The Renaissance

The RenaissanceRenaissance time of

creativity & change

–Political

–Social

–Economic

–Cultural

The Renaissance• Increase in classical learning

• Medieval Scholars = life & death

• Renaissance Scholars = here & now / individual achievement

The Renaissance• Begins in Italy – mid 1300’s

• Spreads north into Europe

• Peaks in the mid – 1500’s

Reasons Began in Italy

1. Center of Ancient Roman History

2. Cities survived the Middle Agesa. Florence, Milan, Venice, Genoa

3. Wealthy & Powerful Merchant Class

Wealthy Merchant Class

• De Medici Family – richest family in Florence

1. Cosimo de Medici

2. Lorenzo de Medici - patron

The Renaissance• Humanism – intellectual

movement, focus on worldly subjects & not religious issues

• Education focus on grammar, rhetoric, poetry, & history

The Renaissance• Francesco Petrarch – early

humanist. Collected Greek & Roman manuscripts.

• He brought ancient writings to western Europe

The Renaissance in Art• Still used religious figures but in

Roman/ Greek settings

• Revived classical forms – Sculpting

The Renaissance• Perspective – art form using

shading to make figures more life like & making distant objects smaller

Renaissance Artists

The Big 4

Donatello

Donatello• One of the first Renaissance

Artists

• Known for his sculptures

• Bronze David & Life-size soldier on horseback

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

• True “Renaissance Man”

• Most brilliant of the time

• Architect, Engineer, painter, sculptor, & scientist

Michelangelo

Michelangelo• Painted the Sistine Chapel of

the Vatican

• Wrote Poetry

• Designed St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

Raphael

Raphael• Studied da Vinci &

Michelangelo

• Did many pictures of Mary as a loving mother

Titian

Titian• Known for using rich colors

& a sense of drama

• Assumption of the Virgin

Sofonisba Anguissola

Sofonisba Anguissola

• Noblewoman known for painting portraits

• Artist's Sisters Playing Chess

Albrecht Dürer

German Leonardo

Albrecht Dürer• Studied in Italy

• Applied methods to paintings, engravings, & prints

Flemish ArtistsArtists of Flanders ???

Flanders =Present Day Belgium and the Netherlands

Jan and Hubert van Eyck

Jan and Hubert van Eyck

• Developed oil paint

• Portrayals of townspeople

Pieter Bruegel

Pieter Bruegel• Painted lively scenes of

peasant life

• Peasants Dance

Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli

• Mixed Gothic realism w/ antique style

ARTIST FAMOUS WORK(S)

Donatello

DaVinci

Michelangelo

Raphael

Titian

Anguissola

Durer

J & H Van Eyck

Bruegel

Boticelli