characteristics of the High Italian Renaissance
greater individuality of style focus on anatomical
especially ideal male nude balanced and geometrical
compositions harmony of body and spirit and emotion
heavenly figures depicted in earthly settings, divinity
practically hidden
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna of the Rocks
1483-1490
High Italian Renaissance
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Date
Period
Location
Medium
Leonardo da Vinci
Last Supper; refectory of Santa Maria delle Graize
1495-1498
High Italian Renaissance
Milan, Italy
oil and tempera on plaster
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Raphael Sanzio
Madonna in the Meadow
1505-1506
High Italian Renaissance
Florence, Italy
oil on wood
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Raphael Sanzio
School of Athens (Philosophy)
1509-1511
High Italian Renaissance
Rome, Italy
fresco
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Michelangelo Bounarroti
David
1501-1504
High Italian Renaissance
Florence, Italy
marble
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Temptation and Expulsion, Sistine Chapel
1508-1512
High Italian Renaissance
Rome, Italy
fresco
Characteristics of Late Italian Renaissance
continuation of most stylistic qualities of High
Renaissance greater agitation, energy in compositions
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Michelangelo Bounarroti
Last Judgement, Sistine Chapel
1536-1541
Late Italian Renaissance
Rome, Italy
fresco
Characteristics of Venetian Art
use of oil on canvas focus on coloristic
techniques figures not precise anatomical studies or
idealized based on math and geometry softened forms and
contour lines soft shimmering light
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Titian
Madonna of the Pesaro Family
1519-1526
Venetian Renaissance
Venice, Italy
oil on canvas
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Date
Period
Location
Medium
Titian
Venus of Urbino
1536-1538
Venetian Renaissance
Urbino, Italy
oil on canvas
Characteristics of Mannerism
stylishly elegant figures complex, twisting forms
imbalanced compositions ambiguous space
highlights artificiality of painting
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Parmigianino
Madonna with the Long Neck
1534-1540
Mannerism
Parma, Italy
oil on wood
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Jacopo Tintoretto
Last Supper
1594
Venetian Mannerism
Venice, Italy
oil on canvas
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Giambologna
Abduction of the Sabine Women
1579-1583
Mannerism
Florence, Italy
marble
Characteristics of Northern Renaissance
continuation of Early N. Renaissance intricate
detail lots of symbolism greater occurrence of
secular subjects common media; oil paint and
printmaking introduction of Italian Renaissance and classical
proportions
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Albrecht Durer
Self Portrait
1500
High Northern Renaissance
Nuremberg, Germany
oil on wood
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Albrecht Durer
Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)
1504
High Northern Renaissance
Nuremberg, Germany
engraving
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Hans Baldung
Witches' Sabbath
1510
High Northern Renaissance
Strasbourg, Germany
chiaroscuro woodcut
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Hans Holbein the Younger
The French Ambassadors
1533
High Northern Renaissance
London, England
oil and tempera on wood
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Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
Hieronymus Bosch
Garden of Earthly Delights
1505-1510
High Northern Renaissance
Breda, Netherlands
oil on wood
Characteristics of Northern Mannerism (El Greco)
heightened emotional content vibrant, almost acidic
colors elongated, ethereal figures visionary
quality
Artist
Name
Date
Period
Location
Medium
El Greco
Burial of Count Orgaz
1586
Northern Mannerism
Toledo, Spain
oil on canvas