RENAISSANCE PERIOD

ARTS OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

 Produced during 14th 15th 16th centuries in

Europe
 The word renaissance comes from the word,
renaitre, which means, ( rebirth)
 It pertains to arts ,particularly in Italy , such as
sculptures, paintings, music, architecture, and literature
 The most common
subject of this period is
human philosophy
 Famous artist of this
era were
Michaelangelo,
Leonardo Da Vinci,
Raphael and Donatello
 Reinassance was the period of economic
progress. The period stirred enthusiasm for
the study of ancient philosophy and artistic
values
 Italian reinassance began in the late 14 th
century. It was an era of great artistic and
intellectual achievement with birth of
secular art. The focus was on realistic
and humanistic art
 Renaissance art was
characterized by accurate
anatomy, scientific
perspective, and deeper
landscape
 Renaissance painter depicted real life figures
and their sculpture were naturalistic portrait
of human being
 Architectureduring this period was
characterized by its symmetry and
balance
 As the classical Greeks believed in the harmonious
development of the person thru a sound mind, by the
practice of athletic, the reinassance held up the ideal of
the well – rounded man, knowledgeable in the number
of fields such as philosophy, science, arts, including
painting and music-and who applies its knowledge to
productive and creative acivity
 The reinassance was a period of artistic
experimentation. It brought man into a full
view just like the human figures in Greek
art
 Reinassance art marks the transition of
Europe from the medieval period to the
early modern age by 1500 the reinassance
style prevailed
 Thegreatest chatedral building of the
age was the rebuilding of St Peters
Basilica in Rome