Renaissance Art Welcome to the world of Renaissance art. During the period between 1350 and 1603 artists created magnificent pieces of art that symbolized an age and exemplified the human potential. You will be required to identify these pieces and understand their connections to art history, the politics of the age and their connections to the emergence of the modern era.
The Italian Renaissance This era was a revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical styles (Greco-Roman) in the 14th – 16th century. The first artist to transition into Renaissance tendencies was Giotto (1276-1337) Masacio (1401-28?) the student of Giotto would follow into the renaissance style. Donatello (1386-1466) the sculptor would create the first nude sculptor similar to those of ancient Greece and Rome.
Mary Magdalene Donatello
Birth of Venus by Botticelli,1525
Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci
The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci
Pieta Michelangelo
Moses Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel Michelangelo
Creation of Man (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo
David Michelangelo
The School of Athens by Raphael
Marriage of the Virgin Pietro Perugino, 1500
Marriage of the Virgin Raphael, 1504
Madonna and Child Raphael “ma donna” means ‘my lady’ in Italian (Madonna: is the title of the Virgin Mary)
The Tempest Giorgione
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Montegna, 1490
The Northern Renaissance As the Renaissance ideas spread out of Italy, they mingled with northern traditions. Many humanists there were more interested in religious ideas than in the secular themes popular in Italy. Albrecht Durer is perhaps the most famous of these northern Renaissance artists because of the influence his works had so many others. (i.e. Hans Holbein the Younger)
The Knight, Death, and the Devil Durer
The Large Turf Durer
Praying Hands Durer, 1508
Self Portrait at 28 Durer, 1500
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness Durer, 1494
The Ambassadors Holbein
Henry VIII Holbein
Crucifixion by Gruenwald
Paradise and Hell Bosch, 1510
Christ Carrying the Cross by Bosch
The Betrothal of the Arnolfini Jan van Eyck
The Tower of Babel by Bruegel, 1563
The Harvesters by Bruegel, 1565
The Peasant Dance by Bruegel, 1568
The Peasant Wedding by Bruegel, 1568
Make sure you “Face” the challenge and know your Renaissance Art pieces by quiz and test time!