A wealthy family named the Medici

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• A wealthy family named the Medicis and the Pope,
  lived luxuriously and embellished the city with
  great works of art
• Rome became the art capitol of Europe
• Artists were viewed more as geniuses than
  craftspersons
• It was believed that artists created their works
  under divine inspiration

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• A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and
  learning

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Michelangelo

• Recognized by his contemporaries as the greatest
  man ever known to the arts.
• He knew by the age thirteen that he wanted to be
  an artist

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David, 1501-1504
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• An example of what was considered the perfect
  male form
• Depicted as a very strong, confident being

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At only 29, Michelangelo is declared the greatest
sculptor in Italy
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In 1505 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo
to design his monumental tomb
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Moses, about 1513-1515

• Expressive qualities of sculpture tell us what
  kind of a man Moses was and how the Pope wants to
  be perceived

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Moses, about 1513-1515

• How do you think the Pope wants to be perceived?
• strong, powerful, wise

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• After designing Moses, Pope Julius II
  commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of
  the Sistine Chapel
• Michelangelo refused, insisting that painting was
  not his profession
• He was a sculptor

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• The Pope insisted and Michelangelo produced one
  of his most well known works ever

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Sistine Chapel, located in the Vatican in
Rome,1508-1512
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• It took Michelangelo four years and five months
  to complete this masterpiece
• Theme Creation, Fall, and Redemption of Humanity

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Renaissance man
• Leonardo da Vinci was knowledgeable in painting,
  sculpture, architecture, engineering, military
  science, botany, anatomy, geology, aerodynamics
  and optics
• (an expert in many subject areas)

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Mona Lisa
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How did Leonardo da Vinci create the illusion of
depth in this painting?
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• Sfumato (aerial perspective)
• creating the feeling of enormous depth by
  blurring details or creating a light haze in the
  background

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The Last Supper, 1495-1498
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• Used linear perspective the lines lead your eye
  to the central figure
• Movement all figures are looking at the central
  figure