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ARTS of RENAISSANCE

The document provides information on famous artists and artworks from the Renaissance and Baroque periods in Europe. It describes Michelangelo as one of the greatest living Renaissance artists, known for works like Pieta and David. Leonardo da Vinci is highlighted as a renowned painter, scientist, and mathematician from the Renaissance, producing famous pieces like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Important Baroque artists mentioned include Caravaggio, known for dramatic religious works, Bernini who practiced architecture and sculpture, and Rubens, a Flemish painter of mythological and portrait subjects.

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ARTS of RENAISSANCE

The document provides information on famous artists and artworks from the Renaissance and Baroque periods in Europe. It describes Michelangelo as one of the greatest living Renaissance artists, known for works like Pieta and David. Leonardo da Vinci is highlighted as a renowned painter, scientist, and mathematician from the Renaissance, producing famous pieces like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Important Baroque artists mentioned include Caravaggio, known for dramatic religious works, Bernini who practiced architecture and sculpture, and Rubens, a Flemish painter of mythological and portrait subjects.

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ARTS

OF THE RENAISSANCE
... a glimpse of the past..
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
(1400 - 1600)
It was the period of economic progress
Italian Renaissance began in the late 14th century

Renaissance art - was characterized by accurate


anatomy, scientific perspective, and deeper
landscape.

Renaissance painters - depicted real-life figures


and their sculptures were naturalistic portraits of
human beings.
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
(1400 - 1600)

Architecture during this period was


characterized by its symmetry and balance.

St. Peter’s Basillica in Rome


- The greatest cathedral building built.
FAMOUS RENAISSANCE
ARTWORKS AND
ARTISTS
MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO
BUONARROTI SIMONI (1475-1564)
 An Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and
poet.
 He was considered the greatest living
artist in his lifetime

Outstanding works:
Pieta, Bacchus, Moses, David, Dying Slave,
Dawn and Dusk.
MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO
BUONARROTI SIMONI (1475-1564)
Two of his best known works
The Pieta and David, were sculpted
before he turned thirty.
 
Influential Works in Fresco:
Genesis

Last Judgement
THE PIETA
LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA
VINCI (1452- 1519)
a painter, architect, scientist, and
mathematician.

known as the ultimate “Renaissance


man” because of his intellect,
interest, talent and his expression
of humanist and classical values.
LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA
VINCI (1452- 1519)
 His
well known works:
The Last Supper (the most reproduced
religious painting of all time)
Mona Lisa (the most famous and most
parodied portrait.)

 The Virtruvian Mar


 The Adoration of the Magi
 Virgin of the Rocks
MONA LISA

Mona – in
Italian means
polite which
originated
from Madonna
RAFFAELLO SANZIO DA URBINO
(RAPHAEL) (1483-1520)
An Italian painter and architect of
the High Renaissance period.

His work was admired for its clarity


of form and ease of composition
and for its visual achievement of
interpreting and incorporating
Christian doctrines.
RAFFAELLO SANZIO DA URBINO
(RAPHAEL) (1483-1520)
Hisfamous works:
The Sistine Madonna, The School of
Athens, and The Transfiguration.
THE TRANSFIGURATION
The Transfiguration
 was Raphael’s last
painting on which
he worked on up
to his death.
 conceived as an
altarpiece for the
Narbonne
Cathedral in
France.
DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO
BARDI (DONATELLO) (1386- 1466)
 He was one of the Italian great artists
of the period. He was an early
Renaissance Italian sculptor from
Florence.

He is known for his work in bas- relief,


a form of shallow relief sculpture.
DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO
BARDI (DONATELLO) (1386- 1466)
Hisworks include:
David, Statue of St. George,
Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata,
Prophet Habacuc, and The Feast of
Herod.
DAVID
ARTS
OF THE
BAROQUE PERIOD
... a glimpse of the past..
THE BAROQUE PERIOD
Barouque - was derived from the
Portuguese word “barocco” which means
“irregularly shaped pearl or stone.”

 Style to propagate Christianity

 Exaggerated motion, drama, tension, and


grandeur.
FAMOUS BAROQUE
ARTWORKS AND
ARTISTS
MICHELANGELO MERISI OR
AMERIGHI DA CARAVAGGIO
(1571- 1610)
Better known as Caravaggio
He was an Italian artist who wanted
to deviate from the classical masters
of the Renaissance.

Among his famous paintings were:


Supper at Emmaus, Conversion of
St.Paul, and Entombment of Christ.
THE CONVERSION OF ST.
PAUL
GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598-
1680)
An Italian artist and the first Baroque
artist

He practiced architecture, and


sculpture, painting, stage design, and
was also a playwright.
GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598-
1680)
 Among his early works were:
The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and
a Faun, Damned Soul, and the Blessed Soul.
 Other works:

“David” was for Cardinal Borghese


“Ecstasy of St. Teresa” was his greatest
achievement
Colonade of the Piazza of St. Peter’s Rome.
ECSTASY OF ST. TERESA
PETER PAUL RUBENS
(1577- 1640)
A Flemish Baroque painter.
 Painter of mythical and figurative subjects,
landscapes, portraits, and Counter-
Reformation altarpieces.

 Hisfamous works were:


Samson and Delilah, Landscape with a
Tower,Portrait of Helene Fourment, and The
Three Graces
PORTRAIT OF HELENE
FOURMENT
REMBRANDT
HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN

(1606-1669)
A brilliant Dutch realist, painter and etcher.

 He believes that painting came to depict


the more personal aspects of the painter:
his own home and his family.

 Rembrandt had produced over 600


paintings, nearly 400 etchings, and 2000
drawings.
“SELF PORTRAIT IN OLD
AGE”
DIEGO VELASQUEZ (1599-
1660)
 Oneof the famous masters of the Spanish
golden age.

 Hisfamous works were:


The Surrender of Breda, Las Meninas (The
maids of honour), Los Barachos (The
Drinker), and Maria Theresa
LAS MENINAS

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