1. Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Great Art of the Renaissance
Birthplace: Florence, Italy

2. Terms and Techniques Idealism: something idealized;
an ideal representation (dream-like).

3. Terms and Techniques
Realism: making things look lifelike

4. Terms and Techniques
Contrapposto: Having the body twisted while the head and/or shoulders face a different direction than the hips/legs

5. Chiaroscuro: using light and shading

6. Perspective: showing depth through three-dimensionality

7. Michelangelo's David
Example of Contrapposto
17 feet tall!

8. Example of Contrapposto and Realism
La Pieta
Example of Contrapposto and Realism
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy