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–In your own words, define the
following terms:
• Renaissance
• Humanism
• Classicism
–Why did the Renaissance begin
in Italy?
Renaissance Artists
Art & Patronage in Italy
 Italians
were willing to spend a lot
of money on art:
–Banking & trade in Italian citystates, especially Florence, led
to lots of money to spend on art
–Art showed peoples’ new social
& political status
–The rise of cities brought artists
together & shared ideas—this
led to new techniques & styles
Florence under the Medici
Medici Chapel
The Medici Palace
New Artistic Styles
 Realism
& emotion
Sfumato
 Classicism: inspiration from
Greece & Rome
The
first
nude
paintings
&
 Emphasis on individuals &
Chiaroscuro
sculptures since the Romans
interaction between people
 Geometric
arrangements
 Perspective
 UsingGreek
light & shadows
Renaissance
Renaissance
Artists
Giotto
 Giotto
was the “first” Renaissance
artists; He developed a new
artistic style for creating frescos
(paint on wet plaster walls):
–Painted human figures that
appeared lifelike
–Painted people with emotion
–Painted people in frescos
interacting with each other
Masaccio
 Masaccio
added to Giotto’s
innovative style by using
perspective:
–Shows objects in the foreground
as larger than objects in the
background which gives the
illusion of depth
 He became known as the “Father
of Modern Painting”
Donatello
 Donatello
was the first great
sculptor of the Renaissance
 Medieval sculptors only carved
the front of a statue, but Donatello
wanted sculptures to be viewed
from all sides like Greek & Roman
statues
 “David” is the 1st large, freestanding human sculpture
Michelangelo
 Michelangelo
was a great painter
& sculptor; his “Pieta” & “David”
sculptures are seen as
masterpieces
 His greatest work is the 130 ft x
44 ft ceiling of the Sistine Chapel;
which shows Biblical images of
amazing detail, power, & beauty
The
Sistine
Chapel
The Sistine Chapel:
The Creation of the Heavens
The Sistine Chapel:
The Creation of Man
The Sistine Chapel:
The Fall from Grace
The Sistine Chapel:
The Last Judgment
Raphael
 “Perfected”
Renaissance painting
 Raphael became the favorite
painter of the Pope because of his
amazing detailed paintings
showing a combination of famous
Greeks & Romans along with
Renaissance people
 “School of Athens” is his greatest
work
Plato (drawn to
look like Da Vinci)
Aristotle
Raphael
Pythagoras
Michelangelo
Euclid
Betrothal
of the
Virgin
Leonardo
 A true
“Renaissance Man”
Leonardo was an inventor, painter,
sculptor, & scientist
 His “Last Supper” shows Jesus’
last meeting with the 12 apostles
before the crucifixion; the facial
expressions, detail, emotion made
it a masterpiece
 His “Mona Lisa” is great for its
emotion and depth
Mona Lisa OR da Vinci?
Leonardo da
Vinci?
Mona Lisa?
A The
Da Vinci
“Code”:
Last Supper
St. John or Mary Magdalene?
Leonardo’s Inventions
Filippo Brunelleschi
 Florence’s
greatest
architect was
commissioned to
build the Cuppolo of
St. Maria del Fiore
cathedral:
–Brunelleschi
studied the Roman Pantheon
–The dome inspired modern
building designs
Dome Comparisons
Il Duomo, Florence
US Capital,
St. Paul’s,
Peter’s,London
Rome
Washington,
D.C.
St.
The
Northern
Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
 The
Renaissance spread from
Italy as scholars from other areas
visited Italian city-states & took
the new ideas they saw back
 Kings bought Renaissance art,
helping to spread new ideas
 Renaissance ideas spread to the
Holy Roman Empire (Germany),
England, France, Belgium,
Netherlands
Renaissance in France
 Architecture—buildings
combined
Medieval & classical designs
Renaissance in the
Holy Roman Empire
 Renaissance
in
Germany was
very religious—
Humanists
criticized the
Catholic church
 German painters
were the 1st to
use oils
Renaissance in England
 Renaissance
in England focused
on social issues
 Thomas More
criticized society
through Utopia
 William Shakespeare
wrote plays based on
ideas from classics &
universal human
qualities
Renaissance in the Netherlands
 In
the
Netherlands,
artists like
Jan Van
Eyck, were
noted for
precise
realism &
symbolism Wedding Portrait by Jan
Van Eyck 1434
Massys’ The Moneylender & His Wife
Guess if the following
pieces of art (A-J) are:
Renaissance
or
Medieval
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
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Draw a Renaissance
Picture using any 3 of
the following:
 Perspective
 Nature
 Realism
 Everyday
 Emotion
 Shading
 Nudity
life
 Sculpture-inthe-Round
 Human
Interaction