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Unit 1: The Renaissance and Reformation (1300-1600)
LESSON 2: THE RENAISSANCE
REVOLUTIONIZES ART AND
LITERATURE
Review – The Renaissance Begins
1. Patrons of the Arts?
2. Humanism?
3. Secular?
4. Renaissance Man vs. Renaissance Woman?
Medieval vs. Renaissance Art
Renaissance Art
 May portray religious
Medieval Art
 Artists used religious
subjects to convey a
spiritual ideal.
 Flat
 2-D
subjects
 Used a realistic style
copied from classical
models
 Greek & Roman
subjects were very
popular
 Use of perspective3D
Realistic Painting and
Sculpture
 Renaissance artists copied
the realistic styles of Greek
and Roman artists. They
used perspective – a
technique that showed 3
dimensions on a flat
surface. Raphael’s Marriage
of the Virgin (1504)
 See Page 40 of Text!
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
 He was a painter, sculptor,
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inventor, and scientist.
3500 pages of his writings and
drawings survive and 17
paintings: best known for the
Mona Lisa and The Last
Supper.
Drew 1st helicopter, glider,
airplane, tank, repeating rifle,
paddle boat, bicycle, & car!
Always wrote in a mirror???
He was a true “Renaissance
man.”
The Last Supper - (da Vinci)
1495 – 1498
15 ft. X 29 ft.
the Mona Lisa (da Vinci)
It was painted
between 1504
and 1506. She
is thought to
be 16 yr-old
Lisa Gherardini
who married
Francesco del
Giocondo, a
wealthy
merchant of
Florence.
Donatello di Betto Bardi(1386–1466)
•The Boy David was
created in the 1440’s
of bronze and stand
about 6’ 2”
• 1st European freestanding nude
•Made for the
Medici family
Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
 Advanced Realism
 He studied
Michelangelo &
Leonardo
 Favorite subject
was Madonna and
child
 Portrayed their
expressions as
gentle and calm
 Famous for use of
perspective
Madonna and Child With Book (1504)
The School of Athens (Raphael)
(1509-1510)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
 From Florence
 Apprenticed at 13
to a mural painter
 Lived with de
Medici
 Architect, Painter,
Sculptor, and Poet
 Later went to Paris
and helped spread
Renaissance ideas
Michelangelo’s David (1504)
 Michelangelo used
realistic style when
depicting the human
body in his statue
David (1501-1504).
 It shows David
before the battle
with Goliath and it is
nearly 18 feet tall!
 1991 it was attacked!
The Ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel (Michelangelo)
Sistine Chapel (1508 – 1512)
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
She was the first
female artist to be
known on an
international level.
She is know for her
portraits of her sisters
and this one:
King Philip II of Spain (1558)
Francesco Petrarch
 The father of Renaissance
humanism.
 He wrote in the vernacular
(his native language) as
well as Latin.
 He wrote sonnets – 14 line
poems – about a
mysterious woman named
Laura who died of the
plague in 1348.
Niccolo Machiavelli
 Wrote The Prince (1513) to as a
guidebook for politicians and
rulers.
 He believed most people were
selfish, fair weather, and corrupt.
 He said rulers should not be
concerned with what was morally
right, but with what was politically
effective.
 Said lying was o.k. to lead and
that rulers are better off feared
than loved.
Exit Slip
Renaissance Artists and Writers
1. He produced the boy David from bronze?
a. Raphael b. Donatello c. Petrarch
2. He painted the Mona Lisa and designed the first
known flying machine?
a. da Vinci b. Raphael c. Michelangelo
3. He created a large statue of David and painted
the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
a. Donatello b. Michelangelo c. Raphael
4. He wrote poems called sonnets about a girl
named Laura?
a. da Vinci b. Petrarch c. Machiavelli
Bell Ringer:
Renaissance Artists and Writers
Match the Artist to the Artwork
or the Author to the book!
1. Leonardo da Vinci
A.
2. Michelangelo
B.
3. Raphael
C.
4. Machiavelli
D.