This document provides brief biographies of several important Renaissance artists including Filippo Brunelleschi, who built the dome of Florence Cathedral and inspired modern building designs; Leon Battista Alberti, who designed the facade of the Rucellai Palace in Florence; Lorenzo Ghiberti, creator of the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery; Sandro Botticelli, known for his mythological subjects; and Donato Bramante, who introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and Rome. It also discusses Michelangelo, a famous sculptor, painter, architect and poet whose Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculptures showed amazing detail, realism and expression; Leonardo da Vinci, a true "Renaissance man"

27. Filippo Brunelleschi
• Brunelleschi was Florence’s greatest architect:
–He studied the Roman Pantheon when he
built the Cuppolo of Maria del Fiore
cathedral in Florence
–The dome inspired modern building designs

30. Leon Battista Alberti
• His first major architectural commission was in
1446 for the facade of the Rucellai Palace in
Florence.
• As an artist, Alberti distinguished himself from
the ordinary craftsman, educated in
workshops.

32. Lorenzo Ghiberti
• Florentine Italian artist of the Early
Renaissance best known as the creator of
the bronze doors of the Florence
Baptistery, called
by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise.
• Trained as a goldsmith and sculptor, he
established an important workshop for
sculpture in metal.

34. Sandro Botticelli
• Best known for his mythological subjects.

37. Donato Bramante
• He introduced Renaissance
architecture to Milan and the High
Renaissance style to Rome, where his plan
for St. Peter's Basilica formed the basis of
design executed by Michelangelo.

39. Michelangelo
• Michelangelo was one
of the most famous
Renaissance artists:
–He was a painter,
sculptor, architect,
& poet
–His sculptures &
paintings showed
realism, detail of
the human body, &
expression to show
personality &
emotion

42. Michelangelo’s
greatest work is the
130 ft x 44 ft ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel
which shows Biblical
images
of amazing detail,
power, & beauty

44. Leonardo da Vinci
• Leonardo da Vinci was a
true “Renaissance Man”
–He was a painter &
sculptor whose art was
known for incredible
realism & emotion
–He was also an inventor
& scientist whose sketches
reveal observations about
human anatomy & new
engineering technology

46. His “Last Supper” shows Jesus’ last meeting with
the 12 apostles before the crucifixion; the facial
expressions, detail, emotion made it a masterpiece

48. Raphael
• Raphael “perfected”
Renaissance painting
–He improved perspective
and realism by studying
Leonardo & Michelangelo
–Raphael became the
favorite painter of the Pope
because of his amazing
detailed paintings showing
a combination of famous
Greeks & Romans along
with Renaissance people

50. Raphael
Michelangelo
Plato (drawn to
look like Da Vinci)
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Euclid
Raphael’s greatest painting was “School of Athens”
which blended Classical figures from Greece & Rome
with important people from the Renaissance

51. Raphael’s
“Betrothal
of the Virgin”