL FRESCOES ON THE CEILING

57. THE CREATION OF ADAM, MICHELANGELO

58. THE LAST JUDGEMENT,
MICHELANGELO

59. VENUS OF URBINO, TITIAN

60. DANAË AND THE SHOWER OF GOLD, TITIAN

61. PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR
CHARLES V AT MÜHLBERG, TITIAN

62. RENAISSANCE
IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

63. ARCHITECTURE
THREE STYLES
PLATERESQUE
CLASSICISM
HERRERIAN

64. PLATERESQUE
-Architects imitated the work of
silversmiths to decorate the facades
of the buildings
FACADE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA

65. CLASSICISM
Use of classical
elements: columns,
pediments, rounded
arches…
PALACE OF CHARLES V
IN GRANADA,
PEDRO MACHUCA
RUSTICATION

66. COURTYARD OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V IN
GRANADA
PEDRO MACHUCA

67. HERRERIAN STYLE
Sober, austere,
proportioned
buildings, without
decoration
MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, JUAN DE HERRERA

68. MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, JUAN DE HERRERA

69. SCULPTURE
-Influence by Michelangelo
-Religious themes
-Use of different materials: marble, bronze, polychromed wood
THE BURIAL OF CHRIST, JUAN DE JUNI

70. THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC,
ALONSO DE BERRUGUETE

71. PAINTING
El Greco was the most
important artist
THE BURIAL OF
COUNT ORGAZ

72. THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS,
EL GRECO

73. THE KNIGHT WITH HIS HAND ON
HIS CHEST, EL GRECO

74. THE DESPOILING, EL GRECO