Mr. Brook’s Renaissance & Northern Mr. Brook’s Renaissance & Northern Renaissance art study guideRenaissance art study guide

RenaissanceRenaissance

Artists• Brunelleschi• Ghiberti• Donatello• da Vinci• Michelangelo• Raphael• Botticelli

Characteristics• Realism & expression• Perspective• Classicism• Focus on individualism• Geometrical arrangement of figures• Shadowing/softening

Northern RenaissanceNorthern Renaissance

Artists• Jan van Eyck• Lucas Cranach the Elder• Albrecht Dürer• Hans Holbien the Younger• Pieter Bruegel• El Greco

Characteristics• Realism & naturalism• Focus on landscapes, portraits, and interiors• Experimenting with light• More emphasis on middle-class and peasant life

Be sure to also study your notes – we discussed other issues not reflected in this deck like patronage, the causes of each Renaissance, etc.

The RenaissanceThe Renaissance

Brunelleschi’s dome of the Brunelleschi’s dome of the Florence duomo (cathedral)Florence duomo (cathedral)

Ghiberti’s Ghiberti’s Gates of ParadiseGates of Paradise = baptistry door of the Florence duomo (cathedral) = baptistry door of the Florence duomo (cathedral)

Leonardo da Vinci’sLeonardo da Vinci’sMona LisaMona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci’sLeonardo da Vinci’sVitruvian ManVitruvian Man

Leonardo da Vinci’sLeonardo da Vinci’sThe Last SupperThe Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci’s Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks Notebooks (over(over 5000 pages)5000 pages)

Donatello’s Donatello’s DavidDavid

Michelangelo’s Michelangelo’s DavidDavid

Michelangelo’s Michelangelo’s PietaPieta(Mary mourning Jesus)(Mary mourning Jesus)

Michelangelo’s dome of St. Michelangelo’s dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in RomePeter’s Basilica in Rome

Michelangelo’sMichelangelo’sSistine ChapelSistine Chapel

Michelangelo’sMichelangelo’sSistine ChapelSistine Chapel

Michelangelo’sMichelangelo’sSistine ChapelSistine Chapel

The most famous panel The most famous panel is is The Creation of ManThe Creation of Man

Raphael’s Raphael’s The School of AthensThe School of Athens

Raphael’s Raphael’s Baldassare CastiglioneBaldassare Castiglione Raphael’s Raphael’s Portrait of Pope Julius IIPortrait of Pope Julius II

BotticelliBotticelli’s Birth of Venus’s Birth of Venus

The Northern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance

Jan Van Eyck’s Jan Van Eyck’s Giovanni Giovanni Arnolfini and His WifeArnolfini and His Wife (wedding (wedding

portrait)portrait)

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Portrait of Portrait of Martin LutherMartin Luther

Albrecht Dürer’s Albrecht Dürer’s Self-Portrait in Fur-Self-Portrait in Fur-Collared RobeCollared Robe

Albrecht Dürer’s Albrecht Dürer’s The Last SupperThe Last Supper (woodcut)(woodcut)

Hans Holbein the Younger’s Hans Holbein the Younger’s Erasmus WritingErasmus Writing

Hans Holbein the Younger’s Hans Holbein the Younger’s Henry Henry VIIIVIII

Hans Holbein the Younger’s Hans Holbein the Younger’s The AmbassadorsThe Ambassadors

Pieter Bruegel’s Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of BabelTower of Babel

Pieter Bruegel’s Pieter Bruegel’s The BeggarsThe Beggars

Pieter Bruegel’s Pieter Bruegel’s Hunters in the SnowHunters in the Snow

Pieter Bruegel’s Pieter Bruegel’s Mad MegMad Meg

El Greco’sEl Greco’sThe View The View of Toledoof Toledo

El Greco’sEl Greco’sPortrait of a CardinalPortrait of a Cardinal