Renaissance and Baroque - Arts

• Renaissance was the period of economic progress and it stirred enthusiasm for the study of ancient philosophy and artistic values.
• The emergence of the individual figure, increasing realism of human faces and bodies, depicting real-life figures, use of proportion/symmetry are techniques of the Renaissance period.
• Michelangelo Buonarroti(1475 - 1564) is a famous artist of the Renaissance period.
• The Pietà shows Christ in his mother’s lap, just after he is taken down from the cross, and is a work of great beauty, capable of eliciting a deeply emotional response in the viewer.
• The Creation of Adam" (Fresco, Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, Rome) is a famous artwork by Michelangelo.
• The Statue of David embodies the city of Florence, symbolizing independence and strength in the perfect image of youthful beauty.
• Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) is a famous artist of the Renaissance period.
• The Last Supper, painted about 1495 - 1497, depicts the disciples' response to Christ's announcement that "one of you shall betray me".
• Vitruvius was an ancient Roman architect who wrote about the ideal human figure.
• Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi was an Italian Renaissance sculptor who created a painted wooden statue of Saint Mary Magdalene in about 1455.
• Raphael (1483 - 1520) was an Italian Renaissance painter who is known for his Madonna portraits, including "La Belle Jardinière".
• Donatello's Magdalen is a semi-toothless, old woman with tangled hair almost to her feet.
• The Lady With an Ermine is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, an alluring young woman from the Milanese court who was a favorite mistress of Ludovico Sforza, the married Duke of Milan.
• The School of Athens is a fresco painted between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
• Renaissance painting reflects the revival of interest in classical culture and a strong belief in individualism.
• La Belle Jardinière is one of the most famous Madonna portraits of Italian Renaissance painter, Raphael.
• The drawing "Vitruvian Man" depicts a nude man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in both a circle and square.
• Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous portrait, the Mona Lisa, was the artist's favorite painting.