1. Artistic renaissance
Compare and contrast the Italian renaissance and the northern renaissance. Use specific examples from artist’s works.

2. Early Italian renaissance masters
Giotto- 14th century artist who began the naturalist movement (imitate nature perfectly).
Masaccio- Next artist credited with continuing the naturalist idea of art.
Botticelli- Often influenced by Greek and Roman mythology as seen in Primavera.
Donatello- Florentine sculptor also influenced by Greeks and Romans.
Brunelleschi- Architect that used Roman antiquity to create building under a Medici commission.
Francesca- Portrait artist of duke and duchess of Urbino that showed artists true ability to accurately depict subjects.

3. Giotto’s lamentation

4. Masaccio’s tribute money

5. Botticelli’s primavera

6. Brunelleschi’s dome

7. Donatello’s david

8. Francesca’s work

9. The big three of the high renaissance: (rome centered) Leonardo da vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

10. Da vinci ( )
True Renaissance man: Painter, inventor, scientist, etc.
Naturalism mixed with realistic emotion with excellence in dimensions characterize his works.
Most famous works include Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and his sketch of man.

11. Raphael (1483-1520) Acclaimed painter.
Often portrayed religion and or Greek themes in frescoes in the Vatican.
Most famous work is School of Athens.

12. Michelangelo (1475-1564) Painter, sculptor and architect.
Works idealized man in perfect proportion as seen in the Sistine Chapel (Adam) and his sculpture of David.

13. Northern renaissance artists
Jan van Eyck ( )
From Flanders (Belgium)
Work was to imitate as observed.
Albrecht Durer ( )
From Nuremberg
Tried to combine Northern techniques with Italian skill such as laws of perspective and proportion.

14. Van eyck’s painting

15. Durer’s painting