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Renaissance (1400’s-1500’s)

• Renaissance marked the rebirth of humanism and the revival of cultural achievements for their own sake. As the word Renaissance can be defined as “Rebirth” or “Reconstruction”.

Art Era

• Michelangelo• Leonardo da Vinci• Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino• Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi

Important Artists

• Artist: Leonardo da vinci• Height:2' 6" x 1' 9" (77 cm x 53 cm)• Location: Louvre Paris• Media: Oil on Canvas.• Created:1503-1517Fact: The lady in the painting is Lisa Gherardini which is the wife of the florentine

merchant Franceso di Zanobi del Giocondo.Fact:Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 and ended about 1517Fact:In 1516 Leonardo was invited by King Francois 1 to work at the Clos Luce near the

king’s castle in Amboise.Fact: Leonardo was one of the first artist to use Aerial Perspective or Birds eye view in

his painting of the Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

• Artist:Leonardo da vinci• Height: 1' 2" x 0' 10" (34 cm x 26 cm)• Location:Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, • Media:Ink• Created:1490• Fact:The Vitruvian Man showed how much he cared about proportions. He believed

that the workings of the human body were an analogy to the universe.• Fact:Leonardo has been influenced by Giacomo Andrea de Ferrara. She is a expert at

Vitruvius and a Renaissance artist.• Fact:Leonardo da vinci finished the Vitruvian man in 1490.• Fact:The drawing had notes written by Leonardo above and below it. In the notes he

explained the geometric ratios based on the extension of the arms and legs.

Vitruvian Man

• Artist: Raphael Stanzas• Height:16' 5" x 25' 3" (5.0 m x 7.7 m)• Location:Raphael Rooms (Palace of the Vatican)• Media:Paint, Plaster• Created:1511• Fact: This shows an imaginary assembly of the greatest ancient philosophers.• Fact: This Painting also symbolizes the national pursuit of truth.• Fact: The style of painting used was Fresco where the mixing the color right into the

plastor.• Fact: The fresco was painted between 1510 and 1511 and is one of four frescoes

painted by Raphael.• Fact: In this painting the central figures are Plato and Aristotle.

The School Of Athens

Artist: Sandro BotticelliHeight:5' 8" x 9' 2" (1.72 m x 2.78 m)Location:Uffizi GalleryMedia: TemperaCreated:14888• Fact: It was painted between 1485-1488• Fact: In this painting Venus is the central figure. Venus is a goddess. She was born in

the sea.• Fact: When Botticelli made this painting he reached a new pinnacle of success in his

life.• Fact:Botticelli's Venus was the first large-scale canvas created in Renaissance

Florence.• Fact:Tempera artwork is usually consisted of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of

egg and oil.

The Birth Of Venus

• Artist: Michelangelo• Dimensions:174 cm × 195 cm (68.5 in × 76.8 in)• Location:St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City• Media: Marble• Created:1499Fact: This piece of artwork proved to be Jesus on the lap of his mother mary.Fact: This marble sculpture started as just a block of marble. And Michelangelo only

used a drill to create the Peita.Fact:This is the only piece of artwork that michelangelo ever signed.Fact: This was made for the cardinal’s funeral monument but was moved to the first

chapel in the 18th century

Peita

Artist: MichelangeloDimensions:570 cm x 280 cm (225 in x 110 in)Location: Sistine ChapelMedia: FrescoCreated:1511Fact: It illustrates the biblical creation narrative from the book of genesis in which god

breathes life into Adam, the first man.Fact: The image of the near-touching hands of god and adam has become iconic of

humanity.Fact: The present publication offers a vast selection of the works of Michelangelo and

Raphael contained in the Vatican Palace.

Creation of Man

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