Renaissance Art & Architecture A brief history Later Renaissance works of art by artists born after 1469, including Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564), Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (Italian, 1483-1520), Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1485/90-1576), Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian [Venetian], 1518-1594), and Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna) (Italian, 1529-1608):   Michelangelo Buonarroti is without doubt the most revered sculptor of the Renaissance period and, despite his fresco work in The Sistine Chapel, he always considered himself to be a sculptor rather than a painter. He was raised in Florence but had lived with a stonecutter and his wife during his mothers long illness, and also for some time after her death. This early introduction to the stonecutters trade fed Michelangelo's interest in sculpture and he studied at the school of Lorenzo de' Medici under the guidance of Bertoldo di Giovanni.Two of his first sculptures are 'The Madonna of the Stairs' and 'The Battle of the Centaurs'. Renaissance Art & Architecture A brief history Renaissance - A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, particularly in Italy, but also in Germany and other European countries. The period was characterized by a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman art and design and included an emphasis on human beings, their environment, science, and philosophy. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.html Art by artists born after 1469 http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.later.html Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait at 26, 1498, oil on wood panel, 52 x 41 cm, Museo Nacional del Prado, Renaissance & Baroque Music Chronology http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2233/ details.htm 'Pietà', St Peters, Rome.1499–1500. http://www.italian-renaissance-art. com/Michelangelo-sculptures.html Define: renaissance Noun S: (n) Renaissance, Renascence (the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries) S: (n) rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence (the revival of learning and culture) http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=renaissance Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian, c. 1488-1576), Madonna with saints and members of the Pesaro family, 1519-26 Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian, 1483-1520), Madonna and Child (Madonna Conestabile), 1502/3 Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), The Holy Family (Madonna with the Beardless Joseph), 1506, http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceitaly.html#general

Photo · St. Peter's of Rome · Vatican City, surrounded by Rome, Italy Earlier Renaissance works of art - by artists born before 1470, including the works of Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello) (Italian, 1387-1455), Donatello (Italian, 1386-1466), Antonio Pisanello (Italian, before 1395-1455?), Giovanni Bellini (Italian, 1430?-1516), Sandro Botticelli (Italian, c. 1445-1510), Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1449-1494), Sebastiano Mainardi (Italian, 1450-1513), Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519), and Tilmann Riemenschneider (German, c. 1460-1531): Michelangelo (born Michelangiolo Buonarroti) (Italian, 1475- 1564), Madonna of the Stairs, 1489-92, marble bas- relief, 21 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (height 55.5 cm), Casa Buonarroti, Florence. Perhaps the earliest of his sculptures to survive, Michelangelo conceived and executed this bas-relief when he was between fourteen and seventeen years old. To see numerous other sculptures by Michelangelo visit 1200 years of Italian Sculpture. Art by artists born before 1470 http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/renaissance.earlier.html Photo · St. Peter's of Rome · Vatican City, surrounded by Rome, Italy Paolo Uccello (born Paolo di Dono) (Italian, 1397-1475), Perspective Study of a Chalice, pen and ink on paper, 29 x 24.5 cm, Gabinetto dei Disegni, Uffizi, Florence. See chalice and wireframe. Dome: Michelangelo, others. Erected 1588-90 by Giocomo Della Porta · St. Peter's of Rome Leonardo da Vinci, Study of proportions, from Vitruvius's De Architectura, red crayon with pen and ink on paper, 13 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (34.3 x 24.5 cm), Accademia, Venice. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/St_Peters_of_Rome.html Leonardo da Vinci, Womb, or "The Foetus in Utero," 1489, red crayon with pen and ink on paper, http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/France/france20.html principal entrance to the castle Collection of Queen Elizabeth II, Library, palace of Fontainebleau. France Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444-1510), Birth of Venus, c. 1485-86, painted for the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici at Castello, tempera on canvas, 67 7/8 x 109 5/8 inches (172.5x 278.5 cm), now in the Uffizi, Florence. Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1498, modified fresco, 15 x 29 feet (460 x 880 cm), Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Refectory), Milan. See cenacle and cenacolo, focal point, and symmetrical balance. Cour des Adieux, Fontainebleau Palace. France