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Great Artists

Great Artists . o f the Renaissance. Renaissance Artists. wanted their subjects to be realistic Focused on humanity and emotion Used new techniques Sculptured emphasized realism and the human form Architecture reached new heights of design. New Techniques. Frescos. Perspective.

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Great Artists

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  1. Great Artists of the Renaissance

  2. Renaissance Artists • wanted their subjects to be realistic • Focused on humanity and emotion • Used new techniques • Sculptured emphasized realism and the human form • Architecture reached new heights of design

  3. New Techniques Frescos Perspective Making distant objects appear smaller than those close to the viewer Made scenes appear 3-D • Painting done on wet plaster • Gave depth to paintings

  4. Filippo Brunelleschi • Created a dome in Florence- il duomo • Modeled after the Pantheon Il duomo Pantheon

  5. Leonardo daVinci • Renaissance genius • Considered himself a painter, but he was also a sculptor, architect, and engineer • Sketched nature • Dissected corpses to learn how the human body works

  6. A sample of daVinci’s anatomy sketches

  7. daVinci’s famous paintings Mona Lisa- portrait of a woman whose mysterious smile has baffled people for centuries Is daVinci Mona Lisa?

  8. The Last Supper A masterpiece of perspective

  9. daVinci’s inventions

  10. Michelangelo Buonarroti • Sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, poet • Called a “meloncholy genius”- his work reflects his many life long spiritual struggles

  11. The David

  12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u8LDXhFzPo

  13. The Pieta

  14. The Sistine Chapel • Took four years to complete • Commissioned by Pope Julius II

  15. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

  16. Raphael • Admired for his talent and his sweet and gracious nature • Studied great masters, but developed his own style • Famous work: School of Athens • Imaginary gathering of great thinkersand scientists (Plato, Aristotle, Socrates to name a few) • He included himself in the picture along with Michelangelo and daVinci

  17. The School of Athens Raphael in the back

  18. The Renaissance moves North • Began in the region of Flanders(France, Belgium, Netherlands) • Flanders was a thriving center of trade for Northern Europe • From Flanders, the Renaissance spread to Spain, France, Germany, and England

  19. Jan van Eyck • One of the most important Flemish painters • Used rich, realistic detail in his works Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife

  20. “Leonardo of the North” • Albrecht Durer- traveled to Italy to study Italian masters • Took these ideas and spread Renaissance techniques to Northern Europe • He applied his new knowledge of painting techniques to engraving • Engraving- etching a design on to a metal plate with acid

  21. Durer’s nature paintings What other artist was interested in nature?

  22. Durer self-portrait

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