History: Pre - Renaissance Western Civilization Greco-Roman
Empire Fall of Rome Dark Ages How religion played a part What was
happening in the rest of the world
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The Renaissance 1400-1600 Rebirth Began in the banking city of
Florence, Italy. Money was used to support the arts, architecture,
science, and mathematics. Religion and Patronage The rise of
humanism- the study of ancient Roman and Greek texts and interest
in becoming an outstanding citizen Da Vincis design for a flying
machine in 1488
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Information needed for book 1.First and last name of artist
2.When they were born and died 3.Where they are from 4.Introductory
sentence about the artist 5.What was the artists occupation?
(painter, sculptor, architect, mathematician, scientist, inventor,
metal smith, etc) 6.What was the content (subject matter) of the
artists work? 7.How did he use one of your vocabulary words? 8.How
did he use a second vocabulary word? 9.One fun fact about the
artist
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Directions for Artist Selection Choose 4 artists: 2 artists
from Italy 2 artists from Northern Europe Drawings of examples of
Artists work on pages: 5, 7, 9, 11 Information about each artist on
pages: 4, 6, 8, 10 Page 1= Introduction to Renaissance in FULL
SENTENCES Page 2= Table of Contents and sentence about favorite
artwork Page 3= Drawing of your favorite artwork Page 13, 14 =
Glossary
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Church of San Lorenzo, 1441-1481 Dome for the Duomo of
Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore, 1446-1461 Brunelleschi
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Old Sacristy 1418-28 Church of San Lorenzo, Florence Sacrifice
of Isaac, 1401-3. Crucifix. 1412-13 Polychromed wood, 170 x 170 cm
Santa Maria Novella, Florence Santa Maria degli Angeli (1434 -
1437) Faade 1419-26 Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Drawings The Last Supper, Mural
painting, 1490s, Milan. Genevre de Benci, 1474, oil on panel,
National Gallery of Art. Vitruvian Man1492 Pen, ink, watercolour
and metalpoint on paper, 343 x 245 mm Gallerie dell'Accademia,
Venice
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Aerial Perspective-when forms appear smaller and hazier in the
background and are cooler colors. Madonna of the Rocks, oil on
canvas, 1483-1486, The Louvre. Mona Lisa, oil on wood, 1480, the
Louvre.
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Michelangelo Buonarotti 1475 -1564 Madonna of the Stairs
1490-92 Marble, 55,5 x 40 cm Casa Buonarroti, Florence Battle c.
1492 Marble, 84,5 x 90,5 cm Casa Buonarroti, Florence Before the
age of 16 "il divino Michaelangelo"
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Michelangelo (1475-1564) Pieta, St. Peters Basilica, marble,
1498. David, 1504, marble, Florence. Sistine Ceiling- The Last
Judgment Sistine Ceiling, Vatican, fresco, 1508-1512.
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The Virgin and Child with St Anne c. 1510 Oil on wood, 168 x
130 cm Muse du Louvre, Paris The Entombment 1507 Oil on wood, 184 x
176 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome Madonna del Cardellino 1507 Oil on
wood, 107 x 77 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Raphael
(1483-1520)
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Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510-1512, Fresco, the Vatican.
Deliverance of St. Peter, 1514, fresco, Vatican City. Sistine
Madonna, 1512, Oil on canvas, Dresden Raphael (1483-1520)
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Northern Renaissance Protestant Reformation vs Roman Catholic
Church From the late 15 th Century on, the ideas of the Italian
Renaissance spread to many other parts of Europe Featured Artists:
Albrecht Durer Pieter Brueghel the Elder Rembrandt van Rijn
Johannes Vermeer
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Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) Self Portrait 1500, oil on Wood
panel, Munich. Wing of Bird-Taxedermy The Rhinoceros, 1515,
Woodcut, Spain. A Young Hare, 1502, watercolor, Vienna. Melancholia
I, 1514, engraving, Germany.
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525-1569) The Fall of Icarus, 1558,
oil on wood, Belgium. Netherlandish Proverbs, 1526, oil on wood,
Berlin. Hunters in the Snow, 1565, Oil on wood, Brussels.
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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Night Watch, 1642, oil on
canvas, Amsterdam. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulaep, 1632, oil on
canvas, Amsterdam. Feast of Belshazzar, 1635, oil on canvas,
National Gallery of Art. Christ Preaching, 1649, etching,
Japan.
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Johannes Vermeer 1632-1675 The Art of Painting, 1666, oil on
canvas, Vienna. The Music Lesson, 1662, oil on canvas, London. Girl
with a Pearl Earring, 1665, Oil on canvas, The Hague.