Patrons, including popes and merchants, supported artists financially which allowed artists to focus solely on their work. Art during the Renaissance revolutionized as the focus shifted away from religious themes and toward classical influences with an emphasis on realistic human forms and perspective. Famous Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, Donatello, Masaccio, and Da Vinci advanced painting and sculpture techniques. Renaissance writers also flourished as they wrote poetry, plays, and prose exploring experiences, politics, money, and satire.

1. Patrons did what? Patron: Someone who
Patrons support artist and pay them to gives money to an artist
paint to allow him to be able to
work only as an artist.
Popes: Are extremely rich. They are also Pope: Head of the
Patrons of the Arts
one of the biggest patrons of all time. Christian Church, and
lived in Rome
Merchants: Rich
Merchants: They buy and sell art. businessmen. Often
Sometimes they give out art for free to the owned stores, sometimes
city. owned ships and traded
goods around the world.
Focus of Art: Art was no longer focused on
Jesus and God.
Art changed: Art changed to be like
classical Rome and Greece.
Art Revolutionized
Michelangelo: Focus on the human body
Donatello: Carving with realistic features
and personality.
Masaccio: Discovered perspective- 3D
Da Vinci: painter, sculptor and inventor
Raphael:Realism

2. Writing changed: Writers start to write Satire: Writing that
poetry again. makes fun of a serious
topic.
Writers wrote about: Black Humor: Making
o Experiences fun of something with
o Politics humor that is not very
o Money funny.
o Satire and Black Humor
Renaissance Writers
Famous Writers :
o Petrarch (Poetry)
o Macchiavelli (Political
manipulations)
o Dante (Hell and Purgatory)
o Boccaccio (A black humor
comedy about the Plague)
o More (Utopia)