1. The Art of the Renaissance
Modern World History

2. Renaissance vs. Medieval Art
Renaissance Art
Primary focus was on the church & religion
Warfare themes were secondary
Disproportionate
Unrealistic
Faces are all the same
2 dimensional, flat, and dull
Tempura Paint was used
Focus was primarily on individuals, followed by Christianity & worldly matters
Realism & Expression
Classicism
Nudity
3 dimensional & life-like
Geometric arrangement
Egg Tempura & Oil Paint used

3. Renaissance
Medieval

4. Humanism Cultural & Educational Reform
Main goal was to create citizens capable of engaging in civil life by communicating eloquently
Celebrated the individual & unique talents

5. Renaissance Artists embraced ideals of Greece and Rome in art
Focus on: realistic , human & emotional expression
Frescos
Painting done on wet plaster
gave depth to the paintings
Sculpture emphasized realism & the human form
Architecture reached new heights of design

6. Famous Artists of the Renaissance
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Leonardo da Vinci
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)
Sandro Botticelli

7. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer
Most Famous Works Include:
La Pieta
David
Sistine Chapel Ceiling

8. Housed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City
La Pieta
Housed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City

9. La Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture

10. Separation of Light and Darkness
Creation of Adam
Creation of Eve
The Last Judgment
Separation of Light and Darkness

11. Michelangelo created his masterpiece David in 1504.

12. Sistine Chapel
About a year after creating David, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

13. Moses

14. Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer
described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man
He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time

15. Mona Lisa

16. The Last Supper

17. Notebooks

18. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)
His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of
Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, form the traditional trinity of great masters of the Renaissance

19. 2 Angels

20. The School of Athens

21. Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
Socrates

22. Raphael (back)
Euclid
Zoroaster & Ptolemy

23. Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)
early Renaissance artist and sculptor from Florence

24. Sandro Botticelli an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance
From Florence
under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici

25. The Birth of Venus

26. Primavera

27. Renaissance Art & Pop Culture