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The document summarizes key aspects of the Renaissance period from 1400-1600. It describes how the Renaissance began in Italy and marked a transition from the medieval period to the early modern age. It highlights Renaissance art's focus on realistic humanistic depictions and the scientific techniques of perspective and anatomy. It profiles several famous Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Donatello and some of their most celebrated works. Finally, it outlines some defining ideals of the Renaissance like humanism, individualism, skepticism, and classicism that emphasized secular ideas and rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.

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Renaissance 1

The document summarizes key aspects of the Renaissance period from 1400-1600. It describes how the Renaissance began in Italy and marked a transition from the medieval period to the early modern age. It highlights Renaissance art's focus on realistic humanistic depictions and the scientific techniques of perspective and anatomy. It profiles several famous Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Donatello and some of their most celebrated works. Finally, it outlines some defining ideals of the Renaissance like humanism, individualism, skepticism, and classicism that emphasized secular ideas and rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.

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RENAISSANCE

“Rebirth”
The Renaissance Period (1400-1600)

• Italian Renaissance began in the late 14th century


• Renaissance art marks the transition of Europe from
medieval period to early modern age
• Period of economic progress
• High interest for the study of ancient philosophy and
artistic values
• Birth of secular art
The Renaissance Period (1400-1600)
• Renaissance art focused on realistic and humanistic
art, characterized by accurate anatomy, scientific
perspective, and deeper landscape
• PAINTING- renaissance painter depicted real-life
figures
• SCULPTURES- naturalistic portraits of human beings
• ARCHITECTURE- characterized by its symmetry and
balance
• A period of artistic experimentation
Famous Renaissance Artist and their
Artworks
• Michelangelo di Lodovico Buanarotti
Simoni (1475-1564)
 an Italian sculptor, painter, architect
and poet
 considered the greatest living artist in his
lifetime

FAMOUS WORKS: Pieta, Bacchus, Moses,


David, Dying Slave, Dawn and Dusk,
Scene Painting on the Sistine Chapel
Famous Renaissance Artist and their
Artworks
• Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci (1452-1519)
 a painter, architect, scientist and
mathematician
 known as the ultimate “Renaissance Man”
 considered to be one of the greatest painters
of all time and the most diversely talented
person to have ever lived

FAMOUS WORKS: The Last Supper, Mona


Lisa, The Vitruvian Mar, The Adoration of the
Maji
Famous Renaissance Artist and their
Artworks
• Rafaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael) (1483-
1520)
 an Italian painter and architect of the High
Renaissance period
 he focused his works in interpreting the
Divine and incorporating Christian doctrines
 Rapheal along with Michealangelo and
Leonardo da Vinci formed the traditional
trinity of great masters during their period.
FAMOUS WORKS: The Sistine Madonna, The
School of Athens, The Transfiguration
Famous Renaissance Artist and their
Artworks
• Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi
(Donatello) (1386-1466)
 one of the Italian great artists of the period
 an early Renaissance Italian sculpture in
Florence
 known for his works in bas-relief

FAMOUS WORKS: David, Statue of St.


George, Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata,
Prophet Habacuc, The Feast of Herold
Renaissance Ideals
Renaissance Ideals

• HUMANISM
 Proponents of humanism believed that a body
of learning, humanistic studies (studia
humanitatis), consisting of the study and
imitation of the classical culture of ancient
Rome and Greece, would produce a cultural
rebirth after what they saw as the decadent
and “barbarous” learning of the Middle Ages.
Renaissance Ideals
• Humanitas
 meant the development of human virtue, in all its forms, to its fullest extent.

• Renaissance humanism included not only the education of the


young but also the guidance of adults (including rulers) via
philosophical poetry and strategic rhetoric.
• They pushed the boundaries of linear perspective, color, and
light, while simultaneously depicting the human form as
powerful, divine, and even erotic.
Renaissance Ideals
5 Characteristics of Humanism in Art
 Homage to antiquity
 Educated artists
 Innovation
 Continued Christian themes
 Exaltation of the human form
Renaissance Ideals
• INDIVIDUALISM
 the habit or principle of being independent
and self-reliant.
 a key part of the Renaissance and is
especially important to the humanist
movement during the Renaissance.
 focused on the individual pursuit of
knowledge for each person.
Renaissance Ideals
 One popular example of
individualism in the Renaissance
period is the "Mona Lisa" by
Leonardo DaVinci.

 It shows the individual person,


doesn’t contain any sort of
religious aspect, and focuses on
the person and the many
different qualities she possesses.
Renaissance Ideals

• SKEPTICISM

 Attitude of doubting knowledge claims set


forth in various areas.
 Played an important role in religious and
philosophical controversies.
Renaissance Ideals
“The Creation of Adam”
Michelangelo
Renaissance Ideals

• WELL-ROUNDEDNESS

 Ideal person who draws


interest in many things, this
people are educated, witty,
charming and artistic.
Renaissance Ideals
“The Creation of Adam” “David”
Renaissance Ideals
“Saint Peter’s Basilica” “Celestial Love”
Renaissance Ideals
• SECULARISM
 Pushing the study of
philosophy, literature, and
science.
 Characterized by the return to
favor of the pagan classics,
the stimulation of secularism,
the appreciation of the
pleasures of life, and
individual expression and
independence.
Renaissance Ideals
“The Battle of San Romano”
Paolo Uccello
Renaissance Ideals
“The Duke and Duchess of Urbino”
Piero della Francesca
Renaissance Ideals
• CLASSICISM
 To mimic the literature, rhetoric, art,
and philosophy of the ancient world,
specifically ancient Rome.
 Renaissance scholars and artists
increasingly turned to the ruins of the
classical world around them for new
artistic models.
 Rediscovery of ancient Latin and
Greek texts by authors such as Cicero,
Plato and Aristotle.
Renaissance Ideals
“Bacchus and Ariadne” “Hercules and Cacus”
Titian Bartolommeo Bandinelli
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