Transcript Great Artworks of the Renaissance

Great Art of the
Renaissance
Medieval Art
Medieval Art
Medieval Art - Tapestry
Giotto (1267 – 1337)
Giotto di Bondone
(better known as just
Giotto), was an Italian
painter and architect.
He is generally
considered the first in
a line of great artists
who contributed to
and developed the
Italian Renaissance.
Giotto’s Frescos
A fresco is a painting done on wet plaster.
As it dries the wet plaster absorbs the paint and the painting becomes
part of the wall surface rather than resting on top of it.
This makes a durable work of art; if the wall is destroyed the painting
can often be reassembled because of the size of the plaster parts.
Giotto
Botticelli (1445 – 1510)
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi,
better known as Sandro Botticelli
was an Italian painter during the
Early Renaissance.
A portrait of
Botticelli
Botticelli’s Primavera (Spring)
Botticelli used some mythological themes in some of his paintings.
From left to right are Mercury, the Three Graces, Venus, Flora,
Chloris, and Zephyrus.
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
Botticelli's Venus was
chosen to be the
picture on the first
Italian euro coins
(2002).
Michelangelo (1475 - 1564)
Michelangelo di
Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni, commonly known
as Michelangelo, was a
Renaissance sculptor,
architect, painter, and
poet.
Some people think he is
the greatest artist that ever
lived.
Michelangelo’s sculpture
The Pieta
David
A closer look at David
The sculpture is so famous that it has become
iconic.
People recognize it instantly even when it is put into
a cartoon or used in photographs.
The statue was cleaned in 2003
Michelangelo's masterpiece was
given its first cleaning since 1873.
It had been almost 500 years since
it was hewn from a single block of
marble and it took conservation
experts more than six months to
complete the incredibly delicate
cleaning.
Michelangelo’s painting
The ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel in the Vatican in
Rome.
The Sistine Chapel
“The Creation of Man”, a panel from the Sistine Chapel.
The Sistine Chapel
Isaiah
Ezekiel
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment is
a common theme in
religious art.
The most famous is
Michelangelo's "The
Last Judgment" in the
Sistine Chapel.
He portrays himself
as St. Bartholomew's
flayed skin.
Raphael (1483– 1520)
Raphael or Raffaello was
a master painter and
architect in the Italian
High Renaissance.
He is celebrated for the
perfection and softness of
his paintings.
This painting is a selfportrait.
Raphael’s “School of Athens”
The famous
School of
Athens is set
in classical
times.
Plato and
Aristotle are
shown in the
center
engaged in a
philosophical
discussion.
Raphael painted Michelangelo into the picture after
looking at the Sistine Chapel.
Raphael’s “The Sistine Madonna”
This detail from the
Sistine Madonna is
reproduced on
everything from
pillows to stationary.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
Leonardo da Vinci was
an architect, musician,
anatomist, inventor,
engineer, sculptor,
geometer, and painter.
He has been described as a
universal genius, a man
both infinitely curious and
infinitely inventive.
He is also said to be one
of the greatest painters
that ever lived.
Self-portrait
da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa, an oil painting on
poplar wood, is perhaps the most
famous painting in art history.
Few other works of art are as
romanticized, celebrated, or
reproduced.
The Mona Lisa is another example
of an iconic piece of art.
The Mona Lizard
Gary Larson’s
“The Moona Lisa”
The Simpson’s version
of the “Mona Lisa”
da Vinci’s The Last Supper
The painting is one of the most well known and valued in the world; it has
never been privately owned because it cannot be moved.
Leonardo was one of the first painters to effectively use perspective.
Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare
was an English poet
and playwright.
Shakespeare is
considered by many to
be the greatest writer
in the English
language, and one of
the greatest of all time.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a play about the
fate of two young lovers who would do
anything to be together.
It is the most famous of his plays and
the most famous love story in history.
“But, soft! what light through
yonder window breaks? It is the
east, and Juliet is the sun.”
Modern Adaptations
of Romeo and Juliet
“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.”
Hamlet
“To be, or not to be,
That is the question.”
Much Ado
About Nothing