Essential Question:Essential Question:How did the RenaissanceHow did the Renaissance

transform art?transform art?

Renaissance Art• perspective• light & motion• study of human form• emotion & drama• new subject matter>secularism• science & mathematics• composition & balance• changing perspective of man & his role in

the world• unique vision of each artist

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper The Last Supper - da Vinci, - da Vinci, 14981498

& Geometry& Geometry

DeterioratioDeteriorationn

6. Light & 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Shadowing/Softening

EdgesEdges

ChiaroscurChiaroscuroo

SfumatoSfumato

Leonardo, Leonardo, the Artistthe Artist

The Virgin The Virgin of the Rocks of the Rocks

Leonardo daLeonardo daVinciVinci

1483-14861483-1486

Michelangelo

The Sistine Chapel’s The Sistine Chapel’s CeilingCeiling

Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo Buonarroti1508 - 15121508 - 1512

The Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel DetailsDetails

Creation of ManCreation of Man

Raphael

Raphael’sRaphael’s Canagiani Canagiani Madonna, Madonna, 15071507

Raphael’sRaphael’s Madonnas Madonnas (1)(1)

Sistine MadonnaSistine Madonna Cowpepper MadonnaCowpepper Madonna

Madonna della SediaMadonna della Sedia Alba MadonnaAlba Madonna

Raphael’sRaphael’s Madonnas Madonnas (2)(2)

The School of Athens The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 – Raphael, 1510 -11-11

Raphael

Da Vinci

Michelangelo

The School of Athens The School of Athens – Raphael, – Raphael, detailsdetails

Northern Renaissance

Massy’s Moneylender & his Wife

Essential Question:Essential Question:How was Northern How was Northern

Renaissance art different Renaissance art different than Italian art?than Italian art?

Jan Van Eyck

Pieter Brueghel

Robert Campin

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

• The greatest of German artists.

• A scholar as well as an artist.

• His patron was the Emperor Maximilian I.

• Also a scientist• Self-conscious

individualism of the Renaissance is seen in his portraits.

Self-Portrait at 26, 1498.

Dürer – Dürer – Self-Portrait in Fur-Collared Self-Portrait in Fur-Collared RobeRobe, 1500, 1500

Dürer Dürer

The Last The Last SupperSupper

woodcut, 1510woodcut, 1510

Durer – Durer – The Triumphal ArchThe Triumphal Arch, 1515-, 1515-15171517

The Triumphal ArchThe Triumphal Arch, details, details

The Triumphal ArchThe Triumphal Arch, details, details

Dürer Dürer

FourFourHorsemenHorsemenof theof theApocalypseApocalypse

woodcut, 1498woodcut, 1498

Effects of the Renaissance• Advances in Science & Technology led to

the European Exploration of the World• Secularism led to the Protestant

Reformation• Humanism encouraged the growth of

Democracy & the Fight for Human Rights• Role of Women in Society Improved• Renaissance Art led to the Age of

Classical Music and Art in Europe