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1. THE RENAISSANCE: PAINTING
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2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
 Independent Italian
States
 Bourgeoisie: traders,
bankers
 Rome as the centre of
Christianity
 Patronage

3. RENAISSANCE: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
 Revival of Classical Greek
and Roman Culture
 Anthropocentrism: Humans
became the centre of
philosophical and artistic
reflection
 Rationalism and critical
thinking: explain the world
through science and rational
thinking (end of theocentrism)
 Importance of knowledge:
intellectual curiosity, new
techniques
 Desire to create order,
proportion and harmony.
 Use of math and rationality:
scale and proportion

4. CHRONOLOGY
 Trecento (14th century): evolution and remains
from Gothic style
 Quattrocento (15th century): harmony and
proportion
 Cinquecento (16th century): expansion through
Europe
 Mannerism (from 1530 till the Baroque):
dramatic effects, harmony and proportion are
abandoned…

6. PAINTING
 Harmony
 Realism
 Idealism and serenity: ideal
beauty, physical and spiritual
beauty.
 Anthropocentrism: anatomy
of the human body. Nudes.
The body reflects the
feelings.
 Balance and proportion:
symmetry, piramidal
composition.
 Peace and pleasure.
Optimism

7.  Perspective: to give depth
and volumen to scenes,
objects and figures.
 Perspective in painting:
placing the figures in different
planes and using landscapes
or achitectural features in the
most distant ones.
 Linear Perspective:
arranging the elements on
imaginary lines which
converge at a vanishing point
at the back.
 Aerial perspective: blurring
the background so it appears
further away or using
contrasts of light and shadow
to créate volumen
(chiaroscuro).

8.  New techniques and materials
 Painting:
 Frescoes: walls
 Tempera: wooden panels
 Oil technique: cloth canvasses.

9.  Subjects:
 Religious
 Classical Antiquity:
mythology (nudes)
 Portraits
 Nature, landscapes,
buildings, cities…

11. CUATROCENTO

12. MASSACCIO: LA TRINIDAD

13. MASSACCIO: CAP. BRANCACCI “EL TRIBUTO DE LA
MONEDA”

14. FRA ANGELICO: LA ANUNCIACIÓN

16. GHIRLANDAIO: RETRATO DE ANCIANO CON SU NIETO

17. SANDRO BOTTICELLI: LA PRIMAVERA

19. SANDRO BOTTICELLI: EL NACIMIENTO DE VENUS

21. BOTTICELLI: ANUNCIACIÓN

22. PIERO DE LA FRANCESCA: DUQUES DE URBINO

23. ANDREA MANTEGNA: CRISTO YACENTE

24. CINQUECENTO

25. LEONARDO DA VINCI: LA VIRGEN DE LAS ROCAS

26. LEONARDO: LA GIOCONDA (LOUVRE) / GIOCONDA DEL MUSEO
PRADO

29. LEONARDO, “LA DAMA DEL ARMIÑO”

30. LEONARDO DA VINCI: LA ÚLTIMA CENA (MILÁN)

32. LEONARDO: LA ANUNCIACIÓN

33. MIGUEL ANGEL: LA CAPILLA SIXTINA

38. RAFAEL: LOS DESPOSORIOS DE LA VIRGEN

41. RAFAEL: LA ESCUELA DE ATENAS

42. RAFAEL: EL CARDENAL (MUSEO DEL PRADO) / LA
VIRGEN DEL JILGUERO

43. VENETIAN SCHOOL

44. GIORGIONE “VENUS DORMIDA”

45. TIZIANO: VENUS CON EL AMOR Y LA MÚSICA

46. TIZIANO “ DANAE Y LA LLUVIA DE ORO”

47. TIZIANO : “CARLOS V EN LA BATALLA DE
MÜHLBERG”

48. TIZIANO: “FELIPE II “ / “CABALLERO DE AZUL”

49. TINTORETTO “EL LAVATORIO”

50. VERONÉS “LAS BODAS DE CANÁ”

52. “LAS BODAS DE CANÁ”DETALLE

53. REINASSANCE INFLUENCE IN EUROPE:

54. VAN DER WEYDEN, “EL DESCENDIMIENTO” (GOTHIC-
REINASSANCE)

57. ALBERTO DURERO, “AUTORRETRATO” (CINQUECENTO GERMANY)

58. ALBERTO DURERO, “LIEBRE” / “ADAN Y EVA”

59. EL GRECO, “EL EXPOLIO DE CRISTO” (MANIERISMO)

60. EL GRECO, “EL ENTIERRO DEL CONDE ORGAZ”

63. EL GRECO, “EL CABALLERO DE LA MANO EN EL PECHO” /
“LA DAMA DE ARMIÑO” ¿GRECO?

64. EL GRECO, “VISTA DE TOLEDO”

65. Developed by María Jesús Campos
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