Download Renaissance Art - Great Neck Public Schools

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Focused on human beings
Use of perspective and shading
Blended religious themes with natural
settings
Also used classical mythology as a theme
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Three dimensional, realistic paintings
Use of geometry to achieve correct
organization
Interest in anatomy and movement in human
body
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Influenced by classical Greek and Roman
works
Gothic style of architecture- use of columns
and rounded arches
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Michelangelo
 Sculptor, engineer, poet, painter, and architect
 Famous works: ceiling of Sistine Chapel and David
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Leonardo Da Vinci
 Painter, sculptor, inventor, architect, musician,
engineer
 Renaissance man
 Sketches and plans for flying machines and
submarines
 Famous works: Mona Lisa andThe Last Supper
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Raphael
 Painter
 Famous works: School of Athens and his
Madonnas
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Jan van Eyck
 Northern Renaissance painter
 One of first to use oil paints
 Famous work: Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride