The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Bologna

Florence, Italy

1579-1583

Marble

First large scale group since classical that can be seen from multiple viewpoints (different that Pollaiulo's group)

create a spiral movement

references Laocoon

Birth of Venus

Botticelli

Florence

Tempera on canvas

For the Medici family

Based off Angelo Poliziano's poem

Pose was after Aphrodite of Knidos

painting ignored scientific logic

revived the theme of a nude female

elegant and romantic

Primavera

Botticelli

Florence

1482

Tempera on wood

Commemorate the wedding of Lorenzo Medici (oranges)

celebrates love, spring (Venus and Cupid the center of it)

Three Graces

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Michelangelo

Vatican City

1473

long sequence of narrative panels- Tale of Genesis

In four pendatives-four Old Testaments

conflict between good and evil

sharply outlined with neutral tones

concentrated on human figure

Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

Vatican City

1511-1512

fresco

Life transfered between Adam's finger and God's

recalls the communication between gods and heroes

right-to-left-to-right movement

Mona Lisa

Da Vinci

Louvre, Paris

1503-1505

Oil on wood

Chiaroscuro and atmospheric perspective

new kind of portrait

engages the viewer-direct eye contact

serves as an icon of status

sfumato

subtle adjustment of light and blurring

landscape doesn't match up

Last Judgement

Michelanglo

Vatican City

1536-1541

Fresco

Paul III's first commisioned piece

In the Sistine Chapel

terrifying vision of the fait of sinners

placed his own portrait in the middle

Saint Bartholomew- holds his own skin and knife

Far right-Christ and the saved souls

School of Athens

Raphael

Vatican Palace

1509-1511

Fresco

Great philosophers and scientist

Included himself in the portrait

interior resembles St. Peter's

Venus of Urbino

Titian

Florence

1538

Oil on canvas

painted for Guidobaldo II, the duke of Urbino

established oil-based pigments for the medium in the Western art

set the standard of representation of the reclining nude female (devine or mortal)

color plays an important role

Assumption of the Virgin

Titian

Venice

1516-1518

Oil on wood

conveyed light through color

Virgin Mary's ascent to Heaven

painted for the main altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

clouds lit up the actual church

David

Michelangelo

Florence

1501-1504

Marble

Civic symbol to Florence

heroic classical nudity,

tense body, prefight

emotionalism of Hellenistic statuary

large hands and feet- stength to come

Greco-Roman style

contrapposto

Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

Jan Van Eyck

London

1434

Oil on wood

Italian financier and his wife

his own portrait in the mirror

Flemish style

David

Donatello

Florence

1440-1460

Bronze

relaxed contrapposto and the nude Greek god

appealed to the Medici family because of the revival of the classical statuary style

feather sensually going up leg

hat

foot on Goliath's head

Merode Altarpiece

Campin

1425-1428

Oil on wood

Annunciation

Flemmish

everyday objects represented somethings

left panel- Mary's purity

Gattamelata

Donatello

Italy

1445-1453

Bronze

based on the Roman statue

convey image of strength

Holy Trinity

Masaccio

Florence

1424-1427

Fresco

applied mathematics

despair of death ->hope of reserection->eternal life

Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden

Masaccio

Florence

1424-1427

Fresco

hazy background

feet on ground-human presence on Earth

sharply, slanted line created deep relief

Assumption of the Virgin

Correggio

Parma Cathedral

1526-1530

Fresco

illusionistic ceiling designs

painted the entire dome

Baroque compositional devices

The Temptest

Castelfranco

Venice

1510

Oil on canvas

lush landscape under stormy sky

enigmatic quality

no deffinative narrative

Galatea

Raphael

Rome

1513

Fresco

Based on poem by Poliziano

made for the banker Agostino Chigi

celebrates human beauty and zestful love

Venus,Cupid,Folly, and Time

Bronzino

1546

Oil on wood

Cupid fondling Venus

fondness with allegories with lascivious undertones

Manneristic

Isenheim Altarpiece

Grunewald

1510-1515

Oil on wood

painted panels depicting suffering,disease,healing,hope, and salvation

Battle of Issus

Altdorfer

Munich

1529

Oil on wood

Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persians

used as a military campaign against the Turks

The Fall of Man

Durer

1504

Engraving

reflects his studies of the Vitruvian theory

cat,mouse,ox,elk,parrot-symbols

Garden of Earthly Delights

Bosch

Madrid

1505-1510

oil on wood

may commemorate a wedding

fantasy world with nude men and women and bizarre creatures and objects

enigmatic

right panel conveys horrors of Hell

left panel God presents Eve to Adam