Renaissance Art

Renaissance = rebirth Johannes Guttenburg- perfected the printing press easy access to books = more people could be educated & read frescos & mosaics on walls Fresco = painting done with pigment and water on wet plaster

Masaccio 1401-1427 Worked mainly in frescos Started using linear perspective Never seen this realism in paintings before - people were stunned The Tribute Money” 1427, Florence, Italy Faint background to make figures look closer

The Tribute Money Masaccio, fresco, 1427

Donatello 1386-1466 Great sculptor used perspective in sculptures Sculptures became famous for life like qualities

Donatello, 1415-17, Mable 6’10” tall St. George Donatello, 1415-17, Mable 6’10” tall figures that were to be placed high-made upper part of body larger so when viewed from below, looked more naturalistic

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Studied the arts & sciences; great inventor The Last Supper 1495-98 on a dining hall wall in a monastery in Italy Uses 1-pt. perspective; all architectural lines lead to Jesus.

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1479-1528 Most recognizable painting Had it with him at time of death Worked on it 16 years and still considered it unfinished

Michelangelo 1475-1524 Gifted sculptor and painter (thought of himself as more of a sculptor); lonely and tragic person Sistine Chapel – 1508-12 ceiling painting, in Vatican that explains story from creation to flood Took 4 years, painted on his back 68 ft in air on a scaffold

Michelangelo, 1500,marble, St. Peters, Rome, IT David Michelangelo, 1501-04, marble, Florence, IT Pieta Michelangelo, 1500,marble, St. Peters, Rome, IT

Raphael 1483-1520 Learned shading and the illusion of depth from Leonardo; learned how to add life in his figures from Michelangelo

School of Athens Raphael, 1510-1511, fresco, Vatican