Renaissance
“Rebirth,” from French
This term refers to the rebirth of classical
thought and style in art and architecture at
the end of the Middle Ages.
Humanism
The inspiration of the art of ancient
Greece and Rome – human form was
the epitome of perfection. Man was
the “measure of all things.” In other
words, in the ancient world, man was
worshipped instead of God.
Renaissance humanism did not abandon belief in God as
modern secular humanism does however, it led to a false
assumption of man’s goodness
Neo-Platonism
A philosophy that struggled to reconcile
classical philosophies with Christianity
Vanishing
point
Pieter Brueghel, the Elder; Landscape with the Parable of the Sower; 1557
Caravaggio; Supper at Emmaus; 1601 - 02
Donatello; St. Mark; 1411 - 1413
Michelangelo; Pietà; St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican
Brunelleschi; St. Maria del Fiore, Italy
1418 – 1436
Diameter on inside of larger dome is same
as the Pantheon in Rome
Cupola
Cupola; Thomas M. Cooley High School, Detroit, Michigan
This is a school built in the 20th century in Detroit, Michigan
using Spanish style architecture . The building is on the National
Registry of Historic Sites due to the architectural style.
Cupola
Sandro Botticelli
Madonna of the Pomegranate
AD 1487; Tempera on Panel
143.5 cm diameter
Workshop of
Andre and Giovanni Della Robbia
Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child with
St. John the Baptist as a child and two
Cherubim
Glazed terra cotta; AD 1500
Chiaro scuro
Chiaro – light
scuro – dark or obscure
Caravaggio
The Incredulity of St. Thomas
1601 – 1602; Oil on Canvas
107 cm X 146 cm
42 inches X 57 inches
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
The Dutch Proverbs
1559
Johannes Vermeer
The Milkmaid or The Kitchen Maid
AD 1658; oil on canvas
45.5 X 41 cm
17 7/8 X 16 1/8 inches
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri “Guercino”
Jesus and The Woman Taken in Adultery
1621; painting
982 mm X 1227 mm
38.66 inches X 48.31 inches