Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor who painted the Mona Lisa; he kept detailed sketches of ideas including helicopters, gliders, and parachutes in notebooks. Leonardo filled their pages with sketches of his scientific and artistic ideas.
Sandro Botticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli was born around the 1445, became afamous artist in Florence. He sometimes painted on wet plaster with watercolor paint. A painting done this way is called a Fresco.
Raphael Sanzio
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known simply as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Raphael worked at the same time as Leonardo, he was much younger. Even as a young man, Raphael worked with ease and grace and became known as one of Italy's best painters.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Many other artists of the time, Michelangelo painted, sculpted, and designed buildings. He painted one of the best-known Renaissance works, for example the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio known in English as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno, in the Republic of Venice. By the time he died in 1576, Titian had gained the title of count, many riches, and received many honors for his works.
Jan Van Eyck
Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and is generally considered one of the most significant Northern European painters of the 15th century. The few surviving records indicate that he was born around 1390, most likely in Maaseik.
Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Durer was a German painter, engraver, print-maker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. He mastered both perspective and fine detail, he was also a master painter, but is best
known for his engravings.
known for his engravings.
Pieter Brughel
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. He is perhaps most famous for his discovery of perspective and for engineering the dome of the Florence.
Chiarascuro
To make their paintings more realistic, Renaissance artists also used a technique. softened edges by using light and shadows instead of stiff outlines to separate objects. In Italian, chiaro means “clear or light,” and oscuro means “dark.” Chiaroscuro created more drama and emotion in a painting.
Fresco
Botticelli sometimespainted on wet plaster with watercolor paint. A painting done this way. which in Italian means “fresh.” Frescoes were painted in churches all over Italy. In 1481 Botticelli painted three frescoes for the pope in the Sistine Chapel.
Oil Paint
First found in Flanders oils let artists paint intricate details and surface textures, like the gold braid on a gown.
Engraving
An engraving is made from an image carved on metal, wood, or stone. Ink is applied to the surface, and then the image is printed on paper.