FAMOUS
RENAISSANCE
ARTWORKS & ARTISTS
Introduction
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Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni
Born:
March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence
[Italy]
Died:
February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States
Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect,
and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence
on the development of Western art.
Michelangelo di Lodovico
Buonarroti Simoni
Notable Works:
“Bacchus”
“Crucifixion of St. Peter”
“David”
“Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John”
“Moses”
“Pietà”
“The Last Judgment”
Pieta The Last Judgement
Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci
Born:
April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Italy
Died:
May 2, 1519 (age 67 years)
was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor,
architect, and engineer whose skill and
intelligence.
Notable Works:
Monalisa
The Last Supper
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
Born:
April 6, 1483 - Urbino
Died:
April 6, 1520 - Rome
Alive for only 37 prolific and passionate years
His true lust for life translated onto the canvas
where his skill in presenting the Renaissance
Humanist era's ideals of beauty was
breathtakingly new.
Notable Works:
Sistine Madonna The Transfiguration
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Born:
1386, Florence, Italy
Died:
December 13, 1466 (age 80 years), Republic of
Florence
was a master of sculpture in both marble and
bronze, one of the greatest of all Italian
Renaissance artists.
Notable Works:
Statue of St George David
FAMOUS
BAROQUE
ARTWORKS & ARTISTS
Michelangelo Merisi da
Caravaggio
Born:
September 29, 1571, Milan, Italy
Died:
July 18, 1610 (age 38 years), Porto Ercole, Italy
-known as simply Caravaggio
-Caravaggio's paintings are known for their
intense realism and the use of strong contrasts
of light and dark, known as chiaroscuro
Notable Works:
The Calling of Saint Matthew Conversion of St Paul
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Born:
December 7, 1598, Naples, Italy
Died:
November 28, 1680 (age 81 years), Rome, Italy
-was an Italian artist who was perhaps the
greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an
outstanding architect as well. Bernini created the
Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to
such an extent that other artists are of only
minor importance in a discussion of that style.
Notable Works:
Neptune and Triton The Ecstasy of St. Teresa