April 16, 2014 The Renaissance and it s Famous People Homework:
Michelangelo: The Italian Sculptor & Painter Lived: 1475 1564 From: Florence, Italy Personality/Training: Bad temper, ambitious, & religious, studied art, sculpture and painting Talents/Achievements: Painter & Sculptor. Show emotion, human beauty, & very lifelike. Influenced others. Greatest achievements: Pieta, David, Moses & the Sistine Chapel (which caused him to go blind) of Rome.
David Pieta
The Sistine Chapel
Titian: The Italian Painter Lived: 1488-1576 From: Italian Alps Personality/Training: Generous & Persuasive. Studied painting, especially frescos in Rome and Florence Talents/Achievements: Used great color and very light brush strokes that made his work look like it was alive and gave humans personality. Paintings dealt with myths, Bible stories, portraits of royalty. His work with color and brushstrokes used today.
Woman with Mirror Europa
St. John
Miguel Cervantes: Spanish Writer Lived: 1547-1616 From: Madrid, Spain Personality/Training: Adventurous, Courageous, Funny, but not trustworthy. Studied with humanist priest, but most was his own experiences Talents/Achievements: Writer good at satire (make fun of something). He wrote many plays, poems, & novels. Don Quixote was his most famous. It makes fun of knights and Spanish society
Leonardo da Vinci: Italian Renaissance Person Lived: 1452-1519 From: Florence, Italy Personality/Training: Brilliant, independent, curious about the world & a vegetarian. Studied art, music, math, anatomy, botany, architecture, & engineering. Talents/Achievements: A painter, sculptor, architect, & engineer. He sketched many inventions that were far ahead of his time, Made the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, etc. Shows perspective, balance, detailed, & a rich use of light, color, & shade.
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Albercht Durer: German Artist Lived: 1471-1528 From: Nuremberg, Germany Personality/Training: Loved fashion, intelligent and very confident. Studied goldsmithing, painting, math, Latin, literature, printmaking, & traveled a lot. Talents/Achievements: He blended German painting with techniques of perspective and idealized beauty. He was great at engraving and woodcuts. He painted religious figures, myths, self-portraits, court portraits, & influential books.
Nicolaus Copernicus: Polish Scientist Lived: 1473-1543 From: Torun, Poland Personality/Training: Very creative and a free thinker. Studied medicine, law, and astronomy at the University of Krakow. Talents/Achievements: He studied what he really saw in the sky. The earth revolves around the sun. The theory was attacked by the church, but accepted by many scientists and our modern science is based off of it.
Andreas Vesalius: Belgian Scientist Lived: 1514-1564 From: Brussels, Belgium Personality/Training: Hardworking, curious, confident, and sometimes very gloomy. Studied stray animals and got his medical degree. Talents/Achievements: He was a great observer and studied dead human bodies and made important discovers such as, the human heart has 4 chambers. He wrote the first medical textbook with illustrated drawings.
Isabella I: Queen of Spain Lived: 1451-1504 From: Castile, Spain Personality/Training: Intelligent, strong-willed and a devoted Catholic. Very little school (normal for women of the time) Studied Latin, art and court affairs Talents/Achievements: Very forceful and held her own in court politics. United Spain when she married Ferdinand. Sponsored Columbus and helped to reinforce Catholicsm in Spain.
Elizabeth I: Queen of England Lived: 1533-1603 From: London, England Personality/Training: Strong minded and independent, but flexible and a good listener who gave good advice. Highly educated and spoke 5 languages. Talents/Achievements: She changed the policies and strengthened England s economy. Inspired many and supported the theater, education, culture, trade, and exploration. Under her rule England became rich and powerful.
William Shakespeare: English Poet & Playwright Lived: 1564 From: Stratford-on-Avon, England Personality/Training: Quiet & a bit mysterious, good observer, and had a great sense of humor. Studied Latin, classical literature, and acting. Talents/Achievements: An actor, poet, and playwright. He had a way with words and understanding human behavior. People admired his poetry and flocked to see his 38 plays. Many of them are still popular today.