Download Art of the Renaissance During the Renaissance many artists created

Art of the Renaissance
During the Renaissance many artists created amazing works of art. There were many innovations in technique which
brought more realism to paintings. The ideals of humanism, individualism, secularism, and classicism were reflected in
many pieces of art. Religious themes had dominated artwork of the Middle Ages and it continued to be a subject of
Renaissance artists, although to a lesser extent.
Read the artist’s biography section and explore their paintings. Each painting is accompanied by some type of
explanation or analysis. Complete the chart for each artist.
Websites to use for your research:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=16
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/index.html
Video clip demonstrating fresco technique--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cej4Ggq5nQI
Terms:
1. chiarrusco -a technique of painting or drawing using light and shade to achieve a three-dimensional quality
2. tempera - a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of
egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying
rate
3. Perspective- Perspective creates an illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional picture surface. Objects in
the background appear smaller than those in the foreground.
4.
Fresco- method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
Italian Renaissance:
1. Raphael (Raffaello Santi) –School of Athens
2. Michelangelo Buanoratti –David, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, La Pieta
 Take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel! http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
Or http://vatican.com/tour/sistine_chapel_3D (this one has information about the parts of the Chapel in the tour)
 Information about the Sistine Chapel ceiling:
http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/a/sischap_ceiling.htm
 More in-depth detail about the artwork of the Sistine Chapel:
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Main.html
3. Leonardo da Vinci—Mona Lisa, Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, inventor, “Renaissance Man”
http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/
4. Titian -noted for his religious and mythological works and portraits - Bacchus and Ariadne (1523), Charles V
5. Sandro Boticelli—The Birth of Venus
6. Giovanni Bellini – Madonna of the Meadow
7. Brunelleschi- Florence cathedral
8. Alberti-architect mainly
Northern Renaissance:
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Jan van Eyck - Ghent Alterpiece, The Arnolfini Portrait (also—see p. 12-13 in the Sherman reader)
Hans Holbein – The Ambassadors(also—see p. 12-13 in the Sherman reader)
Rembrandt- did more portraits than anyone else
Jerome Bosch – Garden of Earthly Delights
Rogier van der Weyden – The Deposition
Albrecht Dürer – well known for his wood carvings ; also a theoretician; go to—
http://www.albrecht-durer.org/
1. Analyze the impact of Renaissance humanism on the development of Italian art from 1450-1550.
2. To what extent are the Renaissance ideals of secularism, individualism, and humanism reflected in the artwork
of two Renaissance artists of your choice?
3. Choose 3 paintings from a Renaissance artist. Analyze each of the paintings in terms of its Renaissance artistic,
religious, humanist, and economic themes.
4. Compare and contrast artwork from the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance.
Artist & background info
Title of painting/description
Significance of Piece?
What Renaissance ideals
are reflected in this piece?