The Art of the RenaissanceModern World History

Renaissance vs. Medieval Art

Medieval Art• Primary focus was on

the church & religion • Warfare themes were

secondary• Disproportionate• Unrealistic• Faces are all the same• 2 dimensional, flat,

and dull• Tempura Paint was

used

Renaissance Art• Focus was primarily on

individuals, followed by Christianity & worldly matters

• Realism & Expression• Classicism• Nudity• 3 dimensional & life-

like• Geometric

arrangement• Egg Tempura & Oil

Paint used

Medieval

Renaissance

Humanism• Cultural & Educational Reform

• Main goal was to create citizens capable of engaging in civil life by communicating eloquently• Celebrated the individual & unique talents

Renaissance Artists• embraced ideals of Greece and Rome in art

• Focus on: realistic , human & emotional expression

• Frescos– Painting done on wet plaster

– gave depth to the paintings

• Sculpture emphasized realism & the human form

• Architecture reached new heights of design

Famous Artists of the Renaissance

• Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)

• Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)

• Sandro Botticelli

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

• Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer

• Most Famous Works Include:• La Pieta• David• Sistine Chapel Ceiling

La Pieta

Housed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City

La Pieta 1499Marble Sculpture

Creation of Eve Creation of Adam

Separation of Light and Darkness The Last Judgment

DavidMichelangelo

created his masterpiece

David in 1504.

Sistine ChapelAbout a year after creating

David, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project, the

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Moses

Leonardo da Vinci• Italian Renaissance polymath:

painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer

• described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man

• He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time

Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

Notebooks

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)

• His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of

• Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, form the traditional trinity of great masters of the Renaissance

2 Angels

The School of Athens

Pythagoras

Socrates

Plato and Aristotle

Euclid

Zoroaster & Ptolemy

Raphael (back)

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)

• early Renaissance artist and sculptor from Florence

Sandro Botticelli

• an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance• From Florence• under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici

The Birth of Venus

Primavera

Renaissance Art & Pop Culture