DSST Art of the Western World | 3 | Early Renaissance

Medici

Italian ruling family, extremely wealthy, patrons of the arts

Giotto di Bondone

Florentine painter. Painted Bardi Chapel with realistic, natural figures in the life of St. Francis. Famous for his highly individualized painted figures.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Famous for altarpieces and a fresco depicting the effects of good and bad government. Credited with painting the first purely secular work after the Middle Ages

Orsanmichele

Used to be a grain market, later became a chapel of sorts for guild workers. Famous for its art collection and many sculptures displayed in niches

Donatello

Purple ninja turtle. Also the greatest sculptor in Renaissance Italy. Very humanistic in expression, often used Classical techniques. Sculpted David as a young boy in bronze

Ghiberti Lorenzo

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith. Won the Baptistry door competition against 5 other artists.

Filippo Brunelleschi

Engineered the dome of the Florence Cathedral out of three shells bound together by ribbing. Credited with discovering the art of 2D perspective

Sandro Botticelli

Adoration of the Magi, Birth of Venus, Primavera. Style components include Greek pagan influence and suggest that Christianity and Greek ideals can coexist cohesively

Giovanni Bellini

Founded Venetian school of painting. Pieta, Stigmatization. Style was heavy on natural elements

Masaccio

Considered first great Renaissance painter

Claus Sluter

Court sculptor for Philip the Bold of Burgundy

Limbourg Brothers

Paul, Herman, and John; most prominent Renaissance illuminators. Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Heures d'Ailly

Jan van Eyck

Greatest Renaissance painter in Northern Europe. Court painter for Philip the Good. Man in A Red Turban.

Albrecht Dürer

German engraver, woodcutter, painter. Mostly known for his religious engravings and tendency to paint his self portraits using techniques normally used to depict Christ, out of a desire to imitate Him rather than out of a major ego issue

Mathias Grünewald

Famous for his use of light and the Isenheim Altarpiece for the St. Antonine Monastery. Influenced by Eyck

Rogier Weyden

Influenced by Eyck. Portrait of a Lady