Arts as a reflection

Dejonee BurnettMichaela CottonBrandon Flores

Brittany MacAlister

What is Art?

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination It is typically in a visual

form Examples:-painting or sculpture-producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power

Art as a Developing Factor: in the Renaissance

• The Renaissance took place: (1350-1550)• During this time period: newer and livelier

trends were developed in architecture, sculpture and music

• This led to the development of multi-dimensional arts

Famous Names from the Renaissance

• Niccolo Machiavelli: author of “The Prince”• Giotto: drew a perfect circle without compass• Leonardo da Vinci• Michelangelo• Titian

Leonardo da Vinci• (1452-1519) The creator of Mona Lisa,

Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper• He was a paleontologist, inventor and

evolutionary biologist• He was one of the best scientific minds of his

Time• Carried out research and painstaking

observations in Architecture, civil engineering, astronomy, anatomy, zoology, geography, geology and paleontology, aviation

Titian

(1477-1576) famous venetian painter of religious paintings and was famous for using

auburn color, in 1516 he was named the official painter of the Republic of Italy

Michelangelo

• (1475-1564) He was an Italian sculptor painter, architect and poet.

• One of the founders of the High Renaissance• One of the exponents of mannerism

Mannerism

• 1580 (Italy)- 17th century(spread throughout Europe)

• Was influenced by harmonious ideals and restrained naturalism (Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo)

• Noted for its intellectual sophistication and artificial qualities

Vernacular Literature

• Latin=the language of scholars in the ‘middle ages’

• Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio(the Three Crowns)= the great poets of this age

• They produced immortal works that continue to influence writers today

Scientific and Technical Development

• People accepted as true only what seemed logical• Came in contact with the Arabs and learned modern

math and chemistry• Newton formulated the theory of Gravitation• Copernicus proved that the Earth revolved around

the sun instead of the sun revolving around the Earth

• Francis Bacon: slow and laborious observation was necessary before any general principles could be assumed

Politics

• Feudalism died down and monarchies formed• Invention of gunpowder• Voice of common-man was more clear and

effective• Unity among the people started to develop

Socio-Economics

• Trade and commerce revived and improved in an orderly political atmosphere

• New trade routes were made– Modern cities were established with urban

communities• Classes were formed in society– Middle class and the compromising business class

people=more prominent

The Renaissance was the bridge from early and prehistoric art to modern art. Using ore vivid

and vibrant colors and different styles of art to portray and symbolize religion and the European

life-style the art of the Renaissance impacted and influence art around the world even to this

day