Italian+Renaissance

**Italian Renaissance Room ** 1400 - 1500 Art flourished during the Italian Renaissance. During this era Italian artists produced some of the world's greatest masterpieces. Renaissance artists developed styles very different from those of medieval artworks. This room includes pieces by Giotto, Masaccio, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rafael, Botticelli, and Titian.

Piece #1

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1503 - 05) The //Mona Lisa// is a portrait of La Gioconda, the wife of the banker Zanobi del Giocondo. This is possibly the world's most famous portrait. It is currently housed in the Louvre in Paris, France.

Piece #2

On loan from Ms. Kabrina Kirchner David was sculpted by Michelangelo (1500-1504) The statue of David is 17ft and made of marble. This sculpture portrays Biblical King David at the time when he decides to go to battle with Goliath. It originally stood outside the square of Palazzo della Signoria, Florence Italy. Now it stands in the Galleria dell’ Academia in Florence Italy to protect it. This piece is one of the most recognizable sculptures in the world. It was cleaned in 2003 for its 500th birthday. More then a million people each year line up to see the magnificent piece.

Piece #3



The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. For his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este.
==== It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of John, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him. The painting now is supposedly to be in Milan, Italy. ====

Piece #6

Piece #7

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Piece #9
==== The statue of St George, made in about 1420, is one of the most important works in his development. Born in 1386 sculptor Donatello was the greatest flourintine artist of his age, and had worked in the studio of Lorenzo Ghibert. This marble statue looks great. currently resides in the Museo del Bargello BY DJ kochenberger ====

Piece #11
==== **Donated By: Ryan Boyd** ** Michelangelo ’s Pieta ** 1498 through 1500 St.Peter in Vatican Rome The Pieta, which depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of her son Jesus Christ after his death, has been created in many different forms by various painters and sculptors. Of all the great paintings and sculptures on the Pieta, however, the one by Michelangelo stands out from all the rest. ====

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==== Donated by Keaton Mull Raphael 1508-1511 Some of these are easily recognizable. In the centre Plato points upwards with a finger and holds his book Timeus in his hand, flanked by Aristotle with Ethics; Pythagoras is shown in the foreground intent on explaining the diatesseron. Diogenes is lying on the stairs with a dish, while the pessimist philosopher, Heracleitus, a portrait of Michelangelo, is leaning against a block of marble, writing on a sheet of paper. Michelangelo was in those years executing the paintings in the nearby Sistine Chapel. On the right we see Euclid, who is teaching geometry to his pupils, Zoroaster holding the heavenly sphere and Ptolemy holding the earthly sphere. The personage on the extreme right with the black beret is a self-portrait of Raphael.====

Piece #13

==== By: Dallas Unangst Ginevra de’ benci Leonardo da Vinci 1474 Oil on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. She was the daughter of a wealthy Florentine banker. This painting was the only painting that da Vinci painted in the United States. This painting was painted at Ginevra’s commission at the age of sixteen====

Piece #14

line the walls beneath the benevolent portraits of former popes.
Piece #15 Brought to you by Mrs. Patterson. It took four years (1508-1512) for Michelangelo, mostly lying on his back and working alone, to cover the 800 square meter ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with 300 gigantic brightly-colored figures. Twenty-two years later, he frescoed the end wall with "The Last Judgement". This took the aging master six years to complete. it shows 250 figures, most of which were originally nude; the undergarments were added later by prudish popes. Click on this link to view these works by Michelangelo. http://www.visitingdc.com/rome/sistine-chapel-picture.asp

Piece #16 On Loan By Mary Eckman Cathedral of Florence, is also referred to as "The Dome." The title is appropriate since this was the first domed building constructed in Western Europe in about 1,000 years. The return to Roman style architecture became a key feature of the Italian Renaissance. Gothic flying buttresses are missing. The exterior of the Duomo is symmetrical and simpler in its ornamentation. There is a sense of balance and order, both features of Renaissance art. Since the flying buttresses are gone, so is the great expanse of windows that we associate with Gothic cathedrals. There is more wall space in the Renaissance cathedrals and so we will see more paintings. The Cathedral of Florence is a Christian Church.