Renaissance painting
Few periods in history have encompassed such a wide range of changes in society as the Renaissance. It was a wave that soaked the roots of human thought, bringing changes in art, science, philosophy, religion, and society. It began in Italy at the end of the Middle Ages (15th century), quickly spread throughout Europe, and lasted for 2 centuries.
Renaissance painting is a pictorial style characterized by being developed during the Renaissance period and presenting a complete contrast to the preceding dark period, the Gothic. For the first time, artists began to sign their works and became famous; universal masters of painting come from this period, and their works are still appreciated today.
Most important painters:
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
- El Greco (1541-1614)
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
- Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
- Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
- Pieter Brueghel (1525-1569)
- Titian (?-1576)
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
- Jan van Eyck (1390-1441)
- Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516)
Renaissance paintings
The Renaissance masters left us fabulous works, which remain in the collective memory; among the most important paintings are:
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"The Mona Lisa"
It is the best-guarded painting in the world, created by Leonardo da Vinci on a date that has not yet been precisely established, between the years 1503-1519, currently located at the Louvre MuseumParis. There she is in a... read more
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"The Virgin of the Spindle"
Also known as Virgin of the Spindlewas painted in 1501by Leonardo da Vinci. It shows a young Jesus moving away from his Mother's arms and looking at the cross, as a sign of his destiny ... see
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"The Disrobing of Christ"
Oil painting currently located in the Toledo Cathedral, painted between 1577and 1579. It is a complex work imbued with Christian symbolism, considered one of the crowning achievements of El Greco.
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"La Verónica"
This work along with "The Holy Face", they display one of the most important Christian relics, the Veil of Veronica, painted in 1580by El Greco.
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"View of Toledo"
Canvas painted at some point between 1604 and 1614, by El Greco. This is one of the first oil landscapes in history, since the genre did not exist as such before the Renaissance. Although at first glance it does not show great detail or the illuminated figures on the horizon that the modern Western eye is used to, the work is considered brilliant, especially for its rendering of the sky and the high contrasts used to represent it.
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"The Birth of Venus"
This is one of the most representative paintings of the Italian Renaissance, painted between 1484 and 1486, by Sandro Botticelli. It is currently housed at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
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"Sistine Madonna"
Oil painting with a religious theme. Author: Raphael Sanzio, painted on commission for Pope Julius II in 1512.
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"The Tower of Babel"
Canvas painted in 1565 by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, a Dutch painter of the Flemish school, considered a prominent figure of the early Renaissance that developed in Northern Europe.... see
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"Venus of Urbino"
Oil on canvas painted in 1538by Titianconsidered one of the greatest promoters of Renaissance art.
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"The Creation of Adam"
Fragment of painted fresco Michelangelo (1512 ) on plaster, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. The site where the most renowned Renaissance paintings and sculptures are found.
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"The Transfiguration of Christ"
This is the second of the two works with the same theme painted by Giovanni Bellini. Made in 1480.
Disappearance of the style and beginning of the Baroque
The disappearance of the Renaissance style occurred gradually between the 15th and 16th centuries. What had been considered an aesthetic and ideological revolution gradually became the norm, there was no longer anything new; at this point, Baroque art emerged (see Diego Velázquez) which is considered a direct evolution of Renaissance style.
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