1. Lesson 2: The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art and Literature
Unit 1: The Renaissance and Reformation ( )
Lesson 2: The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art and Literature

2. Bell Ringer Renaissance Artists and Writers
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
He created a large statue of David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
a. Donatello b. Michelangelo c. Raphael
He wrote poems called sonnets about a girl named Laura?
a. da Vinci b. Petrarch c. Machiavelli

3. 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

4. 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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5. Leonardo da Vinci ( )
He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist 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.”

6. The Last Supper - (da Vinci)
1495 – 1498
15 ft. X 29 ft.

7. the Mona Lisa (da Vinci)
It was painted between 1504 and She is thought to be 16 yr-old Lisa Gherardini who married Francesco del Giocondo, a wealthy merchant of Florence.

8. 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)

9. The School of Athens (Raphael)
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10. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)
Michelangelo used realistic style when depicting the human body in his statue David ( ).
It shows David before the battle with Goliath and it is 18 feet tall!

11. The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo)

12. Donatello di Betto Bardi(1386–1466)
The Boy David was created in the 1440’s of bronze and stand about 6’ 2”.

13. Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
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:
King Philip II of Spain (1558)

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Exit Slip Renaissance Artists and Writers
Match the Artist to the Artwork or the Author to the book!
1. Leonardo da Vinci A.
Michelangelo B.
Raphael C.
4. Machiavelli D.