Renaissance Art Flashcards
Medici Family
The wealthiest and most powerful bankers in Europe, the Medici used their wealth to commission art for themselves and to beautify Florence.
Donatello
Donatello was the 1st great sculptor of the Renaissance, he received ( Greco-Roman ) classical style of sculpture that were realistic. and could be viewed from all sides.
Michelangelo
he was one of the most famous Renaissance artists he was A painter , sculptor, architect and poet.
Leonardo da vinci
He was A true Renaissance man he was A painter and sculptor whose art was known for incredible realism and emotion , he was also an inventor and scientists who sketches human anatomy. he made the painting of the last supper and the Mona Lisa
Raphael
Raphael perfected Renaissance painting he improved perspective and realism by studying Leonardo and Michelangelo he became the favorite painter of the pope.
Filippo Brunelleschi
He was Florence’s greatest architect he studied the Roman pantheon.
William shakespear
He wrote comedies histories and tragedies, and the Renaissance in England was most known for literature especially the plays of shakespear.
Northern Renaissance
As ideas spread the northern Renaissance developed its own characteristics.
French Renaissance
The Renaissance in France was most known for its unique architecture.
English Renaissance
the Renaissance in England was most known for literature.
Netherlands Renaissance
The Renaissance in the Netherlands was most known for realism in art.
