Transcript Renaissance Revolutionizes Art

RENAISSANCE
REVOLUTIONIZES ART
- Medieval artists used religious subjects to convey a spiritual ideal
- Renaissance artists portrayed religious subjects but in a realistic modern style.
- Renaissance artists also use perspective (show 3D on flat surface)
- Greek and Roman subjects become popular again
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES
-Paintings and sculptures become more realistic
- Paintings of prominent citizens begin to emerge
- Show distinctive features
- Realistic style to the body
- Natural postures, expressions to reveal personality
LEONARDO DA VINCI
• Painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist
• True Renaissance Man
• Two famous paintings are The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
• Wrote over 3,500 pages in notebooks all backwards
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
• Renaissance Man who excelled as painter, sculptor, architect and poet
• Created figures that were forceful and showed heroic grandeur
• Achievements include the Dome of St Peter’s, ceiling of Sistine Chapel, statue
of David
RAPHAEL SANZIO
• Student of Michelangelo and Leonardo
• Loved the Madonna and child
• Painted Renaissance figures as classical philosophers & their students
• Filled library of Pope Julius II with his paintings
• School of Athens was one of these
FAMOUS FEMALE ARTISTS
Sofonisba Anguissola
Artemisia Gentileschi
Portrait of King Philip II of Spain
Pictures of strong, heroic women
RENAISSANCE WRITERS CHANGE LITERATURE
- They used the vernacular or local language
- They wrote of self expression or to portray the individuality of their subjects
- Modern writers still use these same techniques
FRANCESCO PETRARCH
• One of the earliest and most influential humanists
• Some called him the Father of Renaissance Humanism
• Great poet that wrote in Latin and Italian
GIOVANNI BOCCACIO
• Best know for the Decameron
• Presents a tragic and comical views of life throughout his writings
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
• The Prince (1513) which was a political guidebook examining the
imperfections of people
• Has to gain the trust of others
• Do what morally is right BUT also what politically effective
• Thought a ruler must be shrewd and strong
• Ok to lie to people or opponents
VITTORIA COLONNA
• Woman writer who showed great influence
• Exchanged her sonnets with Michelangelo
• Helped Castiglione publish The Courtier