The Minnesota Renaissance Museum
Artists and Their Works
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most remembered artists among us today and is well known for his famous paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Da Vinci wasn’t just a painter, he was also an architect, inventor, and had a love for everything dealing with science. He strongly believed that art was unquestionably related to science and nature.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Mona Lisa
A painting of a woman that is said to be “‘the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world””. The painting is located in the Louvre Museum in Paris and is said to have been there since 1797.
The Last Supper
A painting of Jesus Christ sitting next to the 12 disciples while having his last meal before being crucified. The painting is said to be “one of the world’s famous paintings, and one of the most studied, scrutinized, and satirized”. It is located in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Michelangelo is argued to be one of the most greatest artist during the Renaissance period and is most known for his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture of David. His work is a “blend of psychological insight, physical realism, and intensity”. Besides being a sculptor and a painter, Michelangelo was also an architect.
Michelangelo
Sculpture of David
A 17 ft. tall male figure made out of marble that represents young David from the Old Testament. The large sculpture was located outside the Palazzo della Signoria but was removed in order to be preserved and was moved to the Accademia Gallery in Florence.
Titian (1488-1576)
Titian was an Italian painter that experimented with different types of art, such as subtle variations in color. He had many different pieces and some of them were painted for very important people, such as Pope Paul III and and King Philip II of Spain. One of Titian’s major works was the Assumption of the Virgin which he started in 1516 and finished in 1518. A few not so famous paintings consisted of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and a portrait of Pope Julius II.
Assumption of the Virgin
A large oil painting that started in 1516 and was completed in 1518. The painting can be located in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. Known as “being the largest altarpiece in the city”.
Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel
Raphael (1483-1520)
Raphael was a famous Italian painter as well as an architect and is most known for his work The School of Athens. During Raphael’s career, he had three phases as well as three different styles: early years of Umbria, absorbing traditions of Florence, and working for two Popes as well as their close associates. Although Raphael died at a young age, he was very influential during his time period and also very productive, and example of his productivity is the large workshop he ran.
Raphael
School of Athens
This famous frescoe was painted by the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael in 1509 and was finished in 1511. It was created in order to decorate the room “Stanze di Raffaello” which in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The painting still remains located in the Apostolic Palace.