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Great Art of the Renaissance

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Medieval Art

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Giotto (1267 – 1337) Giotto di Bondone (better known as just Giotto), was an Italian painter and architect. He is generally considered the first in a line of great artists who contributed to and developed the Italian Renaissance.

Giotto’s Frescos A fresco is a painting done on wet plaster. As it dries the wet plaster absorbs the paint and the painting becomes part of the wall surface rather than resting on top of it. This makes a durable work of art; if the wall is destroyed the painting can often be reassembled because of the size of the plaster parts.

Giotto

Botticelli (1445 – 1510) Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter during the Early Renaissance. A portrait of Botticelli

Botticelli’s Primavera (Spring) Botticelli used some mythological themes in some of his paintings. From left to right are Mercury, the Three Graces, Venus, Flora, Chloris, and Zephyrus.

Botticelli’s Birth of Venus

Botticelli’s Birth of Venus Botticelli's Venus was chosen to be the picture on the first Italian euro coins (2002).

Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. Some people think he is the greatest artist that ever lived.

Michelangelo’s sculpture The Pieta David

A closer look at David The sculpture is so famous that it has become iconic. People recognize it instantly even when it is put into a cartoon or used in photographs.

The statue was cleaned in 2003 Michelangelo's masterpiece was given its first cleaning since 1873. It had been almost 500 years since it was hewn from a single block of marble and it took conservation experts more than six months to complete the incredibly delicate cleaning.

Michelangelo’s painting The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome.

The Sistine Chapel “The Creation of Man”, a panel from the Sistine Chapel.

The Sistine Chapel Isaiah Ezekiel

The Last Judgment is a common theme in religious art. The most famous is Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel. He portrays himself as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin.

Raphael (1483– 1520) Raphael or Raffaello was a master painter and architect in the Italian High Renaissance. He is celebrated for the perfection and softness of his paintings. This painting is a selfportrait.

Raphael’s “School of Athens” The famous School of Athens is set in classical times. Plato and Aristotle are shown in the center engaged in a philosophical discussion. Raphael painted Michelangelo into the picture after looking at the Sistine Chapel.

Raphael’s “The Sistine Madonna” This detail from the Sistine Madonna is reproduced on everything from pillows to stationary.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Leonardo da Vinci was an architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. He has been described as a universal genius, a man both infinitely curious and infinitely inventive. He is also said to be one of the greatest painters that ever lived. Self-portrait

da Vinci’s Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa, an oil painting on poplar wood, is perhaps the most famous painting in art history. Few other works of art are as romanticized, celebrated, or reproduced.

The Mona Lisa is another example of an iconic piece of art. The Mona Lizard Gary Larson’s “The Moona Lisa” The Simpson’s version of the “Mona Lisa”

da Vinci’s The Last Supper The painting is one of the most well known and valued in the world; it has never been privately owned because it cannot be moved. Leonardo was one of the first painters to effectively use perspective.

Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest writer in the English language, and one of the greatest of all time.

Romeo and Juliet is a play about the fate of two young lovers who would do anything to be together. It is the most famous of his plays and the most famous love story in history. “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. ”

Modern Adaptations of Romeo and Juliet “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. ”

Hamlet “To be, or not to be, That is the question. ”

Much Ado About Nothing