Slide1: The music of Palestrina is associated with
. the Counter-Reformation
. exquisite technique and contrapuntal control
. the late Renaissance
Text painting is
a. depictions of scenes from Biblical texts in art
b. short descriptions of paintings in captions in books
c. the depiction of the sense of sung words in musical gestures
d. short descriptions of paintings next to paintings in museums
(“word painting” in glossary)
Back to Italy – Color: Back to Italy – Color VENICE
GIORGIONE Tempest c. 1505 Oil on canvas 82 x 73 cm: GIORGIONE Tempest c. 1505 Oil on canvas 82 x 73 cm p. 253
Giorgione, Pastoral Concert, 1509: Giorgione, Pastoral Concert, 1509
Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, c. 1520: Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, c. 1520 TITIAN: COLOR & CANVAS
Titian,Venus of Urbino, 1538, Oil on canvas: Titian,Venus of Urbino, 1538, Oil on canvas
Giorgione: Giorgione 1509, completed by Titian
Titian, Venus and Adonis, c. 1555, Oil on canvas: Titian, Venus and Adonis, c. 1555, Oil on canvas
Titian, The Concert, c. 1510, Oil on canvas: Titian, The Concert, c. 1510, Oil on canvas
Titian : Titian
Back to Italy – Mannerism: Back to Italy – Mannerism
Mannerism: Mannerism (from handout)
Mannerism - Post-Renaissance, Pre-Baroque style of painting and sculpture in Italy
characterized by elongated, distorted and exaggerated figures.
Pictoral space often crowded, complex or confusing
Parmagianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, 1534-40: Parmagianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, 1534-40 Little guy and this column is for what??? Quite a crowd KEY IMAGE
Jacopo Pontormo Descent from the Cross 1525-28 11’ x 6.5’ oil on wood: Jacopo Pontormo Descent from the Cross 1525-28 11’ x 6.5’ oil on wood
Pontormo Florentine, 1494 - 1556/1557 Monsignor della Casa, probably 1541/1544 oil on panel, 102 x 78.9 cm (40 1/8 x 31 in.): Pontormo Florentine, 1494 - 1556/1557 Monsignor della Casa, probably 1541/1544 oil on panel, 102 x 78.9 cm (40 1/8 x 31 in.) Mannerist portraits are often devoid of emotional connotation, but there is some exaggeration of physical features
Michelangelo Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel 1534-41, wall fresco: Michelangelo Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel 1534-41, wall fresco
Mannerism in music: Mannerism in music Extreme chromaticism
Ex: Prophetiae Sibyllarum, by Orlando de Lassus, c. 1550
Summary – Northern and Late Renaissance: Summary – Northern and Late Renaissance RELIGION/POLITICS – Reformation; much political & religious violence
IDEAS – a skeptical Humanism
ART – a realism of everyday life: PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES; oil painting, Mannerism
MUSIC – conservative perfection (Palestrina) & new approaches (madrigals)
Anchor Dates: Anchor Dates 1000 Musical STAFF used for
CHANT in the
EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD in
MONASTERIES 1066 1150 After 1300
RENAISSANCE DATEBOOK: RENAISSANCE DATEBOOK 1432 –
1492 – Columbus, Christian consolidation of Spain
c.1500 –
Donatello’s nude David Michelangelo’s David & Josquin’s Ave Maria . . . Virgo Serena
STYLE/PERIOD:: STYLE/PERIOD: KEY IMAGE MANNERISM
ARTIST:: ARTIST: Dürer SUBJECT: SELF-PORTRAIT Associate with: NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
OIL & NEW MEDIA
Renaissance timeline: REFORMATION Josquin Ave Maria . . . 1500 Michelangelo Donatello David Leonardo Raphael Michelangelo David 1400 1600 Renaissance timeline
Durer, Albrecht Knight, Death and Devil 1513 Engraving 24 x 19 cm: Durer, Albrecht Knight, Death and Devil 1513 Engraving 24 x 19 cm KEY IMAGE
BRUEGEL: p. 238 BRUEGEL ARTIST: GENRE: Associate with: LANDSCAPE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
Titian,Venus of Urbino, 1538, Oil on canvas: Titian,Venus of Urbino, 1538, Oil on canvas SHOCKING?
Lucian Freud Painter and Model, 1986-87 Oil on canvas, 160x121 cm: Lucian Freud Painter and Model, 1986-87 Oil on canvas, 160x121 cm
Lucian Freud, Lying by the Rags, 1989-90 Oil on canvas, 139x184 cm: Lucian Freud, Lying by the Rags, 1989-90 Oil on canvas, 139x184 cm