Lesson 2: The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art and Literature

LESSON 2: THE RENAISSANCE REVOLUTIONIZES ART AND LITERATURE

Unit 1: The Renaissance and Reformation (1300-1600)

Bell RingerRenaissance Artists and Writers1. He produced the boy David from bronze?

a. Raphael b. Donatello c. Petrarch 2. He pained the Mona Lisa and designed the first

known flying machine?a. da Vinci b. Raphael c. Michelangelo

3. He created a large statue of David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?a. Donatello b. Michelangelo c. Raphael

4. He wrote poems called sonnets about a girl named Laura?a. da Vinci b. Petrarch c. Machiavelli

Medieval vs. Renaissance Art

Medieval Art Renaissance Art Artists used

religious subjects to convey a spiritual ideal.

Flat 2-D

May portray religious subjects

Used a realistic style copied from classical models

Greek & Roman subjects were very popular

Use of perspective-3D

Realistic Painting and Sculpture Renaissance artists

copied the realistic styles of Greek and Roman artists. They used perspective – a technique that showed 3 dimensions on a flat surface. Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin (1504)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) He was a painter,

sculptor, inventor, and scientist. 3500 pages of his writings and drawings survive and 17 paintings: best known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He was a true “Renaissance man.”

The Last Supper - (da Vinci)

1495 – 149815 ft. X 29 ft.

the Mona Lisa (da Vinci)

It was painted between 1504 and 1506. She is thought to be 16 yr-old Lisa Gherardini who married Francesco del Giocondo, a wealthy merchant of Florence.

Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) Advanced Realism He studied

Michelangelo & Leonardo

Favorite subject was Madonna and child

Portrayed their expressions as gentle and calm

Famous for use of perspective

Madonna and Child With Book (1504)

The School of Athens (Raphael)

(1509-1510)

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Michelangelo

used realistic style when depicting the human body in his statue David (1501-1504).

It shows David before the battle with Goliath and it is 18 feet tall!

The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo)

Sistine Chapel (1508 – 1512)

Donatello di Betto Bardi(1386–1466)

The Boy David was created in the 1440’s of bronze and stand about 6’ 2”.

Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)

King Philip II of Spain (1558)

She was the first female artist to be known on an international level. She is know for her portraits of her sisters and this one:

Francesco Petrarch The father of Renaissance

humanism. He wrote in the vernacular

(his native language) as well as Latin.

He wrote sonnets – 14 line poems – about a mysterious woman named Laura who died of the plague in 1348.

Niccolo Machiavelli Wrote The Prince (1513) to as a

guidebook for politicians and rulers.

He believed most people were selfish, fair weather, and corrupt.

He said rulers should not be concerned with what was morally right, but with what was politically effective.

Said lying was o.k. to lead and that rulers are better off feared than loved.

Exit SlipRenaissance Artists and WritersMatch the Artist to the

Artwork or the Author to the book!

1. Leonardo da Vinci A.

2. Michelangelo B.

3. Raphael C.

4. Machiavelli D.