Chapter 17 - The Renaissance Section 4 , The Renaissance Legacy

1. Why did Brunelleschi study ancient Roman buildings?

2. How is the study of human anatomy related to the realism of Renaissance paintings?

3. Why are literary works the Renaissance writers relevant today ?

Who were the important artist of the Renaissance and what is their legacy?

Filippo Brunelleschi Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo

Dante Alighieri Shakespeare Cervantes

Section 4: The Renaissance Legacy

Who were the important artist of the Renaissance and what is their legacy?

Filippo Brunelleschidiscovered the

mathematical system for representing three-

dimensional images on a flat surface, linear

perspective. The church of San Lorenzo

Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper and the

Mona Lisa. invented, sfumato - soft outlines

and shadows to produce an effect of distance.

studies of human anatomy

Michelangelopainted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The ceiling shows

the story of Creation and of Noah.

Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy,

written in the vernacular, describes an imaginary journey through heaven

and hell.

Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays

sonnets and other poetry. A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyming

pattern. Many expressions from his work endure today.

CervantesDon Quixote is about

the quest of a dream. It features a bumbling

landowner who believes it is his duty to become a knight and right every

wrong.

Section 4: The Renaissance Legacy

The church of San Lorenzo

the Sistine Chapel

Mona Lisa / The Last Supper