Italian Renaissance Art Michelangelo – Sculptor David

Michelangelo – Painter Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Creation of Man

The Last Judgment

Michelangelo – Architect St. Peter’s Basilica He designed the dome and much of the interior altar

Leonardo da Vinci – Ideal Renaissance man Definition? – Had lots of different interests and talents Painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist, poet

Leonardo da Vinci – Painter Mona Lisa Is it her or is it him?

The Last Supper

Vitruvian Man – Study of anatomy and human proportion

Raphael – Painter – Use of perspective Definition? New technique of the Renaissance Raphael was not the first to use this technique Perspective!

The School of Athens

Donatello – 1 st free standing bronze statue since Roman times David

Botticelli The Birth of Venus

Brunelleschi – Architect – Designed the dome of the Florence Cathedral 1 st dome built since Roman times

Dome Caparisons Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington DC) Dome completed in 1868

Ghiberti – Sculptor – Designed the bronze doors of the Florence Cathedral Baptistery Gates of Paradise

Northern Renaissance By the end of the 15 th century, Italian city-states no longer had a monopoly on Asian goods – Other nations want to get wealthy through trade – Explorations by Spain and Portugal in the late 1400s opened new trade routes to Asia

Northern Renaissance France, England, the Netherlands (Holland) and the German States became leading trading nations Hanseatic League Definition? ◦ Trade organization of German merchants who controlled Northern Europe

Northern Renaissance Had a different style from the Italian Renaissance – Why?

Styles of the Renaissance Italian Renaissance – Themes Religion Greek and Roman mythology

Styles of the Renaissance Italian Renaissance – Features Water-based colors Bright, light colors Idealistic figures – Larger than life – Heroic – Glamorous

Styles of the Renaissance Northern Renaissance – Features Darker colors First to develop and use oil paints – Jan van Eyck More realistic

Hans Holbein – Painted portraits of the rich & powerful Henry VIII

Albrecht Durer – Northern “da Vinci” – Renaissance man – Painter, engraver, author Praying Hands

The Knight, Death, and the Devil

Pieter Brueghel – Painter Ordinary people and village life

Jan van Eyck – Painter – Developed oil paints with his brother The Arnolfini Wedding