Western+European+Art

Leonardo Da Vinci(1452 –1519) Famous for Monalisa (notice how it has no eyebrows)And the last supper (painting) He was into his work and precise, so he never hurried to finish a work-in fact he took a while for most of his works. Some still aren’t finished. He had an exceptional intellect and fascination with the world around him. Not only was he a painter, he made detailed drawings of the human anatomy, and various designs for multiple contraptions. It was also said, that Leonardo Da Vinci painted this picture because he wanted a visual representation of how he would look as a female. Paul Nash (1889-1946) Paul was a Britsh landscape painter, book-illustrator, and designer of applied art. He's the older brother artist of John Nash. He painted a seires of war paintings. He went to Royal College of Art where he taught students about art.



Renaissance:

The revival of classic art and literature, that originated in Italy in the 14th century (that later spread throughout Europe.)

14th - 16th century

Brunelleschi (1377- 1446) Architect [made the cupola of the Florence cathedral.] Construction began in 1299, in a church and is crowned by the massive dome designed by Brunelleschi. This building was too challenging to make a roof – because of the large area it would take up. The building had no roof for 175 years.

Ghiberti (1378-1455) selected to do the doors to the baptistry of the doors of the Duomo in Florence. Ghiberti spent 21 years on the north doors. The year after he completed the north doors, he was told to work on the east doors. His next 28 years were spent making the brass panels depicting the Old Testament to make those doors whole.

Giotto (1267-1337) Artist of the Life of St. Francis of Assisi. He was but an artist of the medieval period, but he did influence such geniuses as Michelangelo and Raphael by some solutions to showing the illusion of three-dimension(3D) in paintings. Besides his work as an artist, he is famous for designing the tower of the Florence Duomo.

Sources: http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm?tql-iframe#davinci

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/main/artists.html

http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/north_ren.htm