The Renaissance means rebirth.
Renaissance marks the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the Modern world. It represents a culture rebirth from 14th century through the middle of the 17th centuries. Early Renaissance , mostly in Italy, bridges the art period during the15th century, between the Middle Ages and the High Renaissance in Italy.
Renaissance marks the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the Modern world. It represents a culture rebirth from 14th century through the middle of the 17th centuries. Early Renaissance , mostly in Italy, bridges the art period during the15th century, between the Middle Ages and the High Renaissance in Italy.
The spiritual content of painting changed - subjects from Roman history and mythology were borrowed. Devotional art of Christian orientation became classically humanized.
Two regions of Western Europe were particularly active during this artistic period: Flanders and Italy.
Two regions of Western Europe were particularly active during this artistic period: Flanders and Italy.
Artists
Sandro Boticello 1445-1510
Boticello was born in Florence, the son of a tanner.
He served an apprenticeship with the painter Fra Filippo Lippi and worked with the painter and engraver Antonio del Pollaiuolo.
Boticello had his own workshop by 1470. He worked for the Medici family.
He painted religious subjects, especially panels of the Madonna. In 1481 Boticello was one of several artists chosen to go to Rome to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Boticello was born in Florence, the son of a tanner.
He served an apprenticeship with the painter Fra Filippo Lippi and worked with the painter and engraver Antonio del Pollaiuolo.
Boticello had his own workshop by 1470. He worked for the Medici family.
He painted religious subjects, especially panels of the Madonna. In 1481 Boticello was one of several artists chosen to go to Rome to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
One of his works: Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus
Sistine Chapel
Giovanna Bellini 1426-1516
Born in Venice.
In his paintings, figures, space, architecture and sometimes landscape were balanced with seemingly effortless perfection to achieve a complex but harmonious image of serene grandeur.
Bellini's historical importance is immense. In his 65-year evolution as an artist, he bought Venetian painting from provincial backwardness into the forefront of Renaissance and the mainstream of Western art.
Born in Venice.
In his paintings, figures, space, architecture and sometimes landscape were balanced with seemingly effortless perfection to achieve a complex but harmonious image of serene grandeur.
Bellini's historical importance is immense. In his 65-year evolution as an artist, he bought Venetian painting from provincial backwardness into the forefront of Renaissance and the mainstream of Western art.
One of his works: Feast of the Gods
Jan Van Eyck 1385-1441
He was a 15th Century Early Netherlands painter.
He achieved, or perfected, new and remarkable effects using oil paints.
He was a 15th Century Early Netherlands painter.
He achieved, or perfected, new and remarkable effects using oil paints.
One of his works: The Arnolfini Wedding
Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519
He was a Florentine artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist.
He was born in a small Tuscan town of Vinci. In Florence he was given the best education that Florence could offer.
He was a Florentine artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist.
He was born in a small Tuscan town of Vinci. In Florence he was given the best education that Florence could offer.
Some of his works: The Last Supper
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa: Leonardo's most famous work, is as well known for its mastery of technical innovations as for the mysteriousness of its legendary smiling subject.
This work is a consummate example of two techniques- sfumato and chiaroscuro- of which Leonardo was one of the first great masters.
This work is a consummate example of two techniques- sfumato and chiaroscuro- of which Leonardo was one of the first great masters.
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