1. Section 1: The Italian Renaissance
Renaissance Art
Section 1: The Italian Renaissance

2. LEQ: HUMANITIES
How have art, literature, and media shaped the modern world?

3. PATRONS MEDEIVAL TIMES: Artists worked anonymously for the church
RENAISSANCE TIMES: Artists worked for whoever could pay them the most money.

4. Lorenzo de Medici
He was from a wealthy, powerful family who ruled the city of Florence, Italy.
The Medici’s gave huge sums of money to artists, intellectuals, and musicians.
Lorenzo himself was a well educated poet.

5. Michelangelo 1475-1564 “Son of Florence”
His father relied on the Medici family for support.
Michelangelo studied in the Medici garden school.
GREAT WORKS
Pieta at age 24
David
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

6. Features of Renaissance Art
HUMANISM – Movement that emphasized individual accomplishments
PERSPECTIVE and SHADING – Techniques used to represent three-dimensional objects on a flat surface.
SECULAR – A worldly, rather than a spiritual, focus.
CLASSICAL INFLUENCE – Repeating images from the Greeks and the Romans.

7. Leonardo Da Vinci The ultimate Renaissance man
Painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

8. Raphael Sanzio
Known for The School in Athens painting, which was done in a fresco style.
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9. Bramante
Renaissance architecture who designed St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

10. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
What were the overall ideals found in Renaissance art?