RENAISSANCE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• born on or near April 23, 1564
• Died on April 23, 1616
• I chose him because we can't talk about literature without
• talking about him. He did so many literature work that still read
• by people all around the world.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• Shakespeare created, or published for the first time,
• thousands of words that were new to the language
• created hundreds of phrases and turns of speech that we still take for granted
• some he derived from ancient sources as he translated them into the English of his time

LEONARDO DA VINCI

LEONARDO DA VINCI

• Born on April 15, 1452
• Died on May 2, 1519
• I chose Leonardo Da Vinci because he did not only art work
• but also worked in science field. Because of that, Da Vinci has been called
• a genius and the archetypal Renaissance man. He was such a tallented man.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

• He was concerned with the laws of science and nature,
• which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, inventor and draftsmen
• His observations and inventions were recorded in 13,000 pages of notes and drawings
• designs for flying machines,plant studies, war machinery, anatomy and architecture
• His ideas were mainly theoretical explanations, laid out in exacting detail

MICHELANGELO

MICHELANGELO

• born on March 6, 1475
• Died on February 18, 1564
• I chose Michelangeo as an one of the best artist in Renaissance because he is one of the few
• artists that i can think of when i ask to my self, who pops up in my head if I think of Renaissance artist.
• He was good at painting but also delicate sculpting. Example for that is on this slide's background.

MICHELANGELO

• The resulting masterpiece is a transcendent example of High Renaissance art incorporating the
• Christian symbology, prophecy and humanist principles that he had absorbed during his youth.
• He also designed the Medici Chapel and the Laurentian Library and
• they are considered a turning point in architectural history

FRANÇOIS RABELAIS

FRANÇOIS RABELAIS

• Born on November 26, 1492
• Died on February 28, 1553
• I chose François because there are not only things that are serious and holy,
• But also sarcastic and humorous so I thought there is a balance in
• Sarcasm, humor and seriousness,holiness in Renaissance.

FRANÇOIS RABELAIS

• The four novels composing this work are outstanding for their rich use of
• Renaissance French and for their comedy
• His creative exuberance, colourful and wide-ranging vocabulary,
• and literary variety continue to ensure his popularity.
• regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, and both bawdy jokes and songs.

THOMAS MORE

THOMAS MORE

• Born on February 7, 1478
• Died on July 6, 1535
• I chose Thomas More because I finally realized how amazing he is by
• his work 'Utopia' and other famous articles that he published.
• I feel so sorry for him when i found out that he got executed.

THOMAS MORE

• He was an English social philosopher, writer, and statesman.
• Prolific writer of poetry and a Latin translation of four Greek dialogues by Lucian
• Composed an English translation of the works of the Italian philosopher Pico della Mirandola
• worked on the History of King Richard III and it had a great impact on Shakespeare´s Richard III
• wrote his most extensive book, Confutation of Tyndale’s Answer, accusing Tyndale of being a heretic himself.

ALBRECHT DÜRER

ALBRECHT DÜRER

• Born: May 21, 1471
• Died: April 6, 1528
• Works he did: altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts.
• I chose him because he is one of the most famous artist in Renaissance period
• and he is skillful in many different field.

ALBRECHT DÜRER

• His works proved to be what Northern Renaissance Art was all about,
• and they were also backed up by theories, which join concepts in math,
• idealistic proportions and perspective.
• He completed “Adam and Eve”, an oil-on-painting, in 1507.
• This piece of art reflects the influence of Italian art

PABLO PICASSO

PABLO PICASSO

• Born on October 25, 1881
• Died on April 8, 1973
• I chose Pablo Picasso because he is one of the most popular artist in 20th century
• and his artworks are also really philosophical and unique

PABLO PICASSO

• His immersion in Cubism also eventually led him to the invention of collage,
• in which he abandoned the idea of the picture as a window on objects in the
• world,and began to conceive of it merely as an arrangement of signs that used different.
• encouraged a new expressionism that had been suppressed throughout the years
• of experiment in Cubism and subsequently during the early 1920s

RENÉ MAGRITTE

RENÉ MAGRITTE

• Born on November 21, 1898
• Died on August 15, 1967
• I chose René Magritte because he is so famous for surrealism artist and surrealism
• demand lots of imagination and it's also really hard to produce nearly one piece of art work each day
• with high quality like his art works.

RENÉ MAGRITTE

• He was extremely influential in the transformation of surrealism art, to the pop art movement,
• with the work he created, and the distinct style which he took with the creations that
• he made during the course of his career
• forcing the viewer to take a deeper look at what was in front of them, and at what the image truly represented.
• would also use famous paintings, which were created by other artists, to put his own surrealist twist on it