Renaissance+Art


 * __ ** Mona Lisa ** __ || __**​Donatello **__ || __**Michael Angelo **__ || __**Raphael **__ ||
 * [[image:http://www.museumldv.com/education/ml/monalisa.jpg width="175" height="297" align="center" caption="Mona Lisa"]]

|| ||  ||  || many great artist in the Renaissance time.He was born in a Florentine territory, in a small village called Caprese. Michael Angelo started art when he joined a work shop in his Florentine village. There it is said, he drew his first pictures of the masters in his village. At the age 16, Michael Angelo finished two relief sculptures. Michael Angelo was famous for his sculptures in the Renaissance time. In his paintings he used dark colors and realism. He painted pictures of people, fresco painting, and statues. For all of the things Michael Angelo did in art, his favorite was creating sculptures. His most well acclaimed picture was the painting of the ceiling of Sistine Chapel. Loved to paint things from the bible. His most beloved sculpture was David. Michael Angelo died in 1564 at the age of 89 years old.** || The painting that Raphael did was made in 1514-1516, and was made out of oil on a canvas, on a panel. Raphael was born in Urbino in1483 on April 6. The day he was born was on Good Friday. Raphael first started in the art buissness when his father took him to his art studio. That is where he started his art works. The studio gave him fundamentals of different techniques of arts and styles. He looked up to Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Angelo. He had a series of art works that had a sence of imagination in them. his paintings were persice and beautiful. The work that Raphael did on his Frescoed Raphael Rooms were the most outstanding master pieces he did in his career. The School of Athens was his most well like painting.Although he died a veery young age, he left a legacy of beautiful paintings and architectures. ||
 * **The Mona Lisa is one of many paintings from Leonardo da Vinci's collections that depicted human realism. He wanted to show paintings that looked like it was an actual picture. People up today have been curious about the mystical smile of the Mona Lisa. It is said that the Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci' favorite painting and that the women that he painted was his mother. The background of the picture is a beautiful painting of a landscape in Venice. There are two different perspectives used in the painting and there is two levels used to make the land scape look more realistic. Having a landscape in the background helps the picture of the Mona Lisa have more depth, perspective, and flexible movement. That is one of the tools he uses on his paintings to make things appear more realistic. For Leonardo the picture was another scientific experiment that brought the picture of the Mona Lisa in line with the landscape.** || **Donatello was a talented sculptor that made his sculptures out of both marble and bronze. He is considered the best Italian Renaissance artist of all time. His sculptures had a sense of realism. He made them look like they were actual humans. His creations were based on mannerism. Although his arts were amazing and interesting Donatello was a plain and free guy. He wasn't just considered as a realist. He was a artist of many ideas and talents. He got the idea of being a sculptor when he was a little boy. He was inspired by sculptors working for the cathedral of Florence. From there he created many sculptures of bronze doors and other designs on cathedrals. His spiritual depth and complexity made him one of the best ItalianRenaissance artist of all time.** || **Michael Angelo is one of