RENAISSANCE

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Renaissance was a fervent period of European
cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth”
following the Middle Ages. Generally described as
taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century,
the Renaissance promoted the re-discovery of classical
philosophy, literature and art.
FACTORS
✓ Rise of Intellectuals
✓ Reintroduction of Classical Works
✓ The discovery of the Printing Press
✓ Patronage of Rulers, Popes and Nobles
✓ The Crusades
✓ Trade and Prosperity
✓ New Wealth and the Black Death
✓ Peace and War
INFLUENTIAL PERSON
✓ Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
✓ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
✓ Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
✓ Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
LEONARDO DI SER PERO DA
VINCI
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the
very ideal of the Renaissance man. He is a
supremely gifted painter, scientist, inventor
and polymath.
Da Vinci has been widely regarded as one of
the world’s greatest minds, with extraordinary
talents that included painting, mathematics,
architecture, engineering, botany, sculpture,
and human biology.
MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO
BUONARROTI SIMONI
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the very
ideal of the Renaissance man. He is a
supremely gifted painter, scientist, inventor
and polymath.
Da Vinci has been widely regarded as one of
the world’s greatest minds, with extraordinary
talents that included painting, mathematics,
architecture, engineering, botany, sculpture,
and human biology.
His works have since exerted an unparalleled
influence on the development of art.
RAFFAELLO SANZIO DA URBINO

Raphael was considered to be the

greatest artist who ever lived more so
than even da Vinci and Michelangelo.
He is known for his mastery of
depicting human emotions and clarity
of form, Raphael produced works that
were the cornerstones of Renaissance
art.
DONATO DI NICCOLÒ DI BETTO
BARDI
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi,
was an Italian Renaissance artist best
known for his sculptures.
Donatello was influential in
popularising the classicizing style
where Renaissance artists looked to
the surviving works of antiquity for
inspiration. The sculptor was
particularly interested in giving his
art a sense of perspective.
SOCIOPOLITICAL ISSUE
Obvious cases include the Protestant Reformation, the Thirty
Years’ War (1618–1648), the confrontation with the Ottoman
Empire, and the development of a transatlantic vs. a Mediterranean
economy, but Renaissance culture as a whole was permeated by
violence, competition, invectives, and vehement debates of all sorts.
The most prevalent societal change during the Renaissance was
the fall of feudalism and the rise of a capitalist market economy.
Increased trade and the labor shortage caused by the Black Death
gave rise to something of a middle class.
PREVELANT ARTIST AND THEIR
ARTWORK
 Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Mona Lisa ( c.1503-19 ) Last Supper ( c. 1495-98)
Vitruvian Man ( c. 1490 ) Self Portrait ( c. 1490/1515-16)

The Virgin of the Rocks Head of a Woman ( 1500-10)

( c. 1483-86)
Lady with an Ermine ( c. 1489-92) Salvator Mundi ( c. 1500)

Ginvera de’ Benci ( c. 1474/78) The Virgin & Child with Saint Anne
( c. 1503-19)
PREVELANT ARTIST AND THEIR
ARTWORK
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simon
1496-97 Bacchus 1498-99 Pieta
 1501-04 David

1506 Doni Tondo

1508-12 The Creation of Adam

1508-12 The Creation of Adam

 1531-15 Moses

1536-41 The Last Judgement

1547-55 The Deposition

PREVELANT ARTIST AND THEIR
ARTWORK
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
The School of Athens (1509-11) La Fornarina (1518-20)
Transfiguration (1560-20) The Sistine Madonna (1512)

Marriage of the Virgin (1504) Disputation of the Most Holy

Sacrament (1509-10)
The Triumph of Galatea (1514) Three Graces (1505)

Self-portrait (1506) La Belle Jardiniere (1507)