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