THE RENAISSANCE ARTTHE RENAISSANCE ART

Rafaello – The School of Rafaello – The School of AthensAthens

Plato, Aristotle, Diogenés and other personalities representing the entire human wisdom

the Last Supper by the Last Supper by LeonardoLeonardo

The Last Supper became a subject of many artists. The scene shows Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples during supper on the day when Jesus was betrayed and taken captive. He was later crucified.

Mona Lisa – La GiocondaMona Lisa – La Gioconda

some of Leonardo's some of Leonardo's inventionsinventions

Renaissance scholarshipRenaissance scholarship

knowledge of languages – esp. Latinknowledge of languages – esp. Latin

Latin has deteriorated during the Latin has deteriorated during the Middle Ages and became more Middle Ages and became more simplesimple

the humanists turned back to the the humanists turned back to the original/ pure ancient Latin through original/ pure ancient Latin through copies of ancient workscopies of ancient works

Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus

occupied himself with astronomy and occupied himself with astronomy and mathematicsmathematics

he proved that the Earth and other he proved that the Earth and other planets run around the SUNplanets run around the SUN

we call this theory - we call this theory - HELIOCENTRISMHELIOCENTRISM

he proved that the Earth rotates around he proved that the Earth rotates around its axisits axis

Giordano BrunoGiordano Bruno

he supported the theory of heliocentrismhe supported the theory of heliocentrism

he came to a conviction that Space is he came to a conviction that Space is endless/ limitless and that it consists of endless/ limitless and that it consists of innumerable set of suns and planetsinnumerable set of suns and planets

ended up in conflict with the Churchended up in conflict with the Church

in the 1600 he was burned at the stake in the 1600 he was burned at the stake as a hereticas a heretic

Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei sentenced to be sentenced to be

burned at a stake burned at a stake for similar ideasfor similar ideas

in the end he in the end he revokedrevoked

invented a telescope with 30x zoom

Fine ArtFine Art search of beautysearch of beauty

looking for some rules, which would looking for some rules, which would describe the ideal beautydescribe the ideal beauty

the centers of art in Italythe centers of art in Italy::

Florence, Pisa, Venice and RomeFlorence, Pisa, Venice and Rome

FlorenceFlorence

Sandro Botticelli – the Birth Sandro Botticelli – the Birth of Venusof Venus

TizianTizian

the portrait the portrait of the of the

Emperor Emperor Charles V.Charles V.

Michelangelo Michelangelo BuonarottiBuonarotti

decorated the Sixtine Chapel in Vatican with a number of frescoes