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Renaissance Art Task
Leonardo di
Vinci
1452-1519
• “A painter should begin every
cancas with a wash of black,
because all things in nature
are dark except where exposed
to light”
• Well Known Works
•
Last Supper (1492-1498)
•
Vitruvian Man (1409)
•
Mona Lisa (1503 – 1506)
Donatello
1386-1466
• Well Known Works
•
Bronze David (1440)
•
St. John the Evangelist (1408-1415)
•
Gattamelata (1453)
Raphael
1483-1520
• “Here lies that famous
Raphael by whom nature
feared to be compared to
while he lived, and when he
was dying, feared herself to
die.”
• Well known works
•
The School of Athens (1509-1510)
•
Transfiguration (1520)
•
Sistine Madonna (1512)
Michelangelo
1475-1564
• “ However rich I may hve
been, I have always lived like a
poor man”
• Well Known Works
•
David (1501-1504)
•
Pieta (1498-1499)
•
Sistine Chapel
Your Task
Create a Scrapbook Page that highlights the
accomplishments of these 4 renaissance men
Your Scrapbook must include:
1 work of art from each artist (include title, image and
artist name)
For each selection, write 2-3 sentences that describes
how the work of art embodies Renaissance values and
characteristics