Renaissance Art

David, Michelangelo

The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci

The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli

Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Michelangelo

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Utopia, Thomas More

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Courtier, Castiglione

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Works of Vittoria Calonna, Vittoria Calonna

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Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

The Betrothal of the Virgin, Raphael

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The printing press, Johann Gutenberg

School of Athens, Raphael

The Wedding Dance, Pieter Bruegel

The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, Jan Van Eyck

The Peasant Wedding

The Dome Florence Cathedral, Brunelleschi

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Praise of Folly, Erasmus

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The Prince, Nicola Machiavelli

Statue of David, Donatello

• People look better than in real life

• Bodies appear active and life like

• Faces are calm, don’t show emotion

Classical Art

• Flat images with little depth, 2D

• Usually religious

• Important figures are bigger

• Bright colors

• Solid color backgrounds

Medieval Art

• Uses perspective

• Lifelike 3D figures

• Lines meet at a single point

• Soft shadowy colors

• Non-religious

Renaissance Art