The Great Italian
Renaissance Artists
Donatello
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
• Sculptor
• Known for:
Saint George
– “Saint George”
– “The Bronze David”
• “The Bronze David”
– Most famous work
– The 1st free standing
nude statue since
ancient times.
The Bronze David
Leonardo Da Vinci
• Painter, Sculptor, Inventor
• Used shadowing and
blurred lines
– Master of eyes and mouth
• Known for:
The Last Supper
– “The Last Supper”
– “Mona Lisa”
• Scientific Mind
Mona Lisa
– Dissected dead corpses
– Designs for the parachute
and the machine gun
Michelangelo
• Painter, Sculptor
• Paintings
– Sistine Chapel
• Bible scenes
• Considered one of the
greatest works of all time
• Sculptures
– “David”
– “Moses”
– “La Pieta”
Raphael
• Painter
• Known for:
– Many versions of the
Virgin Mary
– Painting the Vatican
– “School of Athens”
• Showed unity of classic
and Christian ideals