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LITERATURE

CERVANTES (1547-1616)

� Author of Don Quixote – a satire on the life of knights and the code of chivalry

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RABELAIS (1494-1553)

� “Let nothing in the world be unknown to you.”

� Author of the Gargantua and Pantagruel –it made fun of those who did not take the humanist point of view

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

LITERATURE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

(1564-1616)� Actor, playwright and poet

Wrote between 1591-1611 36 Plays154 Sonnets2 long poems

Plays included histories, tragedies & comedies

� Characters were believable and explored human behavior and feelings

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LITERATURE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Plays were set in classical periods or in other parts of Renaissance Europe

� Best known plays include:1592 Comedy of Errors 1598 Much Ado About

Nothing 1604 Othello

1595 Romeo & Juliet 1599 Julius Caesar 1605-06

King Lear

MacBeth

Taming of the Shrew As You Like It 1607 Anthony & Cleopatra

Midsummer Night’s Dream

Henry V 1610 The Tempest

1596 Merchant of Venice 1601 Hamlet 1611 Winter’s Tale

Richard II 1602 All’s Well That Ends Well

1612 Henry VIII

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ART

1. INDIVIDUALISM

Artists tried to show each individual’s character and personality

2. BALANCE AND PROPORTION

Used nature as their modelRealism

3. USE OF PERSPECTIVE

This is the impression of depth and distance on a flat surface

4. NEW MATERIALS

� OIL PAINTS allowed painters to work more slowly, create new colors, and obtain more life-like effects

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DONATELLO (1386-1466)

Born to a wool carder

Apprenticed on the Florence cathedral

Did not like working for the Guild

� First master sculptor of the Renaissance

Herod’s Feast

St. George David

Gattamela St. John the Baptist

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THREE ITALIAN GENIUSES

RAPHAEL

� Famous for his MADONNAS – paintings of Mary, the Mother of Jesus

Used perspective


RAPHAEL


RAPHAEL


RAPHAEL

Pope Julius II Pope Leo X


RAPHAEL


MICHELANGELO

Poet, painter, architect and sculptor

� Considered Rome’s greatest artist

� Best known for his FRESCOES – watercolor paintings on fresh plaster –on the ceiling of the SISTINE CHAPEL

at the VATICAN

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MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO

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MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO

THREE ITALIAN

GENIUSES

MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO


MICHELANGELO

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MICHELANGELO


LEONARDO DA VINCI

� Painter, engineer, scientist and inventor

� Best known for the MONA LISA and THE LAST SUPPER

� He was the model for the “RENAISSANCE MAN” –a person who could do a lot of things well


LEONARDO DA VINCI

“MONA LISA”Mona Lisa is named for Lisa del Giocondo who was most likely the sitter.

Lisa was a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany who

married Francesco del Giocondo, a successful silk merchant. The painting

was commissioned for their new home and to celebrate the birth of their

second son, Andrea. The title stems from the description of the painting by

Giorgio Vasari in his biography of Leonardo da Vinci, published 31 years

after the artist's death. "Leonardo undertook to paint, for Francesco del

Giocondo, the portrait of Mona Lisa, his wife...." (one version in Italian: Prese

Lionardo a fare per Francesco del Giocondo il ritratto di mona Lisa sua

moglie).


LEONARDO DA VINCI “THE LAST SUPPER”

“The Last Supper,” a 15’ x 29’ mural which is painted on a wall in the Convent of

Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, is an innovation in point of view, perspective, and was the first art to authentically represent human reactions and emotions.


LEONARDO DA VINCI


LEONARDO DA VINCI

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