The Renaissance October 23, 2023

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this painting?

• The Mona Lisa

• The Last Supper

• The School of Athens

• Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter

Multiple Choice

What does the word Renaissance mean?

• Decay
• Rebirth or reawakening
• Revolution
• Stagnation

Multiple Choice

Which writer is known as the "Father" of the Renaissance?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Michelangelo
• William Shakespeare
• Francesco Petrarca

Multiple Choice

Which period in history inspired the Renaissance?

• World War II
• Industrial Revolution
• Ancient Greek and Roman

• Ancient Egypt

Multiple Choice

Which artist from the Renaissance has been nicknamed the "Renaissance Man"?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Raphael
• Michelangelo
• Donatello

The Renaissance
Its Origins and the Artwork

​The School of Athens by Rafael - 1509-1511

Vatican Palace - Rome, Italy

The seat of the power of the Roman Catholic Church.

Stanza della Segnatura

By 1500 Rome was the leading Renaissance City. The Popes and the Cardinals living in Rome's Vatican made up the wealthiest and most powerful class.

The School of Athens

The School of Athens

Raphael - 1508

Toward the end of 1508, the young painter and architect Raphael was summoned by Pope Julius II to Rome to complete and artwork. School of Athens is one of several frescoes decorating a suite in the Vatican's Papal apartments, where Julius lived and worked. Today the suite of room's is named after Raphael.

Defined as denoting attitudes, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis - secular buildings.

Secular

Defined as connected with God (or the gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration - sacred rites.

Sacred

Sacred vs. Secular

​The Tribute Money - artist Masaccio, 1427

The Tribute Money

Artist - Masaccio, 1427

Shortly before Masaccio painted a mural called The Holy Trinity, an architect named Filippo Brunelleschi made a discovery known as linear perspective. Based on geometric principles, this system enabled an artist to paint figures and objects so that they seem to move deeper into a work rather than across it.

The Tribute Money - 1427

Group of three scenes that tell a story from the life of St. Peter.

Each scene is part of a continuous narrative shown on the same panel. Masaccio models his figures in the scene so that they seem to be as solid as statues. In this image, Masaccio uses aerial or atmospheric perspective to show the endlessness of space as well as the illusion of depth in this 2D painting.

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