Late Renaissance - High Renaissance

Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Dec 31, 1550

Donatello - Penitent Mary Magdalene

Jan 1, 1455

One can see the pain and anguish of Mary Magdalene in this sculpture. Donatello took care in the folds and the expression on her face in this piece.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Donatello,_maria_maddalena_02.JPG

Judith with Holofernes

Jan 1, 1460

Donatello (1455 - 1460)
A sculpture of victory from the Bible. Holofernes had taken to Judith because of her beauty, but her people were trapped. She was allowed to leave "camp" and visit with him where she devised how she would be able to obtain freedom for her people. Shows the strength in women.
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/3b/73/50/3b73506f002aade946316ebf0f18043c.jpg

Annunciation

Jan 1, 1475

Leonardo da Vinci (1475)
The times of the Renaissance and High Renaissance used many of the stories from the Bible. This shows the angel approaching the Virgin to announce what was to come.
http://uploads0.wikiart.org/images/leonardo-da-vinci/anunciation.jpg

Basilica of Sant'Andrea

Jan 1, 1476

Leon Battista Alberti (1470 - 1476)
Began the year before he passed and completed upon his plans, some say that it took 328 years to complete and there were changes made to some of the originality of Alberti. This entryway of the Basilica shows the amount of detail that there is in creating a massive structure.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JvPV6zJrt-8/UEkblQp36ll/AAAAAAAAN8s/pcEHwszkx2g/s1600/fachada%2Bsan%2Bandrea.jpg

Lady with Ermine

Jan 1, 1490

Leonardo da Vinci (1489- 1490)
Ermine in previous periods was meant as a means of purity and chastity. In this portraiture it is to show the relationship of the lady with Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan.
http://classroom.synonym.com/symbolic-meanings-animals-during-renaissance-6419.html http://artseverydayliving.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Leonardo-da-vinci-woman-ermine.jpg

Virgin and Child

Jan 1, 1495

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1495)
Studied under the tutelage of Leonardo da Vinci.
http://3.blogspot.com/-q0hFnZ6G954/UCY80OXrekl/AAAAAAABBh/7fbkoNpfXQo/s1600/Giovanni+Antonio+Boltraffio+(Italian+High+Renaissance+painter,+ca.1466-1516)+virgin_c.jpg

The Last Supper

Jan 1, 1498

Leonardo da Vinci (1498)
A commissioned work for da Vinci in a dining hall of a Dominican convent in Italy.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Leonardo_da_Vinci_-Last_Supper(copy)_-_WGA12732.jpg

Tempietto

Jan 1, 1502

Donato Bramante
Structure built in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-62P0c-01lzA/UqduRkG2Dol/AAAAAAAAGEc/0o7RzzvpuG0/s1600/Bramante.jpg

Holy Family

Jan 1, 1503

Leonardo da Vinci (1503)
An infant Jesus with the Virgin appear in this piece. The angel alongside them.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7859568040_b4e954636e_z.jpg

Self Portrait

Jan 1, 1506

Raphael (1504 - 1506)
The youngest of the three giants of the Renaissance/High Renaissance period.
http://www.kingsgalleries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Raphael.jpg

Madonna in the Meadow

Jan 1, 1506

Raphael (1505 - 1506)
A depiction of the Virgin with the Holy children.
http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/178/flashcards/1838178/jpg/madonna_in_the_meadow1348180252478.jpg

Holy Family

Jan 1, 1506

Michelangelo (1506)
There were different outtakes of what the Holy Family represented. The three giants Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Raphael each had a similar, yet different representation of the family.
http://artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art-history-slideshows/western_art_slideshows/p7ssm_img_3/fullsize/michelangelo_1.jpg

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Jan 1, 1508

Raphael (1508)
Shows the strength and beauty of a woman. Aprincess and scholar, she became a Christian at the age of 14 and converted many to Christianity.
http://uploads0.wikiart.org/images/raphael/st-catherine-of-alexandria-1508.jpg

Leonardo da Vinci - Self Portrait

Jan 1, 1512

Da Vinci's self potrait
http://renoutfitters.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Leonardo-da-Vinci-el362022706805.jpg

Paintings - Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Jan 1, 1512

Michelangelo
(1508 - 1512)
Another commissioned piece for Michelangelo. Many sessions to complete with others that were completed at a later date as well. The ceiling at the Sistine Chapel is truly remarkable and shows many of the stories within the Bible.
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/images/110images/sl8images/sistine_ceiling.jpg

Moses

Jan 1, 1515

Michelangelo (1513 - 1515)
Commissioned for the tomb of Pope Julius II. Moses in the Biblical sense was to be depicted
http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/94/flashcards/1854094/jpg/michelangelo_moses_1513-15_(high_renaissance)1348109830371.jpg

Utopia

Jan 1, 1516

Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516. Written in reference to personal utopia, creating a better, perfect society through human efforts.
https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pn.dTxV5lAAe0yJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyZnRiajNrBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANiMjE3NjM3YjliOTJlOTlmODFkZjA3YTlkYzRkODdjNQRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dsir%2Bthomas%2Bmore%26fr%3Dmcafee%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=613&h=800&imgurl=ima

Holy Family

Jan 1, 1518

Raphael (1518)
Commissioned by Pope Leo X as a gift to Claude, the wife to Francis I. Shows an infant John the Baptist, Saint Elisabeth along with two angels.
http://www.paintinghere.com/UploadPic/raphael/big/The%20Holy%20Family.jpg

Lorenzo de Medici

Jan 1, 1534

Michelangelo
(1520 - 1534)
Commissioned artist for the Medici family. This is part of Lorenzo de Medici's tomb.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qYVlkXySkHc/Ul3Yh3Ru3tl/AAAAAAAAAoA/OoHadyG9XM0/s1600/Michelangelo_Tomb_of_Lorenzo_de-Medici_detail_Lorenzo_de-.jpg

Last Judgment

Jan 1, 1541

Michelangelo
Shows a hidden self portrait of the artist in this painting in the Sistine Chapel.
http://ipaintingsforsale.com/painting-imgs/Michelangelo%20Buonarroti/big/Simoni37.jpg

Self Portrait

Jan 1, 1541

Michelangelo
Date was not available for this portrait, as the artist has several self portraits
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/noOAZDmW3NU/T1YWJBzuSjl/AAAAAAAAArg/fw1sBDe5kC4/s1600/michelangelo.jpg

The Last Supper

Jan 1, 1545

Giorgio Vasari (1545)
Oil and tempera on panel
Saw this piece at the Walters Museum in Baltimore 2015

Bust of Menander

Jan 1, 1550

Busts during these times were seen as models of behavior. Menander was a Greek dramatist.
(1525 - 1550)
Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi
art.thewalters.org