Renaissance Paintings Chapter 4
Achievements of Renaissance Artists Giotto (1266-1337): Florence; painter and architect; portrayed religious themes in many frescoes including St. Francis Preaching to the Birds
Achievements of Renaissance Artists Ghiberti (1378-1455): Florence; sculptor Donatello (1386-1466): Florence; carved busts, statuettes, friezes for cathedral; important early work included the life-size statue of St. George in armor
Achievements of Renaissance Artists Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): (not the Ninja Turtle); associated in Florence, Milan, and Rome; ideal Renaissance man; genius; skilled painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer and scientists; Famous artistic works include Self-Portrait, The Last Supper, and the Mona Lisa
Achievements of Renaissance Artists
Achievements of Renaissance Artists
Achievements of Renaissance Artists Michelangelo (1475-1564): multi-talented Renaissance genius; painter, sculptor, poet and architect; Famous works of art include the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Pietà, David, Moses and the design of the dome atop of St. Peter’s Cathedral
Achievements of Renaissance Artists
Achievements of Renaissance Artists Titian (1477-1576): Venice; completed portraits of famous people and scenes from mythology and the Bible Raphael (1483-1520): worked in Florence and Rome; desired to capture beauty in paintings such as the Sistine Madonna Palestrina (1526-1594): Rome; composed church music that is still used today
Renaissance Art in Spain El Greco (1547-1614): a Greek living in Spain; painted religious scenes, portraits and the famous landscape View of Toledo Velaquez (1599-1660): official painter to King Philip IV of Spain; commemorated a Spanish victory against the Dutch in his Surrender of Breda
Renaissance Art in Holland Hals (1580-1666): painted portraits of ordinary people and scenes of everyday life; Laughing Cavalier Rembrandt (1606-1669): considered the greatest painter of northern Europe; used contrasts of light and shadow in portraying everyday life and common people; The Night Watch, The Anatomy Lesson, and Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
Renaissance Art in Finland Rubens (1577-1640): noted for brilliant colors, composed landscapes and portraits and vigorously depicted action in religious and historical paintings; Adoration of the Magi
Renaissance Art in Germany Dürer (1471-1528): was a painter and a metal and wood engraver; famed for his drawing Praying Hands Holbein (1497-1543): official painter at the court of Henry VIII in England; produced lifelike portraits of famous persons including Henry VIII, Erasmus and Sir Thomas More