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This is an introduction to Italian Art -
The Renaissance
I am Mr. Lanni, Art Teacher
at Columbia Middle School.
I will lead you through this
presentation which highlights
a few artists from this period.
You will notice that several of the
artists are referred to by only one
name. I used the name that the artists
were most known by.
Each slide contains a link for more
information.
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The Renaissance is divided into two parts
• Early Renaissance began in the 1400s
• High Renaissance began in the 1500s
Renaissance means rebirth
• A discovery of ancient art in Italy led to an
interest in classical Greek and Roman Art
• Renaissance artists believed that art from
Ancient Greece and Rome was perfect
• Renaissance artists wanted to copy this
perfect art
http://www.idcrome.org/laocoon.htm
This sculpture is called Laocoon.
It is an ancient Greek sculpture
that was copied by the Romans.
It became a great inspiration for
Renaissance sculptors
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• Ghiberti is most known for winning an art contest
held by the city of Florence, Italy in 1401
Lorenzo Ghiberti
• The winner was paid to sculpt a set of golden doors
for the Baptistery building in the center of the city
This is the Baptistery. If you look
closely you can see the doors.
I’m pointing to it with my brush.
•These doors are
about 16 feet tall
•They took over
25 years to finish
•Michelangelo
called them the
Gates of Paradise
100 years after
they were created
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/ghiberti.html
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• Brunelleschi lost the art contest to
Ghiberti to sculpt the Baptistery doors
Filippo Brunelleschi
• Don’t feel bad for him because he
became a successful engineer & architect
• His architectural design was chosen to
create the dome for the main Cathedral
in Florence
• At the time Brunelleschi’s dome was
considered the greatest architectural feat
in the Western world
• He developed linear perspective
while drawing architectural plans
for this dome
• This helped all artists to draw
more realistically
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/brunelleschi.html
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Donatello
• Donatello was trained by
Lorenzo Ghiberti
• He created many sculptures using
different materials like:
Marble, Bronze and Wood
• One of Donatello’s most well known
works includes a large equestrian
statue that stands about 11 feet tall
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/donatello.html
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Masaccio
• Masaccio was influenced
greatly by Brunelleschi
• He incorporated the new
invention of linear perspective
with Christian Imagery
In this picture Masaccio
included the two people
who paid for this painting
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/masaccio/index.html
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Sandro Botticelli’s two most famous
paintings illustrate stories from Greek
and Roman Mythology
Primavera, which
illustrates the story
of Flora, the Roman
goddess of Spring
Birth of Venus, which
illustrates the Goddess
born of the sea
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/botticelli.html
Sandro Botticelli
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Three of the most famous artists from this period are:
1. Leonardo da Vinci who painted the Mona Lisa
2. Michelangelo who sculpted the statue of David and painted the Ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel
3. Raphael who painted portraits and murals for the Pope’s private residence
The High Renaissance was the culmination of the artistic
developments of the Early Renaissance, and one of the great
explosions of creative genius in the history of the West.
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http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/
Leonardo DaVinci
Everyone knows this lady.
She is the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo’s painting The Last Supper is a
fresco which is a paint and plaster mix. It is
damaged do to the fact that he experimented
with a formula that has not held up over time.
For centuries no one knew who she was and there were many
rumors about the picture. What is known is that he brought
the painting with him when he moved to France for the last 15
years of his life. He died with this painting in his possession
and it was then acquired by the French Government. This is
why it is owned by the Louvre.
High
Leonardo was hired
by many armies to
design weapons.
This is one of his
drawings for an
oversize crossbow.
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Leonardo da Vinci
In addition to being an artist, Leonardo was
also an inventor. Some credit his design
with being the inspiration for the modern
day helicopter.
http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinventors/ig/Inventions-of-Leonardo-DaVinci/
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Michelangelo
Buonaroti
This is called the Pieta.
Michelangelo was only
21 when he completed
this sculpture. It made
him very respected and
helped him to get the
commission to sculpt
the David for the city
of Florence.
• Michelangelo considered himself a sculptor
• He most loved sculpting from large blocks of marble
• His statue of David was so large and so admired that
it instantly became the symbol for city of Florence
when it was finished in 1501
• The statue stands about 17 feet tall and was carved
all out of one block
http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/michelangelo.html
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Michelangelo Buonaroti
He hated painting and
only wanted to sculpt.
The Pope who hired
him to paint the
ceiling would not let
Michelangelo out of
his contract until the
This is called the Creation of Adam,
one of the many scenes from the
ceiling.
job was finished.
Michelangelo painted
all of his figures to
look like they were
sculpted out of blocks
Michelangelo’s most famous painting is
the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the
Vatican in Rome. He painted over 300
figures on an area that is 70 ft. high and
is 150ft long by 45ft wide. It took him 4
years to finish.
of marble.
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Raphael Santi
This painting by Raphael titled School of Athens
depicts Ancient Greek Artists and Philosophers
meeting in an Italian Renaissance building.
This sums up the Renaissance ideal.
Raphael is considered
one of the best figure
painters in the history
of Western Art. He was
the main rival of
Michelangelo during
the renaissance
competing for art
commissions.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/raphael.html
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Titian was almost
as famous as
Michelangelo
was during the
Renaissance.
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Titian
He lived and painted his entire career in
Venice. Titian painted religious scenes
and pictures from Mythology but was
most known for painting lifelike portraits
of nobility.
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/t/tiziano/index.html
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That concludes this presentation on the
Italian Renaissance. Check out the links
on each slide to learn more about these
artists and many others who worked
during this period.