Great Artists of the

Renaissance
•  Who can name all 4 Ninja Turtles?
•  Who were they named after?
 3 Geniuses of Art

Leonardo Michelangelo Raphael

da Vinci
3 Geniuses of Art
1 Leonardo da Vinci - painter,
sculptor, writer, inventor
- Mona Lisa, Last Supper
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
 3 Geniuses of Art

2. Michelangelo crafted sculptures,

awesome in size & intense w/emotions
- David, Sistine Chapel, la Pieta

Michelangelo’s
David

Capitol Building,
St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome
 Sistine Chapel Simulation

•  Draw any image that reminds you of the

Renaissance. You will have 10 minutes
to complete.
3. Raphael
-  Painter Aristotle
-  studied De Vinci & Raphael
Michelangelo Plato
-  The School of Athens
 Discussion Question

•  Who has heard the saying “ the end

justifies the means?” Do you agree with
it? Why or why not?
“How praiseworthy it is for a prince to keep his
word and live with integrity rather than
craftiness, everyone under- stands; yet . . . those
princes have accomplished most who paid little
heed to keeping their promises, but who knew
how craftily to manipulate the minds of men.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Authors
• Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince - rulers should use
force & deceit in order to hold
power.
The Prince Analysis
Northern Renaissance
• Renaissance spread to N. Europe - Flanders, Netherlands,
N. France, England, & Germany

Artists
- Albrecht Dürer -
paint, woodcuts &
engravings
- helped spread
Renaissance to
N .Europe

Albrecht Dürer - Self Portrait

 Writers
• Thomas More - Utopia criticized English society by
comparing it to a perfect society.

Sir Thomas More

Writers
• Shakespeare -
- playwright inspired by the Greek & Roman classics
- Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet

William Shakespeare
D. Printing Press
Renaissance ideas spread
quickly - created in Germany
by, Johannes Gutenberg in
1456.

Results - books were published

more:
1) quickly & less expensively.
2) Ideas could be published
uncensored by the church.
Who helped spread the
Renaissance to Northern
Europe?
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