Okay, what am I looking at? A guide to

Early and High Renaissance, Mannerist, and

Baroque Paintings

Taught by

Mistress Briatiz D’Andrade, O.L., O.P.

MKA Kathryn K. Michel

2008 CE

Okay – What am I looking at? • Technically, the Renaissance as we know it

started at different times in different locations. – Italy , 1350 – France, 1400 – Germany, 1450-ish – England, 1534 (if at all, really)

• Art is considered to be an expression of culture and mindset. – Addition of rudimentary perspective – Transition over to more a more humanist view in

painting of subjects

Early Renaissance Hallmarks • Move to deeper and richer colors from

previous periods • Move towards more realism in detail,

mirroring trompe-l’oeil techniques during that time period

• Move towards more portraiture and secularity rather than depiction of religious subjects

Left, Christine de Pisan, Allegory of Justice, early 15th century. Right, Grande Chroniques de France, 1402 CE

Above: Portrait of an Unknown Lady, Mellon Collection, National Gallery, 1410 CE

Two Scenes from Tres Riches Heures de Duc du Berrie, Limbourg Brothers, Biblioteque Nationale de France, 1408-1410 CE. Right: April Left: Detail from August

Pile of Heads versus Sea of Heads

Left: Milano, Choir of Virgins, 1365 CE Top: Dante, Paradiso, 1375 CE Right: Wilton Diptych, 1395 CE

Left: Giotto, Wedding of Mary, 1305 CE Right: Gaddi, Crucufixion, 1395 CE

High Renaissance Style – Hallmarks

• Noted Artists: Holbein, DaVinci, Carpaccio, Cranach, Hilliard, Bronzino, Durer, Titian, Clouet

• Deep rich colors • Realism in both body and dress (abandonment of

cartooning) detail – Luminosity of skin and face detail via underpainting – Textural detail to fabric drape and fold not seen before

in painting • Depiction of symbols of wealth and conspicuous

consumption in objects/props in painting • Addition of perspective in a more advanced form

Color choice

Left: Right: Unknown Artist, Queen Elizabeth the Pelican Portrait, circa 1575 CE

Realism in Detail

Left: Wedding at Caana, Master of the Catholic Kings, late 15th century CE Right: Carpaccio, 2 Venetian Ladies, 1480 CE

Conspicuous Consumption

Left: The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, Jan Van Eyck, circa 1434 CE Right: Henry VIII of England, Hans Holbein, circa 1536

Advanced Perspective Left: Isabella of Portugal, Titian, circa 1540 Right: Mona Lisa, Leonardo daVinci, circa 1506 CE Bottom: Donors in Adoration, Carpaccio, circa 1505 CE

4 works by Tizianio Vecellio, commonly known as Titian Clockwise from upper left: Portrait of a Man, 1510 CE La Schiaviona, 1512 CE Ranuccio Farnese, 1542 CE Charles V seated, mid 1540’s CE

2 works by Clouet Left, Francois I of France

Right, Anne of Austria

3 works by Lucas Cranach Left, Hercules and Omphale, 1537 CE Right, Frederick the Elector of Saxony and his Lady, 1520 CE Below: Ducal Tournament, 1525 CE

3 works by Hans Holbein Left: Portrait of a young man , 1510 CE Right: Jane Seymour, 1536 CE Bottom: Henry VIII of England , 1536 CE

Left: Eleanora of Toledo, 1550 CE Right: Lucrezia Pantiacci, 1540 CE Bottom: Pantiacci Holy Family, 1570 CE

Three works by Bronzino

Mannerist Style – Hallmarks

• Noted Artists: Botticelli, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Ghirlandio, Baldovini

• Return on an interpretation of classic Greek and Roman portraiture/sculpture – Slightly odd positioning of body – Slightly elongated proportioning of body – Luminosity to skin tones via underpainting

refined to a point where it looks ethereal and otherworldly

Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1480 CE

Botticelli, The Wedding Feast, 1485 CE

Gihrlandio, John the Baptist (detail), late 15th century .

Baldovini, Lady in Yellow, late 15th century CE

Two works by Michelangelo Buonarotti Right: David , 1504 CE Below: Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling , 1512 CE

da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, 1485 CE

Baroque style – Hallmarks

• Notable Artists: Caravaggio, Van Dyck, Rubens, Bosch, Coello

• Darkness and Light used for dramatic effect • Depiction of religious subjects in a secular

way • Level of detail varies according to dramatic

effect and lends a somewhat visceral quality to the work

Hieronymus Bosch, Hell (detail), 1550 CE

3 works by Alonso Sanchez Coello Left: Anne of Austria, 1571 CE Center: Spanish Infantas, 1575 CE Right: Comtesse le Guiche, 1580 CE

Left, Van Dyck, Margareta Snyders, 1612 CE

Right, Barocci, Francesco Maria II della Rovere Duke of Urbino, 1572 CE

Caravaggio, The Card Players, 1580 CE

2 more works by Caravaggio: Left: The Conversion of Mary Magdalene, 1595 CE Right: The calling of St. Matthew, 1599 CE

Right: Bernini, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa, 1647 CE

Acknowledgements • Olga’s Gallery – www.abc.gallery.com • Web Gallery of Art – www.wga.hu • CGFA – A Virtual Art Museum –

http://cgfa.sunsite.dk • Bodelian Library, Oxford University,

http://www.bodleian.org/ • British Library, http://www.bl.uk/ • Biblioteque Nationale de France,

http://www.bnf.fr/