1. Renaissance Art

2. More lifelike than Middle Ages art 1. Masaccio
Patrons wanted art that showed joy in human beauty and life’s pleasures.
More lifelike than Middle Ages art
1. Masaccio
Used fresco-painting on fresh, wet, plaster with water based paint
Painting uses perspective- looks lifelike, has depth

3. The Tribute Money by Masaccio 1426
Biblical figures have a relationship with the background

4. This new style was used and modified by future painters
1. perspective and organization of light through geometry
2. human anatomy- realistic portrayal of person ( human nude)

5. 2. Donatello
St. George

6. 3. Brunelleschi-St Lorenzo church 1421-1440

7. 4. Leonardo da Vinci- the Last Supper

8. Leonardo da Vinci- Vitruvian Man 1492

10. 5.Michelangelo- St. Peter’s church in Rome
Sistine Chapel
Interior of dome

11. 6. Jan van Eyck Flanders First to use oil paints
Gave painting color and allowed fine details
Imitated nature by observing reality and portraying details as best he could
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

13. 7. Albrecht Durer German Influenced by Italian painters
Ideal beauty based on examination of the human form
Adoration of the Magi