Renaissance Art

Developments in Renaissance art: Oil based paints Achieve startling effects with light and shadow Perspective Achieve a realistic effect of three dimensional space

Naturalism Increased attention to musculature and movement of the body Subject matter Human beings, landscapes, and classical architecture

Order and symmetry Great stock on orderly composition Status of Artist Reputation of artists as creative geniuses became the standard

Donatello Florentine Revived the free standing scultpure

Masaccio Florentine Used perspective for the first time

Brunelleschi Also helped to develop perspective in painting

Leonardo da Vinci Foremost Renaissance Man Diverse interests led him into science engineering and anatomy First to use oil paints

Michelangelo Worked mostly in Florence and Rome Sculptor, painter, and architect

Raphael Worked mostly in Florence and Rome Paid tribute to the ancient world and his fellow artists

Giotto Remained religions but he portrayed people in a more human fashion

Botticelli Themes drawn from classical mythology

Ghiberti Gates of Pardise

Bramante Rebuilding St. Peters