Renaissance Gallery Walk Overview

“Renaissance” means… “rebirth” Rebirth of art and learning Rebirth of art and learning from the Greek and Roman Empires

RENAISSANCE WRITERS PETRARCH: Starts the Renaissance Father of “humanism” And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not. – St. Augustine

RENAISSANCE WRITERS ERASMUS: The Praise of Folly – said that to improve society, all should study the Bible MORE: Utopia – imaginary land inhabited by peaceful people; no use for money; means “no place” in Latin, but in English means “ideal place”

PRINTING SPREADS RENAISSANCE IDEAS Chinese 1st invent block printing JOHANN GUTENBERG: reinvents moveable type & comes up with printing press Gutenberg Bible: first full size book printed Came in English, French, and German  VERNACULAR (own language) increased Can produce 100’s of copies Encouraged people to learn to read!  RISE IN LITERACY & IDEAS SPREAD FASTER

RENAISSANCE WRITERS, PART II WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Greatest playwright of all time: sonnets, plays, essays Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Othello Macbeth Midsummer Night’s Dream Julius Caesar King Lear

PERSPECTIVE 3 Dimensional Distant objects are smaller

Renaissance vs. Medieval Art

Renaissance vs. Medieval Art

SHADING Helps objects to look more realistic; 3-D look VS

NINJA TURTLES: LEONARDO LEONARDO DA VINCI: painter, sculptor, inventor, & scientist  a true “Renaissance Man” Mona Lisa The Last Supper

NINJA TURTLES: MICHELANGELO MICHELANGELO: sculptor and painter Sistine Chapel Statue of David

NINJA TURTLES: DONATELLO DONATELLO: sculptor and painter; Revealed personality in his art One of the first to do a nude statue First bronze statue of St. Louis of Toulouse

NINJA TURTLES: RAPHAEL RAPHAEL studied from Michelangelo and Leonardo; painter Madonna and Child School of Athens