- 1400 – 1600

- a period of economic progress.

- it stirred enthusiasm for the
study
of ancient philosophy and artistic
values.
- it is the art of Calm and beauty. Its creation are perfect-
they reveal nothing forced or inhibited, uneasy and
agitated.
Artists were well-paid and
given honorable places in
society. They aimed to
praise human achievement
and to win fame
Italian Renaissance
- began in the late 14th century
- it was an era of great artistic
and intellectual achievement
with the birth of secular art
Renaissance art – characterized by accurate anatomy,
scientific perspective and deeper landscape.
Renaissance art marks the transition
of Europe from the medieval period
to the early modern age.
The Renaissance help 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.
Florence Cathedral
Renaissance Architecture
- was characterized by its symmetry and
balance. Builders departed from the
Gothic and returned to the Classical.
- Buildings appeared with domes,
columns, and other classical features.

Dome of Florence Cathedral

Renaissance Painting
- Gone was the flat, symbolic
medieval style. Paintings became
more realistic and showed real
human forms.
Renaissance Sculpture
- statues were usually nude and stood free
of any architectural background.
- Sculptures were naturalistic portraits
of human beings.
Sculptors were eager to show the
beauty of the human body, they
carefully studied its form and
made lifelike statues that
accurately showed muscles, joints
and other body parts.

male Dusk and female Dawn

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni
- master of portraying the
human figure.
- he was a sculptor, painter,
architect, and poet.
- he was considered the
greatest living artist in his
lifetime and one of the
greatest artists of all time.
Masterpieces:
- David
- Pieta
- Last Judgment
- Ceilings of the Sistine Chapel
- Dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica
“Pieta”– the only signed work of Michelangelo
 David
Bacchus, The God of Wine.
 Dying Slave
Moses
The Tomb of Pope Julius II
Dusk and Dawn
The Tomb of Giuliano, with the female Night and the male Day
Dome of St. Peter ‘s Basilica
 Michelangelo’s caricature of himself
The Sistine Chapel while painting the Sistine Chapel
ceiling
Last Judgment
St Bartholomew holds his own skin St Peter
The resurrection of the dead
 Leonardo da Vinci
- he was a painter, architect,
scientist and mathematician.
- the most diversely talented
person to have ever lived.
- he is known as the ultimate “Renaissance man”
because of his intellect, interest, talent and
expression of Humanist and Classical values.
- he is widely considered to be one of the greatest
painter of all time.
- Had one of the most
searching minds in all
history.
- has become a symbol of
the Renaissance spirit of
learning and intellectual
curiosity.
- painted 2 of the most
famous work of
renaissance art—
Mona lisa
The last supper
“Last Supper”

The most reproduced religious painting of all time.

Mona Lisa

- the most famous and most parodied portrait

A design for a flying machine, (c. 1488)
 Louvre version
London version

Virgin of the Rocks

Vitruvian Man
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
- He was skilled in creating
perspective and using
delicate colors.
- His most outstanding
works are those of Mary
- Skillfully done in Bright
colors, they clearly show
the Renaissance of grace,
harmony, and beauty
The Wedding of the Virgin
The School of Athens (23 ft long )
Disputation of the Sacrament
Parnassus (Poetry)
The Cardinal Virtues
Sistine Madonna
"The Madonna of the Meadow"
The Transfiguration

The painting exemplifies Raphael's development as an artist and the culmination of his career.
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
- tried to portray the dignity of
the human body in realistic and
often dramatic detail
- one of the great artist of the
period.
- He sculpted the 1st statue cast
in bronze since ancient times.
- known for his work in bas-
relief, a form of shallow relief
sculpture
h.158 cm
Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata
statue of St. George
Zuccone

Zuccone
Also known as Statue of the Prophet Habakkuk
 Baroq
ue
- derived from the Portuguese word “barocco” which
means “irregularly shaped pearl or stone.”
- it describes a fairly complex idiom and focuses on
painting, sculpture, as well as architecture.
- a period of artistic styles in exaggerated motion,
drama, tension, and grandeur.
- it started in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.
The Roman Catholic church highly encouraged
the Baroque style to propagate Christianity.
The aristocracy used baroque style for architecture and
arts to impress visitors, express triumph, power and
control.
Baroque paintings illustrated key elements of the Catholic Dogma,
either directly in biblical works or indirectly in imaginary or
symbolic work
Baroque sculpture are typically larger than life size, is
marked by a similar sense of dynamic movement,
along with an active use of space
Baroque architecture was designed to create spectacle
and illusion. Straight lines of the Renaissance were
replaced with flowing curves
Façade of the Church of the Gesù, the first truly baroque façade.
 Manila
Cathedral
San Agustin Church
 Michelangelo Merisi (or Amearighi) da
Caravaggio
-better known as Caravaggio
- an Italian artist who wanted
to deviate from the Classical
masters of the Renaissance
- He was an outcast in his
society because of his own
actions and lack of modesty
and reverence for religious
subjects in his paintings.
- he started out as a specialist in paintings of still life,
esp. for fruits.
- studies for singe figures followed.
- his models were either himself or young persons who
have an air of being promising but wicked
 Supper at Emmaus

The painting depicts the moment when the resurrected but incognito Jesus, reveals
himself to two of his disciples (presumed to be Luke and Cleopas) in the town of
Emmaus, only to soon vanish from their sight
The Conversion of
Saint Paul
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus
The painting depicts the moment
recounted in Chapter 9 of Acts
of the Apostles when Saul, soon
to be the apostle Paul, fell on the
road to Damascus. He heard the
Lord say "I am Jesus, whom you
persecute, arise and go into the
city"
The Entombment of Christ
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- child prodigy
- an architect, sculptor, painter,
stage designer and playwright.
- last on the list of dazzling
universal geniuses
- He was the greatest baroque
sculptor and architect
- He designed the “Ecstasy of St.
Teresa and the colonnade of the
Piazza of St. Peter’s Rome
The Goat Amalthea with the
Infant Jupiter and a Faun

Damned Soul
Blessed Soul

David
Piazza of St.
Peter
(Rome)
Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Diego Rodríguez de Silva
y Velázquez
- One of the finest masters of
composition.
- One of the most important
painters of the Spanish Golden age
- he worked out solutions to
Pictorial problems of design that transcend the
style of any period
- he discovered his avocation almost at the very
start of his career.
The surrender of Breda
Las Meninas
 Rembrandt van Rijn
- Most brilliant of the Dutch
realist, painter and etcher
- One of the greatest
painters and printmakers
in European art
- Though he followed no
particular faith, he was
interested in spiritual
values and often chose
religious subject matters
- produced 600 paintings, nearly 400 etchings and 2000 drawings
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Self-portrait in Old Age
, The Syndics of the Clothmaker's Guild
, The Night Watch
 Sir Peter Paul Rubens

- Flemish baroque painter

- well-known for his
mythical and figurative
subjects, landscapes,
portraits, and counter-
reformation altarpieces
his commissioned works were mostly religious
subjects, history paintings of magical creatures,
and hunt scenes
Samson and Delilah
Three Graces
Landscape with a tower
Portrait of Helene Fourment
The Massacre of the Innocents