1. Late 13th – Early 15th Century
The Renaissance
Late 13th – Early 15th Century

2. What caused the Renaissance?
Renaissance means “rebirth”. It began as a means to help bring people back to the values of the Greeks and Romans.
The Renaissance sought to emphasize the value of intelligence and thought, and focused on art that mimicked that of the Greeks and Romans.
Most artists during the Renaissance were also inventors, philosophers, and scientists.
Sculptures focusing on the human form were popular, as well as realism paintings.
There are 2 main periods of Renaissance art: Proto-Renaissance and High Renaissance.

3. Proto-Renaissance
Much of the Proto-Renaissance art was found in the cathedrals of Catholic churches.
The church architecture was where movement first began to flourish in the form of carved bronze doors and frescoes (sanctuary murals).
The Catholic church would continue to be a supporter of the Renaissance movement and its artists for the duration of the era.
Often thought of as Gothic art.

4. Baroncelli Polyptych Baroncelli Chapel
Detail from the chapel frescoe (pictured).
Painted by Giotto in Florence, Italy.

5. Ugly Renaissance Babies Compilation

6. High Renaissance Lasted from 1490’s to 1527.
Famous painters from this time included Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
The main city where high Renaissance art was created was Rome.
Focused on form, beauty, and detail, the High Renaissance art often depicted realistic images that were elaborate and often religious.

7. The Sistine Chapel Painted my Michelangelo in 1508-1512.
Covers the ceiling and all walls of the chapel.
Located in Vatican City.
Michelangelo painted the ceiling while lying on his back suspended from a platform.
The Pope’s nephew made him angry, so Michelangelo painted him as a demon burning in the underworld.

8. Leonardo da Vinci
Most well known painter to date, he was very eccentric during his time.
He worked closely with the Catholic church but did not uphold their values.
He was also a scientist and inventor.
He dissected corpses in the lower rooms of the Cathedral (secretly) and drew images of his findings, which gave us a lot of the information we have today on the human body.
Was the first to draw plans for an airplane.