1. Renaissance Art A close look at the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci

2. Middle Ages Precursor to Renaissance Remember me? Describe my artistic and historical significance

3. Middle Ages Precursor to Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts Learning controlled by church’s teachings No printing presses 3 social classes Nobility Churchmen Peasants

4. Renaissance 1450-1600 Middle Class develops (merchants) Inventions Gunpowder Printing Press 1400s Church Loses monopoly on learning Less powerful Protestant Reformation – Martin Luther Loss of Christian Unity

5. Renaissance – a rebirth Return to classical ideals of beauty and order Humanism – focus on human life and accomplishments “Man is the measure of all things”

6. Renaissance Art Oil on canvas 3D Contrasts of light and dark (chiaroscuro) Shadow and smokiness (sfumato) Proportion (individual figures and in comparison to other figures)

7. Leonardo da Vinci A True Renaissance Man Mathematician Scientist Inventor Artist

8. Inventor Design for Flying Machine Ca. 1488 Pen and Ink

9. Scientist

10. Mathematician Vitruvian Man Ca. 1487 Pen and ink

11. Sketches Study of Head of Leda Ca. 1505 Pen and ink

12. Paintings Last Supper Ca.1498 Tempera on plaster Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan)

13. Paintings Madonna of the Rocks Ca. 1485 Oil on panel

14. Paintings Mona Lisa Ca.1505 Oil on wood

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