1. Renaissance Art

2. Background Renaissance artists studied ancient Greek and Roman art
they paid close attention to detail
artwork became very realistic

3. Background Renaissance artists were heroes!!
paid large amounts by the rulers of their city-states (patrons or sponsors)
had apprentices (students)

4. Perspective
perspective - technique used to show how objects appear at different distances

5. Leonardo da Vinci artist, scientist, and inventor from Italy (Vinci)
used mirror writing (?)
painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

6. Mona Lisa

7. The Last Supper

8. Leonardo’s Designs

9. Leonardo’s Designs

10. Leonardo’s Designs

11. Michelangelo
from Italy
lived in Florence (worked for the Medicis)
sculptor and painter

12. La Pieta

13. Ceiling of Sistine Chapel

14. David

15. Other Famous Renaissance Artists
Raphael (painter)
Donatello (sculptor)
Brunelleschi (architect)