ARTH101: Art Appreciation and Techniques

9.5.1 The Renaissance

• Smarthistory.org: "Cimabue's Trinita Madonna & Giotto's Ognissanti Madonna" Page

  Watch this video in order to get a sense for the new formal qualities that made their way into art during the transitional phase between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
  

• Smarthistory.org: "Florence in the Early Renaissance" Page

  Read this article to gain a better understanding of the intellectual climate associated with the Renaissance.
  

• Smarthistory.org: "Masaccio's Holy Trinity" Page

  Masaccio's 'Holy Trinity' exemplifies the ideals of the Early Renaissance in Florence.

• Smarthistory.org: "Masaccio, Holy Trinity, c. 1427" Page

  This video will reinforce the concepts in the reading about Masaccio's 'Holy Trinity' above.

• Flanders Page

  Find a map on the Web of historical Europe, specifically, one that features Flanders, in order to aid your understanding of this reading.
• Smarthistory.org: "Campin's Merode Altarpiece" Page

  Watch this video in order to get a sense for how the ideas and ideals of the Renaissance started taking shape in Northern art.
  

• Smarthistory.org: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's "High Renaissance" Page

  Read this introduction to the art of the High Renaissance.

• Smarthistory.org: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's "Raphael's School of Athens" Page

  Raphael is one of the masters of the High Renaissance. Read on to find out more.

• Smarthistory.org: "Da Vinci's The Last Supper" URL

  Read the above text and watch this video, which discusses Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper, an artwork often considered exemplary in terms of its expression of High Renaissance values.
  

• Smarthistory.org: "Michelangelo's "David" URL

  Read this text for a description of the sculpture by Michelangelo, another master of the High Renaissance.