1. Renaissance Art, Part I

2. Some Renaissance style artists are Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and many more. But first, Jan Van Eyck.

4. Painting #1 Van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Marriage

5. Jan Van Eyck
(say yahn fun ike)

6. Van Eyck was from the Netherlands.

7. Here is a wedding. Now the man and woman are together: they have a marriage.

8. See this lady’s tummy? She will have a baby: she is pregnant.

9. Here is Van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Marriage.

11. Van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Marriage
This lady is going to have a baby, too.
What color is her dress?
Do you see a pet?
(say “ar-nul-FEE-nee”)

13. Painting #2 Fra Angelico’s Annunciation

14. Fra Angelico
Say frah ahn-JELL-ee-koh

15. Fra Angelico was from Italy.

16. Here is the Virgin Mary, with her baby Jesus.

17. The Bible says that

18. an angel

19. told Mary she would have baby Jesus.
This visit from the angel is called the Annunciation.

20. Here is Fra Angelico’s Annunciation.

22. Fra Angelico’s Annunciation
Which one is the angel? Which one is Mary?

24. Painting #3 Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus

25. say “bah-tuh-CHELL-ee”
Sandro Botticelli
say “bah-tuh-CHELL-ee”

26. Botticelli was from Florence, Italy.

27. In the Roman empire,

28. people worshipped many gods.

29. Venus was the Roman goddess of love.

30. The Romans said that Venus rose up from the waves of the sea
The Romans said that Venus rose up from the waves of the sea. Here is Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus.

32. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus
What is Venus standing on? What does the lady on the right want to do?

34. Painting #4 Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

35. Leonardo da Vinci

36. Leonardo was from Florence, Italy, too.

37. Smiles are interesting. Here is a big grin with lots of teeth.

38. Here is a small smile, with no teeth.

39. Here are two smirks.

40. Here is Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

43. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa What kind of smile does Mona Lisa have?
What do you see behind Mona Lisa, in the background?
What is she doing with her hands?

45. Painting #5 Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks

46. Sometimes the Virgin Mary is just called the Virgin or Madonna.

47. Here is a man named John the Baptist—he was a preacher who worshipped God.

48. Some people say that, once, Jesus met John the Baptist when they were both babies. Here is Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks.

51. Da Vinci’s Virgin (or Madonna) of the Rocks
Where is the Virgin (or Madonna)?
Which one is baby Jesus?
Which one is the baby John the Baptist?

52. Look! There is a sea cave!

54. Painting #6 Da Vinci’s The Last Supper

55. Jesus had twelve helpers, called the Apostles.

56. The Bible says Jesus had one last supper with his apostles before he died. Here is da Vinci’s The Last Supper.

58. Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
Who is in the middle of the table? Who are the other men?

60. Drawing #7 Da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Man

61. Leonardo da Vinci was very smart
Leonardo da Vinci was very smart. He had many ideas that he wrote down in his notebooks.
Leonard da Vinci

62. Here is Da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Man
Here is Da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Man. It is a symbol of all human beings.

64. Da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Man
From head to foot, and from hand to hand—it’s the same.
The man fits into a square. He also fits into a circle!
Those were Da Vinci’s ideas!

65. The End