Monday Morning Museum: The Renaissance

The Renaissance – Italy in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries

The Renaissance (UK /rɨˈneɪsəns/, US /ˈrɛnɨsɑːns/, French pronunciation: [ʁənɛsɑ̃s], from French: Renaissance "re-birth", Italian: Rinascimento, from rinascere "to be reborn") was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. Though availability of paper and the invention of metal movable type sped the dissemination of ideas from the later 15th century, the changes of the Renaissance were not uniformly experienced across Europe. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Raphael Sanzio (see art example below), other Renaissance artists are Sandro Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo da Vinci.

St. George Fighting the Dragon, 1505 by Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)

Last Monday’s Art – Realism
Next Monday’s Art – The Northern Renaissance

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Monday Morning Museum: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Self-Portrait, circa 1512 by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci – Saturday 15 April 1452 Vinci, Italy to Monday 2 May 1519 Amboise, France

Italian High Renaissance Painter and Inventor

Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left, circa 1490-1494

Medium: Pen and brown ink, over soft black chalk
Dimensions: 4-5/8 x 2-1/16 in. (11.7 x 5.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
- Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Jacques-Louis David
Next Monday’s Artist – Jean Hey

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