1. The Art of the Renaissance
Renaissance and Reformation Unit

2. Realism and Classical Influence
David – Michelangelo –
Depicts the Israelite King David
Muscular statue realistically portrays the idealist human form
Natural pose and attention to creating “human perfection” shows Greek and roman influence

3. Beauty, Balance and Harmony
The Cathedral of Florence (The Duomo) – Filippo Brunelleschi
Modeled after the Parthenon in Rome
The dome is proportioned to create a sense of harmony and space

4. The Individual Cecilia Gallerani – Leonardo di Vinci – 1490
Portrait of an upper class woman with her pet ferret
Includes personal touches by including her own jewelry and her own clothing, which expresses her personality

5. Perspective View of an Ideal City – Piero della Francesca
Used perspective a technique that shows distant objects as smaller and closer together to create the illusion of depth
Optical Illusion
Use of a vanishing point
Creating realistic scenes
Perspective

7. Leonardo di Vinci
“A painter should begin every cancas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed to light”
Well Known Works
Last Supper ( )
Vitruvian Man (1409)
Mona Lisa (1503 – 1506)

8. Donatello 1386-1466 Well Known Works Bronze David (1440)
St. John the Evangelist ( )
Gattamelata (1453)

9. Raphael
“Here lies that famous Raphael by whom nature feared to be compared to while he lived, and when he was dying, feared herself to die.”
Well known works
The School of Athens ( )
Transfiguration (1520)
Sistine Madonna (1512)

10. Michelangelo
“ However rich I may hve been, I have always lived like a poor man”
Well Known Works
David ( )
Pieta ( )
Sistine Chapel