1. In what ways was the Renaissance both a rebirth and a great leap forward in the arts? 1.Find a piece of Renaissance art that you are drawn to and try to sketch/recreate ONE aspect of it. Be as accurate as possible – this is how many of the Renaissance artists perfected their techniques. 2.On the back of your sketch write a paragraph describing what qualities/characteristics make your artwork a product of the Renaissance.

2. Renaissance Art

3. Renaissance = ``rebirth'‘ of Classical (Greek and Roman) art, architecture, and philosophy from the 1300s-1500s

4. Lorenzo Medici

5. Medici Palace = RICH!!!

6. M.A. Art Religious 2D Flat, unrealistic

8. Foreshortening –portraying an object with the apparent shortening due to visual perspective.

9. Foreshortening

10. Lamentation of the Dead Christ Use of unusual vantage points

12. Which has perspective?

13. Symmetry – correct proportion of body parts & grouping of figures so that they are the same on both sides.

14. Contrapposto – (counterpoise) depict human form in a non-symmetrical, relaxed stance that appears realistic

16. Venus de Milo

17. Sfumato - technique of effecting a gradual transition from one color to another.

18. Sfumato

19. Chiaroscuro - the handling of light and dark, shading techniques

20. Botticelli’s portrait Chiaroscuro??

24. http://sunsite.dk/cgfa//vinci/p-vinci20.htm Perspective Study for "Adoration of the Magi"

25. Raphael’s School of Athens

27. Marriage of The Virgin Raphael http://www.mezzo- mondo.com/arts/m m/raphael/RAF011. html

28. Renaissance Art Masterpieces

32. Da Vinci’s The Annunciation

33. Da Vinci’s The Last Supper

34. Da Vinci’s Baptism of Christ

36. View - St. Peter’s Basilica Dome

40. St. Peter’s Basilica

44. Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment

46. Close-up of Jesus

47. The Creation of Adam

48. Adam & Eve are cast out

49. Raphael’s Galatea