What the Renaissance created for us:
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Perspective and three dimensions
Frescos and panel paintings |
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Harmony and proportion |
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Angels that have wings |
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Realistic anatomy and expressions |
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| Botticelli, The Birth of Venus |  | 1480
He was known for his sensuous portrayal of the human form. | | Bruegel, Wedding Dance |  | c. 1566
Organized pandemonium. Is the painter here? Most enjoy themselves, except for the mysterious figure in the shadows at the right. Bruegel ignored the realistic Renaissance style: his peasants are flat and caricatured.
At the DIA
| | Ghiberti, Isaac Sends Isaiah to Hunt |  | 1440s
Bronze door engraving. Ghiberti's doors in Italy are enormous and filled with these small carvings.
| | Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa |  | 1503-1505 | | Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper |  | 1495-1498
A fresco for the main dining hall of a monastery. | | Michelangelo, Sistene Chapel |  | 1508-1512 | | Michelangelo, Sistene Chapel Ceiling |  | 1508-1512
Commissioned by the Vatican, Michelangelo painted the entire ceiling, essentially while lying on his back, in four years. The rise of science meant that anatomy was a structure for artists to master. But the biblical themes remain. | | Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam |  | 1508-1512
Detail from Sistene Chapel | | Michelangelo, The Fall |  | 1508-1512
Detail from the Sistene Chapel | | Michelangelo, The Last Judgment |  | 1508-1512
Detail from Sistene Chapel | | Michelangelo, The Last Judgment |  | 1508-1512
Detail from Sistene Chapel | | Raphael, Parnassus |  | 1509-1510
A doorway arch | | Raphael, Pope Leo X with Nephews Cardinal Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi |  | 1518-1519.
| | Raphael, School of Athens |  | 1509-1510
A room full of the great philosophers of Classical times. Can you spot Plato? | | Titian, Venus and Adonis |  | 1560 |
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