Renaissance Artists
Leonardo da Vinci 1452- 1519 Artist Sculptor Architect Scientist Engineer Inventor Self Portrait
Vitruvian Man Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa OR da Vinci??
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 & Geometry
Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie Refractory Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan
A Da Vinci “Code”: St. John or Mary Magdalene?
Leonardo, the Artist: From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)
Leonardo, the Sculptor An Equestrian Statue 1516-1518
Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology): Pages from his Notebook An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook
Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook
Man Can Fly?
Michelangelo Buonorrati 1475 – 1564 David The Pieta
The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512
The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512
The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens
The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man
The Sistine Chapel Details The Fall from Grace
The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment
Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) aka: Raphael Sistine Madonna Alba Madonna
The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11 One point perspective. All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts (grammar, dialect, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and music) A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments library. Raphael worked on this commission simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel. No Christian themes here.
The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11 Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo
The School of Athens – Raphael, details Plato: looks to the heavens [or the IDEAL realm]. Aristotle: looks to this earth [the here and now].
Averroes Hypatia Pythagoras
Zoroaster Ptolemy Euclid
1: Zeno of Citium 2: Epicurus 3: Federico II of Mantua 4: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles 5: Averroes 6: Pythagoras 7: Alcibiades or Alexander the Great? 8: Antisthenes or Xenophon 9: Hypatia 10: Aeschines or Xenophon 11: Parmenides? 12: Socrates 13: Heraclitus (Michelangelo) 14: Plato (Leonardo da Vinci) 15: Aristotle 16: Diogenes 17: Plotinus (Donatello) 18: Euclid or Archimedes with students 19: Zoroaster 20: Ptolemy R: Apelles (Raphael) 21: Protogenes
Donatello First free-form bronze since Roman times! David Saint George
Masaccio Created the first masterpieces of the Renaissance using frescos The Tribute Money
Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build the cathedral dome. Used unique architectural concepts. He studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome. Used ribs for support.
Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1436 Brunelleschi's dome for the Duomo of Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore
Humanism Based on the study of Greek and Roman Classics: grammar, rhetoric, poetry, philosophy, history, liberal arts, physical education Has a big impact on education Women are not taught rhetoric and mathematics; taught more poetry and music; it was thought that religion and morals was the most important part of a women's education Petrarch is seen as the father of Italian Humanism
Renaissance Literature Begins the popular use of Vernacular – the language spoken in their own region (everyday language) Dante – Divine Comedy – tells of the journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven Geoffrey Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales – his use of English vernacular was important in making his dialect the chief ancestor of the modern English language Christine de Pizan – The Book of City Ladies – defends women and their education