ITALIAN+RENAISSANCE

DEFINITION OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE The High Renaissance was the culmination of the artistic developments of the [|Early Renaissance], and one of the great explosions of creative genius in history. It is notable for three of the greatest artists in history: [|Michelangelo Buonarroti], [|Raphael Sanzio] and [|Leonardo da Vinci].

Also active at this time were such masters as [|Giorgione], [|Titian] and [|Giovanni Bellini].

By about the 1520s, High Renaissance art had become exaggerated into the style known as [|Mannerism].

MAJOR ARTISTS Leonardo da Vinci
 * Leonardo DA VINCI ** (b. 1452, Vinci, Republic of Florence [now in Italy]--d. May 2, 1519, Cloux, Fr.), Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the [|Renaissance] humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495-97) and __ MONA LISA __ (1503-06) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of his time.

allegory selfportrait

One of the most comnly known painting of DaVinci's is //The Last Supper//. It was handled very porly and had to be repainted twice during the 18th century.http://www.mos.org/leonardo/artist.html

Look around you! People and objects look larger when they are nearby and smaller when they are far away.

How large should a figure be in the scene below if he is standing on the red line? Look at the other people and buildings for clues.

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Knowing that a person who is further away in a painting should look smaller is helpful. But it wasn't enough for Leonardo da Vinci. He wanted to know why distant objects looked smaller and what size to paint them if he knew exactly how far away they were. In his notebooks he wrote and sketched his ideas about why distant objects always look smaller. He also described his experiments for measuring the apparent sizes of objects at different distances.

//Virgin of the Rocks//

Michaelangelo Buonarotti Michaelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Tuscany, Monday morning between four and five in the morning. He was second to five brothers. His father and mother was Ludovio di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni and Francesca Neri. Although he was born in Caprese, Michaelangelo considered himself "Son of Florence." His mother was to sick too nurse him so he was placed with a wet nurse. His mother died young, Michaelangelo was only six years old when she died. His childhood was grim and lacking of affection. He tented to keep to himself. He laked trusting of others. After starting school he studied the principles of Latin. While in school he became friends with Francesco Graacci, who was six years older than him, he encourged Michaelangelo to follow him in art. On April 1508, Michaelango went to Rome by the request of JuliusII to paint twelve figures of apostles and some decorations on T__he ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.__ He had a deadline for October 31st, 1512, to have painted over 300 figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

In May 1508, he made the preparatory designs. Not until fall did he start the actual painting, calling to an assistants-Giuliano Bugiardini, Aristotele De Sangallo, also an old friend Francesco Granacci, along with a few laborers.

He did not wnat anyone seeing his work he only let the pope check his work to see how far he had gotten. He had alot of pressure on him about getting the ceiling done that he uncovered his work in August 1511, even though he was not done.

Michaelangelo's work had a great impact on the artits of the time. [|www.michaelangelo.com]

Self Portrait [|www.island-of-freedom.com] Keyword-Michaelangelo

Michaelangelo died when he was 89 years old, day of death was February 18, 1564.



Raphael was born on April 6, 1483. He was born in Urbino, Italy, where he lived until he was 11 years old. His father a was Giovanni Sanzio and he was a painter for the court of Federigo da Montefeltro. Raphael learned the many import things about painting and art from his father. Raphael was 11 when both his father and mother died.
 * 1386-1466
 * Birth Name **Donato di Nicolo Bardi**
 * little is known about his life
 * He was born in Florence, Italy
 * Donatello learned the basics of sculpting at the Stonemasons' Guild
 * Studied with [|Filippo Brunelleschi] in Rome in 1407 to 1407
 * had a reputation of a treasure seeker
 * made a living by working in a goldsmiths shop
 * one of Donatello's earliest known works is the life-sized marble of //David//
 * the most influential individual artist of the 15th century in Italy
 * became famous in italy at the age of 17
 * visited Rome twice
 * he also visited the Tomb of Candinal Brancacci, Pisa, and Naples.
 * Raphael Sanzio**

After his father died, Raphael went to Perugia to be an apprentice of the painter Pietro Perugino. Perugino taught Raphael the use of depth and perspective. Raphael created masterpieces like Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter and The Deposition as an apprentice for Perugino. Raphael created a great work called The Marriage of the Virgin before he was even 21 years old.

He moved to Florence, Italy in 1504, and met big name painters such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Fra Bartolommeo. Raphael became famous in Florence. Raphael made many paintings of Madonnas which is Mary ,the mother of Jesus. Some of his best Madonna paintings were Madonna and Child Enthroned With Saints, Esterhazy Madonna, La Belle Jardiniere, and the great Madonna of the Goldfinch.

In 1508, when he was 24, Raphael was asked to come to Vatican City and paint stanzas for Pope Julius II. He only painted one stanza which was the Stanza della Segnatura. In 1515 he painted possible his best work of all time Baldassare Castiglione which influenced Titian and Rembrandt. Raphael died on Good Friday, which was also his 37th Birthday in 1520. He died without finishing The Transfiguration, which was finished by Giulio Romano, his best student and it is now located in the Vatican. LINKS __ http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/raphael.html __ http://www.surfnetkids.com/leonardo.htm http://www.artcyclopedia.com/scripts/r.pl?R019+766 http://www.artcyclopedia.com/scripts/r.pl?R018+179 http://www.artcyclopedia.com/scripts/r.pl?RK84+730 [|http://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/donatello_ext.html]