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RENAISSANCE ART
Renaissance-rebirth
Renaissance Art
Renaissance—meaning, rebirth
Patrons wanted art that showed joy in human
beauty and life’s pleasures
 More lifelike than in the art of the Middle Ages
 Studied perspective
 Italian Giotto one of first to use depth and
emotion. He was from Florence, Italy.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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1452 - Leonardo was born on 15th April at Anchiano near Vinci
in the Florence area. He was the illegitimate son of a notary, Ser
Piero, and a young woman named Caterina
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1482 - He moved to Milan where he carried to the
court of Ludovico il Moro a letter in which his services
were recommended as an engineer, architect, sculptor,
painter and even musician. Indeed, it was in his
capacity as a musician that he was offered a position.
Leonardo da Vinci-life
1495 - He began his best known work, the Last Supper
 1499 - The duchy of Ludovico il Moro fell under french
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control—he abandoned Milan
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1513 -Leonardo moved to Rome on the invitation of the newlyelected pope, Giuliano dei Medici
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1516 -Invited to France by King and given the post of "first
painter, engineer and architect to the King"
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1519 – Died May 2
Leonardo da Vinci-oils
da Vinci-Adoration of the Magi
da Vinci’s Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
Lady with Ermine
Around 1483
da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
Perhaps his most
famous work
Not signed or dated,
but scholars agree it
is his.
Started painting
about 1503
da Vinci’s Medical Work
First to use exploded diagram
 First to use cross-section
 Got permission to study dead
bodies, eventually forbidden from
further study by the Church when he
believed he could take his
knowledge and make a person.
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da Vinci the inventor
Stretching device
for making barrels.
Designs for a boat
da Vinci the inventor
Flying Machine
da Vinci-inventor
Model of Flying Machine at Mila
Museum
Find more drawings!
Visit the Museum of Milan
www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/default.htm
Michelangelo-(1475-1564)
Started studying in Florence, Italy
 Huge influence on western art
 Skills
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Sculptor
 Painter
 Architect
 Poet
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Michelangelo-The Sculptor
David
Madonna and Child
Sculptor Continued
The Pieta(Dead body of
Jesus in Mother
Mary’s arms)
Carved in 1499
Michelangelo-Painter
Famous Paintings in the
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo-Architect
St. Peter’s
Basilica—
designed the
dome.
Was largest
church in
Christendom
at that time.
Capacity:
60,000 people
Medical Work—continued
Medical Work—continued
Study of the Womb
Fetus in the womb
Medical Work-continued
Study of Arm Movement
Study of Skeleton