Download The Renaissance Outcome: Renaissance Painters/Sculptors

WARM UP – October 17
 Grab the handouts and answer the following questions on a
post it – use your notes from Friday:
 1. What does the term Renaissance mean?
 2. What two ancient civilizations influenced the artists of
the Renaissance?
 3. Describe three reasons that the Renaissance began in
Italy (what advantages did Italy have?)
 4. Who are the four most famous artists of the
Renaissance?
QUIZ REVIEW
 1. Feudalism – was there a lot of trade or very little
trade?
 2. Manor System – Kings, Lords/Nobles, Knights,
Peasants/Serfs
 3. Renaissance – What does it mean? Four major
artists?
 4. Crusades – who fought in it and why?
 5. Impact of Hundred Years War – who won? What
happened to the leadership in France and England?
QUIZ REVIEW
 6. The major invention in weapons used by the English
during the Hundred Years War
 7. Peasant girl that led the French in the Hundred
Years War
 8. What is term to describe the style of art during the
Renaissance that focuses on human potential and
achievement
 9. Two civilizations that influenced the Renaissance
QUIZ REVIEW
 10. Whose power did the nobles want to decrease
when they created the Magna Carta?
 11. Impact of the Crusades --- trade increased or
decreased?
 12. Impact of the Crusades – who controlled the Holy
land of Jerusalem – Muslims or Christians?
 13. Why did the Roman Empire fall?
QUIZ REVIEW
 14. What did the Manor System rely on in regards to
obtaining the things needed to survive such as food,
clothing, etc.?
 15. Feudalism and the Manor System were ended by
which two events?
The Renaissance
1. Renaissance Art
a.
Artists were supported by patrons like Isabella d’Este and the Medici
b.
Medieval artists used religious subjects to convey a spiritual ideal
c.
Renaissance artists will portray religious subjects but will use realistic styles
copied from classical models & Greece and Rome
d.
Renaissance painters used perspective which showed three dimensions on a
flat surface with a vanishing point in the middle
e.
Often times fresco was used: painting on wet plaster
Michelangelo
Famous Artists
a. Michelangelo
i. Renaissance man: sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
ii. Famous for way he portrayed the human body
iii. Famous works:
1.
2.
3.
Statue of David,
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,
Dome of St. Peter’s
Donatello
Famous Artists
b. Donatello
i.
Made sculpture more realistic by carving natural postures and expression
that revealed personality.
ii. Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata
iii. Also sculpted a David- favorite subject of Renaissance sculptors
Leonardo da Vinci
Famous Artists
c. Leonardo da Vinci
i. Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist
ii. Interested in how things work (veins in a leaf and muscle work)
iii. Famous works:
1.
The Mona Lisa
2.
The Last Supper
3.
Virgin on the Rocks
iv. The Da Vinci Code featured many of his paintings
The Mona Lisa
Raphael
Famous Artists
d. Raphael
i. Learned from studying Leonardo and Michelangelo
ii. One of favorite subjects was Madonna and Child (Virgin mary)
iii. Famous works:
i. School of Athens
ii. Marriage of the Virgin