Renaissance

Paintings
Beatrice Ong
Gendelline Rigor
Karmina Santos
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 Renaissance Period
The period immediately following the Middle Ages in
Europe
Saw a great revival of interest in the classical
learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome
Style of painting identified with the Renaissance
emerged in Italy in the late 14th century
Renaissance art sought to capture the experience of
the individual and the beauty and mystery of the
 Renaissance Period
The High Renaissance period is traditionally taken to
begin in the 1490s, withLeonardo's fresco of the Last
Supperin Milan and the death ofLorenzo de'
MediciinFlorence
It ended in 1527 with thesacking of Romeby the
troops ofCharles V.
After this incident, the period of High Renaissance
ended and although the Renaissance period
 Renaissance Art
By the end of the 15th century, Rome had displaced
Florence as the principal center of Renaissance art
Art depicted religious images and were encountered in
the context of religious rituals, used mostly as
devotional objects
Aside from sacred images, many of these works
portrayed domestic themes such as marriage, birth and
the everyday life of the family.
 Renaissance Artists
Renaissance artists came from all strata of society;
they usually studied as apprentices before being
admitted to a professional guild and working under the
tutelage of an older master.
These artists worked on commission and were hired by
patrons of the arts because they were steady and
reliable. Italys rising middle class sought to imitate the
aristocracy and elevate their own status by purchasing
Paintings
 Technique Used
Artists such as Giorgione and Titian developed a
method of painting in oil directly on canvas
Oil painting during the Renaissance can be traced back
even further, however, to the Flemish painter Jan van
Eyck. Van Eyck was one of the most important artists of
the Northern Renaissance; later masters included the
German painters Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) and Hans
Holbein the Younger
The Beheading of St. John the
Baptist
The Beheading of St. John the
Baptist
Artist:Caravaggio
Year:1608
Depicts the execution of Saint
John the Baptist with Salome
standing with a golden platter to
receive the head of the victim.
Only painting to bear the
signature of Caravaggio, which
is placed in red blood being
spilled from the cut throat.
The signature became apparent
only when the painting was
restored in the 1950s.
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Decline of the Renaissance
Period
By the later 1500s, the Mannerist style, with its
emphasis on artificiality, had developed in opposition
to the idealized naturalism of High Renaissance art
Mannerism spread from Florence and Rome to
become the dominant style in Europe.
Renaissance art continued to be celebrated, however
the High Renaissance was the culmination of all
Italian art
 References:
http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings
https://
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