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Chapter 17 - The Renaissance Section 4 , The Renaissance Legacy
1. Why did Brunelleschi study ancient Roman buildings?
2. How is the study of human anatomy related to the realism of Renaissance paintings?
3. Why are literary works the Renaissance writers relevant today ?
Who were the important artist of the Renaissance and what is their legacy?
Filippo Brunelleschi Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo
Dante Alighieri Shakespeare Cervantes
Section 4: The Renaissance Legacy
Who were the important artist of the Renaissance and what is their legacy?
Filippo Brunelleschidiscovered the
mathematical system for representing three-
dimensional images on a flat surface, linear
perspective. The church of San Lorenzo
Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper and the
Mona Lisa. invented, sfumato - soft outlines
and shadows to produce an effect of distance.
studies of human anatomy
Michelangelopainted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The ceiling shows
the story of Creation and of Noah.
Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy,
written in the vernacular, describes an imaginary journey through heaven
and hell.
Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays
sonnets and other poetry. A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyming
pattern. Many expressions from his work endure today.
CervantesDon Quixote is about
the quest of a dream. It features a bumbling
landowner who believes it is his duty to become a knight and right every
wrong.
Section 4: The Renaissance Legacy