THE RENAISSANCE: SCULPTURE
María Jesús Campos
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT
 Independent Italian
States
 Bourgeoisie: traders,
bankers
 Rome as the centre of
Christianity
 Patronage
RENAISSANCE: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
 Revival of Classical Greek
and Roman Culture
 Anthropocentrism: Humans
became the centre of
philosophical and artistic
reflection
 Rationalism and critical
thinking: explain the world
through science and rational
thinking (end of theocentrism)
 Importance of knowledge:
intellectual curiosity, new
techniques
 Desire to create order,
proportion and harmony.
 Use of math and rationality:
scale and proportion
CHRONOLOGY
 Trecento (14th century): evolution and remains
from Gothic style
 Quattrocento (15th century): harmony and
proportion
 Cinquecento (16th century):
 Mannerism (from 1530 till the Baroque):
dramatic effects, harmony and proportion are
abandoned…
SCULPTURE
 Harmony
 Realism
 Idealism and serenity: ideal
beauty, physical and spiritual
beauty.
 Anthropocentrism: anatomy
of the human body. Nudes.
The body reflects the
feelings.
 Balance and proportion:
symmetry, piramidal
composition.
 Peace and pleasure.
Optimism
 Perspective: to give
depth and volumen to
scenes, objects and
figures.
 Creating reliefs with
various depths.
 New techniques and
materials
 Mainly marble, stone
and bronze
 Freestanding
sculptures (3D) and
reliefs.
 Subjects:
 Religious
 Classical Antiquity:
mythology (nudes)
 Portraits
 Nature, landscapes,
buildings, cities…
CUATROCENTO
GHIBERTI: 1403-24 , “PUERTAS DEL BAPTISTERIO” PRIMERAS PUERTAS (NORTE)
GHIBERTI: (1425-52), “LAS PUERTAS DEL PARAÍSO” , BAPTISTERIO DE
FLORENCIA
GÉNESIS: CREACIÓN Y EXPULSIÓN
ABRAHAM: SACRIFICIO DE ISAAC
DONATELLO :“SAN JORGE”
DONATELLO “SAN JORGE”
”
DONATELLO “DAVID”
”
DONATELLO, “DAVID”
DONATELLO: CONDOTTIERO GATTAMELATA
DONATELLO “MAGDALENA PENITENTE”
CINQUECENTO
MIGUEL ANGEL : “DAVID”
MIGUEL ÁNGEL, “PIEDAD” VATICANO
MIGUEL ÁNGEL: TUMBA DEJULIO II
MIGUEL ÁNGEL “MOISÉS”
MIGUEL ÁNGEL: ESCLAVO REBELDE Y ESCLAVO MORIBUNDO
(MUSEO LOUVRE)
MANIERISMO
MIGUEL ÁNGEL: “PIEDAD FLORENTINA”, “ PIEDAD
RONDANINI”, “PIEDAD PALESTRINA”
GIAMBOLOGNA, “EL RAPTO DE LA SABINA”
GIAMBOLOGNA, “MERCURIO”
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