Bellringer• Download today’s notes: Renaissance Art Notes• Answer the following question:

• View the painting below, and create a list of words that describes it.

Essential Question• How can ideas be reflected in art, sculpture, and

architecture?

Italian Renaissance Art Focus• Sought to imitate ________• ________ of subjects• New, ________-focused worldview – accurate portrayal

of the human body

New Techniques in Painting• Early Renaissance art began with Masaccio’s frescos

• Define fresco: ________

• Masaccio mastered the laws of perspective• Define perspective: ________

New Techniques in Painting• ________ and human anatomy – realistic portrayal of

the individual, especially the human nude

Sculpture and Architecture• They, too, sought to express a human-centered world• Donatello created realistic ________ inspired by the

Greeks and Romans• Statue of St. George

Sculpture and Architecture• Filippo Brunelleschi designed the church of San

Lorenzo in Florence with classical ________ and rounded ________ inspired by buildings of classical Rome

• Created an environment that would not overwhelm the people who worshipped in it – meant for human, not divine needs

High Renaissance Masters• Flourished from 1490-1520• Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio, Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

• Model “Renaissance Man”

• Dissected human bodies to better understand their workings

• Idealized forms to capture ________

• Painted the ________

Raphael• Admired for numerous paintings of ________• Many frescos in the Vatican Palace• ________, harmony, and order

Michelangelo• ________in Rome• Figures depict ideal human-type with perfect proportions• Also a sculptor and architect

Northern Artistic Renaissance• Sought realism, but did it differently than the Italian artists –

especially those from the ________• Italian churches had large walls for fresco paintings, not

enough space in Gothic churches to the north so they painted altar pieces and books on smaller ________ with smaller ________

• Portrayed subjects among ________ objects • Imitated reality through observation and ________, not

through perspective like Italian painters• Perfected oil painting • Later Northern artists traveled to Italy to learn about things

like perspective, then applied them to their work

Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin

The Giving of the Keys to St. Peter by Pietro Perugino

Review!• 1. What one word might describe the style of many Italian

artists of the Renaissance?• 2. What were some new techniques in painting?• 3. Who were the 3 masters of the High Renaissance?• 4. How did Northern Renaissance art differ from Italian

Renaissance art?• 5. How was humanism reflected in Renaissance art?

Homework!• Ch. 2 Test Thursday! Even though it will be open

note/book, you still need to work on your study guide and study!!