Transcript renaissance artists

 WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
FAMOUS RENAISSANCE ARTISTS.
WHY WAS THE RENAISSANCE
IMPORTANT?
WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
 Renaissance: Means “rebirth”
and was a period of time in
Western Europe from around
1300 – 1600.
It was a time of creativity and
great change in many areas –
political, social, economic, and
cultural.
http://youtu.be/0CRX_mqpzdU
WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
A new Worldwide view
evolved: The disorder and
disunity of the Middle Ages
led people to a new love of
classical writings of Greece
and Rome.
New attitudes toward
culture and learning from
spiritual to humanist.
Scholarship changed from
spiritual writing to
humanism and individual
achievement.
WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
The
Renaissance
started in
Florence Italy.
Trade with the Muslim
world across the
Mediterranean Sea
helped banking,
manufacturing and
merchants to make more
money
Trade provided wealth
that fueled the
Renaissance.
The revival of trade in Europe helped bring an end
to the Middle Ages & gave rise to the Renaissance
WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
The rise of cities
brought artists
together which led
to new techniques
& styles of art
Wealthy bankers &
merchants wanted to
show off their new status
by commissioning art
WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
The House of the
Medici - in Florence
were the most powerful
family in Italy
 The House of
Sforza - in Milan
Founded by Cosimo
Medici in 1434, they
were bankers that
invested and loaned
money to governments
all over Europe –
including to the pope.
Papal States –
led by the Pope
in Rome
The House of the Medici
Cosimo medici
 Lorenzo “The
Magnificent” was the leader
of Florence during the height
of the Renaissance
He held meetings with
poets, philosophers and
artists to make his city-state
better
Under Lorenzo, Florence
produced artists such as
Michelangelo and Leonardo
Di Vinci.
Produced 4 popes
Pope Clement VII
Lorenzo medici
Pope Leo
o Artists of the
Renaissance took religious
topics, and added
humanist realism.
oUsed ancient Greek and
Roman examples to create
paintings, sculptures and
architectural buildings.
o Renaissance art was
realist (like Greek and
Roman)
oArtists began using
perspective – by making
distant objects smaller
than those close to the
viewer, paintings began to
become 3-dimensional
•The best 4 Italian
Renaissance artists
1. Michelangelo
2. Rafael
3. Donatello
4. Leonardo
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• Michelangelo was one
of the most famous
Renaissance artists:
– He was a painter,
sculptor, architect,
& poet
– His sculptures &
paintings showed
realism, detail of
the human body, &
expression to show
personality &
emotion
Michelangelo’s
greatest work is
the 130 ft x 44 ft
ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel
which shows
Biblical images
of amazing detail,
power, & beauty
• Leonardo da Vinci was a
true “Renaissance Man”
– He was a painter &
sculptor whose art was
known for incredible
realism & emotion
– He was also an inventor
& scientist whose
sketches reveal
observations about
human anatomy & new
engineering technology
• Raphael “perfected”
Renaissance painting
– He improved
perspective and
realism by studying
Leonardo &
Michelangelo
– Raphael became the
favorite painter of the
Pope because of his
amazing detailed
paintings showing
a combination of
famous Greeks &
Romans along with
Renaissance people
• Raphael “perfected”
Renaissance painting
– He improved
perspective and
realism by studying
Leonardo &
Michelangelo
– Raphael became the
favorite painter of the
Pope because of his
amazing detailed
paintings showing
a combination of
famous Greeks &
Romans along with
Renaissance people
Raphael’s greatest painting was “School of Athens”
which blended Classical figures from Greece & Rome
with important people from the Renaissance
Plato (drawn to
look like Da Vinci)
Aristotle
Raphael
Pythagoras
Michelangelo
Euclid
• The first of many of the
Renaissance artists.
• A sculptor from
Florence, he provided
inspiration to
Michelangelo and
Rafael.
• Donatello
created this
sculpture in
1450 – it was
the first
equestrian
statue created
in over 800
years.
Gattamelata