Renaissance Art, Part III

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Renaissance Art, Part III
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Now we finish the Renaissance style artists
Raphael, Hans Holbein the Younger, Benvenuto
Cellini, and Pieter Bruegel.
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Painting 16Raphaels St. George and the Dragon
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Raphael1483-1520

• Say RAF-ee-ul

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Raphael was from Italy, like many Renaissance
artists.
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People have told stories about dragons for a long
time.
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In one story, St. George,a holy man
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fought and killed a dragon, and saved a girl from
being eaten.Here is Raphaels St. George and
the Dragon.
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Raphaels St. George and the Dragon

• The long stick St. George is using is called a
  lance.
• Where is the girl?
• Is the dragon bigger or smaller than the dragon I
  showed you earlier?

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Painting 17 Raphaels School of Athens
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In Athens, Greece,
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a long time ago, there were two wise men named
Plato and Aristotle.
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Plato and Aristotle both started schools.Here
is a painting of a school, called The School of
Athens, by Raphael.
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Raphaels School of Athens

• There are many wise people here. They are
  talking, thinking, and have many ideas.
• Do you see Plato and Aristotle?
• Do you see any scuptures in the school? Arches?

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Here are Plato and Aristotle again.
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Painting 18Raphaels Madonna of the Meadows
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Here is a meadow, a grassy field.
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Remember The Virgin of the Rocks? Jesus and John
the Baptist met. And Mary is sometimes called
the Madonna.
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That was by Leonard da Vinci. But Raphael also
painted the meeting of Jesus and John.Here it
is, Raphaels Madonna of the Meadows.
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Raphaels Madonna of the Meadows

• Which is Jesus and which is John?
• What are they both holding?
• Find the town, the flower, and a meadow.

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Painting 19Hans Holbeins The Ambassadors
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Hans Holbein the Younger1497-1543
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When the government of a country, like the United
States,
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wants to talk to the government of another
country, like France,
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the countries use people called ambassadors.
They are the talkers.
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Here is HolbeinsThe Ambassadors
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What is this??

• If you look at it from the side, you see it is a
  skull!

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HolbeinsThe Ambassadors
How many globes do you see?Do you see a musical
instrument?Do you think the men are proud of
themselves?
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Painting 20Holbeins Henry VIII
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Some peoples shoulders are broad. Others are
narrow.

• Narrow shoulders

• Broad shoulders

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England
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and later, the United Kingdom
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have had many kings and queens.
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A very famous king of England was King Henry VIII
(1491-1547).
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Here is Hans Holbeins portrait of the king,
Henry VIII.
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Holbeins Henry VIII

• Look at his shoulders. Are they broad or narrow?
• How many rings does he have on?
• Do you think he is proud of himself?

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Sculpture 20Cellinis Perseus with the Head of
Medusa
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Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571

• Say chell-EE-nee

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Cellini was from also from Italy, born in
Florence.
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The ancient Greek hero Perseus went to fight
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the monster Medusa. Medusas hair was made of
snakes
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and she was so scary that anyone who looked at
her turned to stone!
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Perseus killed the monster.
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Here is Cellinis Perseus with the Head of Medusa.
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Cellinis Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Where is Perseuss sword?Is Perseus looking at
the head?
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Painting 21Bruegels The Tower of Babel
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Pieter Bruegel1525-1569

• Say BROY-gul

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Bruegel was from an area in the low countries
called Flanders.
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In the Bible, it says people all spoke one
language once,
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but then they started speaking many different
languages.
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Then, they couldnt understand each other.
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They were confused.
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This confusion happened at the Tower of Babel,
which people wanted to build up to the sky.
Here is BruegelsThe Tower of Babel.
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Bruegels The Tower of Babel

• Did the tower get up to the clouds? Are people
  leaving?

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The End