1. RENAISSANCE ART
Mrs. Kelley Orchard Knob Middle School 7th Grade Social Studies

2. Renaissance Art The proliferation of portraiture and its significance
The depiction of nudes
Nudity in medieval art
Imitation of nature was a primary goal
Pagan scenes and myths were popular subjects with no apologies to the Church

4. Renaissance Art Boticelli’s “Birth of Venus”
Giotto’s admiration for Saint Francis
Status of artist is elevated to cultural hero
Renaissance art stressed proportion, balance and harmony—and was not otherworldly
Artistic problems of perspective and composition addressed

5. In comparing Medieval and Renaissance art, which of the following are true?
Renaissance art focused on religion
Renaissance art focused on realism
Medieval art focused on creating religious values
Renaissance art highlighted the beauty of nature
Medieval art tended to be more focused on the individual
Renaissance art carried the traditions of the Greeks and Romans

6. Renaissance Art
Differences between Italian and Northern European painting
--Italian frescoes vs. Northern European altar piece
Rome became the center of the High Renaissance ( )

7. Ninja Turtle #1: Donatello

8. Donatello (1386-1466, Florence) Italian sculptor
Studied the classics of Greece and Rome
Sculpted with realism. Showed the human body with emotions and in functional ways

9. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Photograph: Copyright Scala/Art Resource, NY.

11. NINJA TURTLE #2 LEONARDO

12. VI. Renaissance Art and Architecture (cont)
Leonardo Da Vinci ( )
True Renaissance Man
Scientist, inventor, engineer and naturalist
Dissected Corpses
Short attention span

15. Pre-World War II picture of the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy. Home of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

18. NINJA TURTLE #3 MICHELANGELO

19. Renaissance Art and Architecture (cont)
Michelangelo
Neo-Platonist
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Conflict with Pope Julius II
Incredible energy and endurance
“Mannerism”

21. Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy. © Reuters NewMedia Inc./Corbis.

22. Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy.
Michelangelo Buonarroti. The Creation of Adam. Ceiling of The Sistine Chapel. Vatican, Rome. 1508–1512. Fresco.

25. NINJA TURTLE #4 RALPHAEL

26. Raphael Raphael (1483-1520) Man of great sensitivity and kindness
Died at the age of 37
“The School of Athens”
Famous for frescoes in the Vatican Palace

31. A. Michelangelo B. Donatello C. Petrarch D. Leonardo da Vinci
Which Renaissance artist experimented with manned flight, war machines, art, and was known as a “Renaissance Man?"
A. Michelangelo B. Donatello C. Petrarch D. Leonardo da Vinci

32. Who painted the Sistine Chapel (on his back)?
A. Michelangelo B. Donatello C. Shakespeare D. Leonardo da Vinci

33. Renaissance Architecture
Mannerism’s greatest representative: El Greco ( )
Romanesque architecture was revived in Renaissance building projects
Brunelleschi’s Church of San Lorenzo

35. Brunelleschi’s “Duomo” (Florence Cathedral)

36. Renaissance Literature
William Shakespeare ( )
--Globe Theater
Shakespeare returns to classical subjects and genres
His history plays were the most popular at the time
Macbeth: ambition
Hamlet: individualism
Keen sensitivity to sounds and meanings of words