The Renaissance

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The Renaissance

• Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci
• ByCourtney and Cassie

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Description of Renaissance

• Renaissance means to be reborn again and during
  this time period the European civilization was
  reborn. This period began around the 14th century
  and reached its height around the 15th and 16th
  century. There was many different changes in art
  during this reformation.

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Style

• During this time period pictures seemed to have
  more life verisimilitude which means it looks
  very similar to the human body or objects being
  painted. Most of the paintings were classical
  Greek like and showed human beauty.

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Leonardos skills and training

• He had worked for a master painter in Florence,
  but soon left to open his own workshop. He was
  not only skilled as a painter but also an
  architect, inventor, and scientist. He went
  through many trainings to develop his skills in
  art. Leonardo is known to be one of the greatest
  artist of all time.

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Michelangelo skills and training

• Whenever he was a young boy, his father enrolled
  him in a workshop, which is where he began to
  study sculpting and painting. He was a painter
  but his sculptor teacher inspired some of his
  greatest works of art. Most of his talents were
  self taught, he didnt want people to see him as
  part of a workshop. When he grew older he grew
  interest in studying music and poetry. Today he
  is known as one of the worlds greatest artist.

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Symbolism

• Michelangelo was a very religious man and a lot
  of his paintings portrayed his religious beliefs.
  Leonardo Da Vinci on the other hand didnt really
  have any specific symbolism but did portray some
  religion in his art work.

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Description of Style

• Michelangelos paintings portrayed mostly the
  beauty of the human body. He is very precise in
  his paintings, his sculptures were very detailed
  in showing the veins and muscles in the human
  body.

• Leonardo Da Vinci styles consisted of blending
  color and shadows also known as sfumato. This
  created the illusion that roads or images
  disappear into the painting.

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Mediums

• Neither Michelangelo nor Leonardo Da Vinci used
  just one medium. They used different mediums to
  create the picture according to styles and
  textures. All the different mediums define the
  picture and creates a different look. They have
  explored all types of mediums.

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Difficulties to Overcome

• Leonardo lived in a rich family and was really
  well educated and had almost anything he wanted,
  so really had no struggles when he was younger.

• Michelangelo on the other hand he tried to teach
  himself techniques when he was younger but
  eventually went to a workshop to learn the
  techniques of art. His father was who got him
  started in art work and finally put him in a
  workshop.

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Similarities

• One similarity between Michelangelo and Leonardo
  Da Vinci was that they painted the objects into a
  triangular shape. If there are people in the
  painting they seemed to form a triangle shape and
  you could draw a triangle around them with your
  finger.

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Artist completely opposite of Michelangelo and
Leonardo Da Vinci

• An artist that is completely opposite of
  Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci is Georgia O
  Keefe. She is an older lady who really hates
  flowers but most of her paintings are pictures
  of Flowers.

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Influence

• During the Renaissance time period it was an
  influence to them because all of the pictures
  that were painted were very life like and
  detailed precisely. Michelangelo s paintings
  were greatly influenced by religion and also
  showed off his talents in very difficult
  paintings. He considered male nude one of the
  most foremost subject in art. He was detailed
  while creating the human body, like the muscular
  tension in a mans leg.

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Purpose of Art Work

• During this time period a lot of the art work
  expressed feelings or told stories. Da Vinci and
  Michelangelo created many different pieces to
  show off their talent and a lot of the pieces
  told religious stories or had religious meanings.
  They transformed their art in classical Greek
  style and made the paintings more realistic. All
  of the paintings were very detailed and human
  like.

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Michelangelos Work
Supper

• David is one of Michelangelos greatest work of
  art. The body is very defined and you can see
  almost every muscle in the body.

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Pieta

• Pieta was the only art work that Michelangelo has
  signed. No one believed he actually could create
  something so beautiful, so he signed his art work
  just to prove it.

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Da Vinci

• The Last Supper
• This picture is Jesus with his disciples the
  night before his crucifixion.

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Vitruvian Man

• This is also another one of Da Vincis works of
  art also showing his talent through the detailed
  muscles in the body.

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Our Favorite Piece

• The name of this art work is The Last Judgment
  created by Michelangelo. It is a mural that is
  part of the Sistine Chapel. We picked this as our
  favorite piece because it shows how realistic all
  of the paintings were and how talented the people
  were.