1. Artists from the Renaissance
By Danelle, Zoé and Nathan
Da Vinci

2. Introduction Albrecht Durer - Nathan Masaccio - Danelle
Donatello - Zoé
Pieter Brueghel - Nathan
Filippo Brunelleschi - Danelle
Pietro Perugino - Zoé
Paolo Uccello - Nathan
Conclusion
Leonardo Da Vinci - Danelle
Michelangelo Buonarroti - Zoé
Van Eyck - Nathan
Jean Fouquet - Danelle
Sofonisba Anguissola - Zoé

3. Leonardo Da Vinci
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One of the best known Renaissance painters.
Produced the world’s most famous painting: “Mona Lisa”.
Said to be the worlds most finest piece of art.
Introduced new techniques; such as sfumato.
Sfumato - intentional blur of lines.
Used in Mona Lisa’s mouth.
If you look close enough, you cannot see the corners of her mouth.
Makes her smile more ‘mysterious’.
Also well-known for “The Last Supper”.

4. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
Very well known Italian painter and sculptor in the Renaissance
Was also a poet and an architect
Painted a fresco that took 4 years to complete
Sistine Chapel one of the world’s greatest works of art -Over 400 life size figures from Bible.
Also famous for ‘David’ and ‘Pietà’

5. Van Eyck ( )
Van Eyck was a flemish painter who invented oil painting, painting with oil allowed the artist to make their paintings more vibrant and more fully represent the real world, Van Eyck painted paintings rich with color, and attention to detail.

6. Jean Fouquet (1416-1480) French painter. Illustrated mainly for books.
Painted scenes from the Bible.
Put individuality into his paintings; mainly visuals from the Bible.
Portrait of Charles III demonstrates use of brittle, incisive lines in miniature paintings.
Established international fame after 1477.

7. Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
Daughter of a very wealthy nobleman from Verona
Her father encouraged her to paint portraits
Michelangelo praised her portraits for how they showed the personality of the subject
She ended up being very well known, and even the Pope had at least one of her paintings

8. Albrecht Durer ( )
Albrecht Durer was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and was well known for his fine wood cuts, and was very proud and painted many portraits of himself. He used different shades and lighting to make his paintings beautiful.

9. Masaccio
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First painter to use aerial and linear perspective.
Only four of his famous frescoes still presently exist.
Frescoes: “A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries”.
First to represent humanism in art.
Frescoes characterized scenes of St. Peter’s life.
First artist to use early Renaissance style.
More natural and life-like.
Died at 27; rumoured to be poisoned by jealous artist.

10. Donatello
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One of the most influential artists from the early Italian Renaissance
Developed unique technique for casting bronze statues - used by many artists later on
One of most famous works of art was a bronze statue of David with Goliath’s head at his feet
Another famous work of art was a bust of Niccolo da Uzzano
Was the first artist to add a sense of depth to sculptures

11. Pieter Bruegel ( )
Pieter Brueghel was a Flemish Painter who was considered the first western painter to paint landscapes as just the landscape in the painting. New techniques for landscape painting from artists from northern Europe, later was adopted by Italian painters

12. Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)
First to use perspective in his art.
Designed octogonal dome of Florence Cathedral.
Named it the “Duomo”; completed in 1436.
Considered ‘The most impressive engineering feat since Roman times’.
Architecture converted mathematics into art.
Octagonal design thought to be motivated by buildings constructed by Turks in Central Asia.

13. Pietro Perugino
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Mainly worked in Perugia hence the name Perugino - real name was Pietro Vannucci
Painted on the walls of the Sistine Chapel
Used techniques developed by Bruneschelli to show perspective in his paintings
Worked with Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli on the Sistine Chapel

14. Paolo Uccello ( )
Was an italian painter and mathematician. His real name is Paolo di Dono, he was an apprentice to Ghiberti, he got his nickname Uccello from his of painting birds. Manetti taught him geometry.

15. Worldviews Danelle: Visuals of different times.
Shows individual perspective.
How Renaissance is different from 21st century.
Zoé:
Artist lifestyle was very simple.
Renaissance was very different.
Nathan:
The worlds painting is more vibrant.
The painting is very plain at first.

16. World Views Contd... Nathan: The worlds painting is more vibrant.
The painting is very plain at first.

17. Conclusion Thank you for listening to our presentation.
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