Renaissance artists

Giotto

Jan 1, 1267

He became known for creating the illusion of three-dimensionality in paintings. Famous for designing the Campanile of the Florence Duomo. He also painted the Life of St. Francis of Assisi. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Ghiberti

Jan 1, 1378

He sculpted St.Mathew and St. John the Bapist out of bronze for the Orsanmichele in Florence. Mosy famous for being selected to do the doors to the baptistry of the doors of the Duomo in Florence. After doing the north doors, he was commissioned to the east doors. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Donatello

Jan 1, 1386

He was said to be the greatest artist of the 15th century. Humanism and nature interested him. Famous for the youthful sculpture of David in Florence. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Masaccio

Jan 1, 1401

Inspired the style of art that typifies art of the period. Masaccios most famous work can be found in the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. He was perhaps one of the most influential artists of the Renaissance. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Sandro Botticelli

Jan 1, 1445

By 1470 Botticelli had his own workshop. He participated in the creation of a fresco in Esztergom. He became an apprentice when he was about fourteen years old, http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Ghirlandaio, Domenico

Jan 1, 1449

He was born in Florence. He was renowned for fashioning the metallic garlands worn by Florentin women. From 1481 to 1485 he was employed upon frescoes in the Sala dell' Orologio in the Palazzo Vecchio. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Leonardo Da Vinci

Jan 1, 1452

Da Vinco was an architect, musican, engeneer, scientist artist, inventer. He created the Last Supper, the Mona Lisa and a self portrait. He was known as the renaissance man. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Michelangelo

Oct 19, 1475

Out of the 89 years that he lived he created many of the works of art. He was a sculptor, painter, architect. He painted the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio]

Jan 1, 1483

He is known for painting angels and Madonnas, He also painted a portrait of Pope Julius II. He also designed the "cartoons" that are on the tapestries of the Sistine Chapel. http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm#

Titian

Jan 1, 1487

Famous painter in the 16th century from Venice. He like dto use color and thick brush strokes. Bacchus and Ariadne are some of his faouse works . http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Tintoretto

Jan 1, 1518

Hes a pupil of Titan. He used color and technique to convey dramatic, raw emotions. One of the most famous pieces he painted was the Origin of the Milky Way. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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El Greco

Jan 1, 1541

Painted religious works. Some of paintings had vibrant colors, unusual perspectives, and strangely contorted figures. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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Caravaggio

Jan 1, 1573

There is a notable painting in his death of the virgin displayed in the Louvre. He used foreshortining , shadowing , and detail to potray scenes that drew out the emotion of the viewers. He was given credit for inspiring the Renaissance painters of northern Europe including Rembrandt. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/renaissanceartists.htm
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