Beauty, Science, and Spirit in Italian Art



High Renaissance and Mannerism










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Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks, circa 1485. Now in the Louvre, Paris. (17-1)                                      


Leonardo, Cartoon for: Virgin and Child with
St. Anne and the Infant St. John). (17-2)



By the way, the word "cartoon" comes from the Italian "cartone" meaning
"big piece of paper".




Leonardo,  Virgin of the 
Rocks,  circa 1491-1519. 
 This is the second version, made with
the help of assistants, and now in the National Gallery of Art, London



Leonardo, Last Supper, located in the refectory of the church of  
Sta Maria delle Grazie, Milan, c. 1495-98 (17-3)



Leonardo, Mona Lisa,  c. 1503-05 (17-4)



Leonardo da Vinci, Embryo in the Womb,  1510. (17-5)



Julius II's Projects in 16th-century Rome



Bramante, Plan for the new Saint Peter's, Rome (now Vatican City) (17-6)



Caradosso, Medal showing Bramante's design for the new Saint Peter's, 1506 (17-7)



Bramante, Tempietto
(San Pietro in Montorio), Rome, 1502. (17-8)





Raphael, the Perfect Courtier


Know that Raphael died in 1520--the traditional ending date for the High Renaissance in Rome
and Florence.
                                        


Raphael, Marriage of the Virgin, 1504 (17-18)



Raphael, Madonna of the Meadows,  1505 (17-19)



Raphael, 
School of Athens (Philosophy), Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican
Palace, Rome, 1509-11 (17-17) 

Key to many of those depicted here




Raphael, 
Galatea, fresco in the loggia of the Villa Farnesina,
Rome, c. 1513 (17-20)


 

Raphael, Baldassare Castiglione,  c. 1514 (17-21)
       

                                






Michelangelo



Michelangelo, 

Vatican Pieta, St. Peter's, Vatican City, 1500. (Ok, it's not in the book but I'm going to 
show it to you anyway and you are responsible for knowing it.)


         

Michelangelo, David, 1501-04. (17-9)



These two sculptures were intended for the tomb of Julius II


Michelangelo, Moses, 1513-1515 (17-10


Michelangelo, Bound Slave,  1513-16 (17-11)







Michelangelo's painting for the Sistine Chapel (just the ceiling)



Michelangelo, ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, 1508-1512. (17-12, 13, 15, 16) 

                                        
                                        




Michelangelo in the Service of the Medici



Michelangelo, tomb of Giuliano de'Medici, duke of Nemours. New Sacristy (aka the Medici Chapel), 
San Lorenzo, Florence, 1519-1534 (17-22) [Skip this time]



Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Michelangelo, Palazzo Farnese, Rome
(17-23, 24) [Skip this time]



Michelangelo, The 
Last Judgment, 1534-1541. Fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, (17-25)

Also, Detail: St. 
Bartholomew with self-portrait of Michaelangelo and 

the portrait of 
the Pope's complaining courtier



Michelangelo, aerial view of Capitoline Hill and the Capitoline Museum,
Rome, designed ca. 1537 (17-26)



Michelangelo, Plan and views of Michelangelo's work at St. Peter's
Basilica, Vatican City, 1546-1564 (17-27, 28, 29, and 30) 
                                        
                                        
 

                                       








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