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RENAISSANCE ART

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How did Europe recover from the

Black Death?

Medieval Art

Medieval Art after the Black Death

New Concepts

◦ Humanism – a Renaissance cultural revival of ancient Greek and Roman thought, including: ◦ Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history

◦ Fresco – painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints ◦ Helps give depth to paintings

◦ Perspective – allows for a “3D” effect that Medieval art lacked. Depth.

Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa The Last Supper

Compare perspective

Michelangelo

Statue of David

Sistine Chapel

More Sistine Chapel

Creation of Adam

Creation of Adam spoofs

Is the Creation of Adam a brain?

Compare Greek and Roman sculptures with The Statue of David

Greek Roman Renaissance Italian

Raphael

The School of Athens

Results of the Renaissance

◦ Education became more secular – less emphasis on religion.

◦ More people were being educated in history, grammar, writing, literature, and the arts