RENAISSANCE

PERIOD (1400-16000)
"Renaissance" is a French word meaning "rebirth". The period is called by this
name because at that time, people started taking an interest in the learning of ancient
times, in particular the learning of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Renaissance was
seen as a "rebirth" of that learning.
 it was the period of economic progress. The period stirred enthusiasm for the study
of ancient philosophy and artistic values.
Italian renaissance began in the late 14th century. It was an era of great artistic and
intellectual achievement with the birth of secular art. The focus was on realistic and
humanistic art
Renaissance art was characterized by accurate anatomy, scientific perspective, and
deeper landscape
 PAINTINGS- Depicted real-life figures
 SCULPTURE- were naturalistic portraits of human beings
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Renaissance Architecture
was characterized by its
symmetry and balance.

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◉ THE RENAISSANCE HELD UP THE IDEAL OF THE WELL-ROUNDED
MAN, KNOWLEDGEABLE IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS SUCH AS
PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, ARTS, INCLUDING PAINTING AND MUSIC-
AND WHO APPLIES HIS KNOWLEDGE TO PRODUCTIVE AND
CREATIVE ACTIVITY.
◉ RENAISSANCE WAS A PERIOD OF ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION. IT
BROUGH INTO A FULL VIEW JUST LIKE THE HUMAN FIGURE IN
GREEK ART
◉ THE GREATEST CATHEDRAL BUILDING OF THE AGE WAS
REBUILDING OF ST. PETERS BASILICA IN ROME

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St. Peter’s Basilica

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci (1452-1519)
◉ Was a painter, architect, scientist, and mathematicians.
◉ He was popularized in present times through the novel and movie, “Da Vinci Code”
◉ He is known as the ultimate “Renaissance man” because of his intellect, interest,
talent, and his expression of humanist and classical values.
◉ He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the
most diversely talented person to have ever lived.
◉ His well known works were: The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, The Vitruvian Man, The
Adoration of Magi and the Virgin of the Rocks.

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 Mona lisa stems from a
description by Renaissance art
historian Giorgio Vasari, who
wrote, “Leonardo undertook to
paint for Francesco del
Giocondo the portrait of Mona
Lisa, his wife,” Mona in Italian,
is a polite form of address
originating as Madonna- similar
to Ma’am, “madamme,” or ” My
Lady” in English. This became
Madonna and its contraction
Mona. The title of the painting ,
though tradionally spelled “
Mona”, is also commonly
spelled in Modern Italian as

MONA LISA
“Monna Lisa”

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THE LAST SUPPER

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😉 The Vitruvian
Man

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THE ADORATION
OF MAGI

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Virgin of the
Rocks

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Thanks!
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