1. Renaissance Art Welcome to the world of Renaissance art. During the period between 1350 and 1603 artists created magnificent pieces of art that symbolized an age and exemplified the human potential. You will be required to identify these pieces and understand their connections to art history, the politics of the age and their connections to the emergence of the modern era.

2. The Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance:1350 – 1527 This era was a revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical styles (Greco-Roman) in the 14 th – 16 th century. The first artist to transition into Renaissance tendencies was Giotto (1276-1337) Masacio (1401-28?) the student of Giotto would follow into the renaissance style. Donatello (1386-1466) the sculptor would create the first nude sculptor similar to those of ancient Greece and Rome.

3. Davide Donatello

4. Mary Magdalene Donatello

6. Birth of Venus by Botticelli,1525

7. Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci

8. The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci

9. Pieta Michelangelo

10. Moses Michelangelo

11. Sistine Chapel Michelangelo

12. Creation of Man (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo

13. David Michelangelo

14. David Michelangelo

15. The School of Athens by Raphael

16. Marriage of the Virgin Pietro Perugino, 1500

17. Marriage of the Virgin Raphael, 1504

18. Madonna and Child Raphael “ma donna” means ‘my lady’ in Italian (Madonna: is the title of the Virgin Mary)

19. The Tempest Giorgione

20. The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Montegna, 1490

21. The Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance:1450-1600 As the Renaissance ideas spread out of Italy, they mingled with northern traditions. Many humanists there were more interested in religious ideas than in the secular themes popular in Italy. Albrecht Durer is perhaps the most famous of these northern Renaissance artists because of the influence his works had so many others. (i.e. Hans Holbein the Younger)

22. The Knight, Death, and the Devil Durer

23. The Large Turf Durer

24. Praying Hands Durer, 1508

25. Self Portrait at 28 Durer, 1500

26. Saint Jerome in the Wilderness Durer, 1494

27. The Ambassadors Holbein

28. Henry VIII Holbein

29. Crucifixion by Gruenwald

30. Paradise and Hell Bosch, 1510

31. Christ Carrying the Cross by Bosch

32. Ghent Alter Piece by Jan van Eyck

33. The Betrothal of the Arnolfini Jan van Eyck

36. The Tower of Babel by Bruegel, 1563

37. The Harvesters by Bruegel, 1565

38. The Peasant Dance by Bruegel, 1568

39. The Peasant Wedding by Bruegel, 1568

40. Make sure you “Face” the challenge and know your Renaissance Art pieces by quiz and test time!

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