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Renaissance Art

history of painting

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HISTORY OF PAINTING 4/27/13 9:13 AM KNOW: FUNCTION, ORIGAL LOCATION, PATRON, MEDIA Sumerian?around 3000 BCE - most of 2D art works have a function know original location and function Standard of Ur?Know it?s function Power/authority War allows for peace?peace achieved through war OL: court palace or something like that Egyptian 2500-1200 BCE - Tomb Paintings?book of the dead funerial tradition Ka?relates to kings in the afterlife OL: in a tomb/in between the legs of a mummy About being unambiguous, straight forward (b/c of function) Twisted perspective?showing 2 views at once Arial, frontal, profile Proto Greek - Minoan?1500 BCE OL: palaces Celebratory, joyous, festive Media: frescoes, ceramics Greek There has been a lot of painting, most of it has been lost

The Renaissance

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The Italian Renaissance (1350-1550) Three Conditions that led to the Renaissance in Italy Jacob Burckhardt wrote The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (published in 1860), he established the framework for all modern interpretations of the renaissance period Renaissance: (means rebirth in French) was a period of artistic and cultural achievement from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century (two characteristics are individualism and secularism [materialism]) Leon Battista Alberti : believed that he could be a "Universal Man" (a well-rounded Courtier) Europeans began to come into contact with other more advanced civilizations Trade, with the Hanseatic League: a number of North German coastal towns that had formed a commercial and military association, also known as the Hansa
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