10/20/14 - Journal- 3 Sentences Describe the differences between the two paintings. Which one do you like better? Why?

The Renaissance in Italy Renaissance = “Rebirth”

The Renaissance The period after the Middle Ages/Dark Ages and before modern history At the end of the Black Death (plague) A time of great art and great thinkers

Renaissance Art Used religious figures, but against classical backgrounds Artists returned to the realism of classical times using perspective

Humanism Humanism – intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects and classical techniques. Education was important. Emphasis on individual achievement. Emphasis on classical Greek and Roman texts.

Medieval Portrayals of the Madonna

Renaissance Portrayal of the Madonna

Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, all around Renaissance Man. -The Mona Lisa -The Last Supper BTW – He also robbed graves.

The Brilliance of Leonardo Out of 17 half brothers and sisters, Leonardo was recognized as “unusual” as a child. Apprenticed to a painter by 15.

The Brilliance of Leonardo Developed interest in science and technology. Tried to invent rockets, bridges, flying machines, parachutes, fire trucks with extendable ladders, etc. May have also invented the telescope? Was a lefty!

BTW: Leonardo and the next Renaissance Man absolutely HATED one another!!! Both are what we call “Renaissance Men” Able to do more than one thing quite well!

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni [ [ And we wonder why we just call him “Michelangelo”? Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.

Michelangelo La Pieta in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

David

The Divine Spark

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483 –1520), better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Christian ideal of human grandeur. Self-portrait by Raphael, missing since World War II

Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386 –1466), better known as Donatello, was an early Renaissance Italian sculptor from Florence. He is, in part, known for his work in sculpture that, in Donatello's case, incorporated significant 15th-century developments in perspective illusionism.

Donatello

Statue of David

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were all named after the famous artists of the Renaissance. Master Splinter and Super Shredder were not.

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo

Raphael