1. Renaissance Art and Architecture

2. Characteristics of Renaissance Art Change of Subject Matter-continued religious paintings but branched out to other subjects such as portraits, historical subjects, and everyday life Realism-make paintings look realistic, especially with more emotional qualities New Techniques and Styles- use of perspective, balance and proportion, and use of light and dark

3. Leonardo da Vinci True Renaissance Man

5. Leonardo da Vinci was… A painter An architect An inventor A student of all things scientific (nature, mechanics, anatomy, physics, architecture, weaponry and more)

6. What Did He Invent? A bicycle A helicopter An Airplane based on the physiology and flying capability of a bat. (At least on paper)

7. Michelangelo Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling Sculpted David Designed buildings Wrote poetry Sculpted the Pieta Engineered St. Peter’s Basilica

9. Workshop System - Collaboration of masters and apprentices - Family based - Run like a business - Apprenticeship started in early years - Studied under a master for several years Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were both products of the workshop system and worked under masters.

10. Architecture Weighing 37,000 tons and using more than 4,000,000 bricks, Brunelleschi's dome was the greatest architectural feat in the Western world.