Italian Renaissance: Art and Science

Italian Renaissance: Art and Science

Let's Talk About Art

Italian Renaissance Art was marked by a widespread desire to gain knowledge and focus on humanism. This means that there is a huge focus on the humans in the paintings and sculptures. Artists focused on how the people they were painting were feeling and also painted them in everyday situations doing everyday things (not posed like a lot of other art).

Art was viewed as a way of expressing yourself and often merged with feelings of religion, philosophy, and science.

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Open Ended

What were some of the characteristics of the art of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael?

Multiple Choice

What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

• realism
• perspective
• idealism
• distancism

Multiple Choice

Who painted "The Last Supper"?

• Machiavelli
• Botticelli
• Kepler
• Leonardo da Vinci

Multiple Choice

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michelangelo
• Boticceli
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Donatello

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance art?

• Perspective
• Incorporation of nature
• Flat/2-D
• Realistic/3-D

Multiple Choice

• Classical Art
• Middle Ages Art
• Renaissance Art
• Islamic Art

Multiple Choice

• Classical Art
• Middle Ages Art
• Renaissance Art
• Islamic Art

Because of a large focus on knowledge and inquiry, huge advancements were made in the field of science, technology, and math.

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Science in the Renaissance

​Science and art were closely linked during the Renaissance. DaVinci made huge contributions to understanding human anatomy, pregnancy, and the function of the heart. He also studied the physical effects of emotions on the body.

Leonardo Da Vinci

​A polish mathematician and scientist who developed helio-centrism (the idea that the sun was the center of the universe). Prior to his research, the Earth was thought to be the center of the universe. He also made pretty close calculations of the distance of each planet from the sun.

​Nicolaus Copernicus

Galileo created a telescope that helped in the study of the planets, stars, and sky.
Galileo also studied gravity and inertia (in-er-shuh) and supported heliocentrism. However, because he believed the sun was the center of the universe (and not God) he was placed under house arrest and many of his writings were banned from reaching the public.

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Galileo

Multiple Choice

Who is credited with advancing the understanding of human anatomy during the Renaissance?

• Newton

• DaVinci

• Michaelangelo

• Chaucer

Open Ended

What was your favorite or most interesting fact you learned today?