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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