1. Renaissance Art An overview of early to late Renaissance Artists and their works Put together by Deborah Burk

2. Characteristics of Renaissance art More realistic v. stylistic than medieval art seen on the right Artists studied anatomy from cadavers and celebrated the beauty of the human form Often landscapes and classical themes in the background More secular subjects

3. Artists of the Renaissance Italian Artists: Donatello Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Raphael

4. Michelangelo Sculptor Painter Architect Known for realistic, muscular portrayals

5. Michelangelo “David”

6. “The Pieta”

7. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

8. Adam after creation: part of the Sistine Chapel

9. A detail of Adam and God from the Sistine Chapel, Vatican

10. St. Peter’s Dome in Rome

11. Leonardo da Vinci Also a “Renaissance man” of many talents. A sculptor, painter, and inventor Best known for works like the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper,” with realistic portrayals gained by his knowledge of anatomy.

12. The Mona Lisa

13. “The Last Supper”

14. “Flying machine”

15. Ana- tomical sketches

16. Ginevra de' Benci

17. “Self- portrait”

18. Artists of the Northern Renaissance Jan and Hubert van Eyck Peter Bruegel Peter Paul Rubens

19. Jan van Eyck (some think he is the same as Hubert) Portrayal of townspeople Used rich colors Many secular themes

20. “Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride” (Green was the color of fertility, and the bride is slouching to imitate pregnancy to show her willingness to bear children)

21. “Portrait of a man” (Self- portrait?)

22. Hubert van Eyck Some think Jan and Hubert were the same man

23. “The Crucifixion”

24. “The Three Marys at the Tomb”

25. “Portrait of Jan de Leeuw”

26. Pieter Brugel Best known for his village scenes; peasant life Great detail

27. “January”

28. “the dance”

29. “The tower of Babel”

30. Peter Paul Rubens Portrayed pagan figures Blended realism of Flemish painters with classical themes on large canvasses.

31. ‘The judgment of Paris”

32. A representation of the manger scene

33. William Shakespeare Writer From England Wrote in vernacular (English), not Latin Invented over 1700 words (bedroom, zany, etc.)

34. Miguel Cervantes Writer from Spain Wrote “Don Quixote” –1 st modern novel that was read for fun!!