1. Renaissance Art

2. Why Should We Study Renaissance Art?

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5. Michelangelo Buonarroti David 1501-1504 marble 14 ft. 3 in. high

7. Masaccio Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden ca. 1425 fresco 7 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in. 1. Renaissance art was realistic and expressive.

8. Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus ca. 1482 tempera on canvas 5 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in. 2. Renaissance art used Classical as well as Biblical themes.

10. Masaccio Holy Trinity Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy ca. 1428 fresco 21 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in. 3. Renaissance art rediscovered linear perspective.

11. Domenico Ghirlandaio A Man with His Grandchild ca. 1480-90 oil and tempera on wood 24 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in. 4. Humanism – Renaissance art focused on and glorified human achievements.

12. Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa (La Giaconda) ca. 1503-1505 oil on wood 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.

13. Medieval Art was religious and “flat.” Madonna Enthroned ~1280Giotto, Madonna Enthroned ~1310

14. Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child with Angels ca. 1455 tempera on wood approximately 3 ft. x 2 ft. 1 in.

15. Leonardo da Vinci Virgin of the Rocks ca. 1485 oil on wood 6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.

16. Raphael Madonna of the Meadows 1505 oil on panel 3 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 10 1/4 in.

17. Donatello David ca. 1408 marble 6 ft. 3 in. high

18. Donatello David ca. 1428-1432 bronze 5 ft. 2 1/4 in. high

19. Michelangelo Buonarroti David 1501-1504 marble 14 ft. 3 in. high

21. Sistine Chapel (view facing east) Vatican City, Rome, Italy built 1473

22. Michelangelo Buonarroti Sistine Chapel Ceiling Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1508-12 fresco approximately 128 x 45 ft.

23. Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1511-12 fresco approximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.

24. Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1977-1989

25. Michelangelo, La Pieta 1499

26. Michelangelo Buonarroti Last Judgment Vatican City, Rome, Italy 1537-41 fresco

27. Titian Venus of Urbino 1538 oil on canvas 4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.

29. Raphael Philosophy (School of Athens) Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy 1509-11 fresco approximately 19 x 27 ft.