Leonardo Dairer's Accomplishments

The Renaissance was known as the rebirth of Europe through the fourteen century and the

sixteenth century. The Renaissance was known for its many artist, eduction, art works and music. It

also brought growth of population and a bigger need in well-educated men. Also let people express

the changes of the Era. Humanities is mainly the study of liberal arts but it also is the study of

grammar, classical literature, history and science. Humanities put human value over Gods authority

over Man Making people well-educated was one of the main goals of the Renaissance. Italy was

the first to have the Renaissance movement, many of the cities kept up with trading with the East

and when commerce started up Italian cities gained more

Leonardo da Vinci was educated in many subjects, he was skilled in painting, music,

sculpting and architure. Da Vinci studied mathematics, geology, anatomy, botany, astronomy also

engineering. While he was painting the last last supper while he was sponsored by the Duke of

Milan. Michelangelo painted on the ceiling of the sistine chapel under the order of Pope Julius the

second and the last judgment on the chapels front wall. Also Michelangelo was ranked as one of

the greatest artist of his time.

Albrecht Diirer was skilled in writing, painting, designing and engraving. He went to Italy to study

art and his style of paintings were classical and natural but he was most notable for his engravings

and wood works. Josquin des Prezs marked the change in music from medieval times to modern

times and He sung church and secular music. Hans Holbein was the designer and portrait painter of

Henry VIII, the King of England and his family, He traveled all around Europe during this time.

Baldassare Castiglione was an Italian writer known for books on manners in the Renaissance.

Erasmus was the most significant scholars of the Renaissance Era, He went all over Europe

William Shakespeare was one of the greatest literature writers and poets in

England and helped the Renaissance reach its peak, Shakespeare wrote many plays, poems and

sonnets. William Shakespeare wrote many classics like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and

King Lear. Giotto di Bondone was renowned as the Father of the Renaissance and took lifeless

painted people and put them on a gold background.

Masaccio was the first painter to every use the technique of shading to create more human like

figures and gave his paintings a 3D effect. Sandro Botticelli gave his painting more dimension and

realism, the people in his paintings seem to be realistic. The artist of the Renaissance Era took the

insight of the artist in the classical world. The new art style put more attention on that current time

in history. Most artist of this Era had secular patrons but in the age before only churches would be

the artists patron. The Renaissance artists goals were to gain success from their art and be well

known around Europe. The difference in art style from Medieval to Renaissance Era is a big leap

from ordinary to extraordinary art works.

In Medieval times artist goals were different from the Renaissance artist goals, they weren't