RENAISSANCE ART
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How did Europe recover from the
Black Death?
Medieval Art
Medieval Art after the Black Death
New Concepts
◦ Humanism – a Renaissance cultural revival of ancient Greek and Roman thought, including: ◦ Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
◦ Fresco – painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints ◦ Helps give depth to paintings
◦ Perspective – allows for a “3D” effect that Medieval art lacked. Depth.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Mona Lisa The Last Supper
Compare perspective
Michelangelo
Statue of David
Sistine Chapel
More Sistine Chapel
Creation of Adam
Creation of Adam spoofs
Is the Creation of Adam a brain?
Compare Greek and Roman sculptures with The Statue of David
Greek Roman Renaissance Italian
Raphael
The School of Athens
Results of the Renaissance
◦ Education became more secular – less emphasis on religion.
◦ More people were being educated in history, grammar, writing, literature, and the arts