Renaissance (1400-1550)
The Renaissance was a cultural art movement;
it began in Italy and spread all around Europe. It influenced literature, art, music,
science and many other subjects. They searched for realism and human emotion in
art. Renaissance could be viewed in order to improve, revive ideas from the past.
The name renaissance (means rebirth). There are plenty of major artists in this
movement for example: Leonardo da Vinci and his human anatomy, Michelangelo,
Raphael Sandro Botticelli, Donatello and Titian.
The three major artists Michelangelo, Leonardo
and Raphael dominated the high renaissance, which lasted to the early 1490s.
Leonardo was the categorised as the “Renaissance man” for his intellect,
interest, talent, and his expression on humanist and classical values. The Mona
Lisa, The Virgin of Rocks and The last Super were some of his best works. Michelangelo
was the best sculptor of the High Renaissance; he produced masterpieces such as
Pieta in St Peter’s Cathedral and The David in Florence. Many Renaissance works
depicted religious images.
Other Characteristics:
The grotesque featured a combination of
creatures, masks, vases, figures and of scrolling plants.
Moresque is the interlacing patterns of
stems, leaves and tendrils these were a common in Renaissance design.
Gutenberg invented
the printing press in 1445, he had changed the world. Before his invention
bookmaking was a burden, individuals had to copy all the words and illustrations
by hand. The copying was done on parchment, animal skin that had been scraped clean,
thin and smooth. Gutenberg’s press could produce books quickly and with little
effort, bookmaking had become less expensive, and because of this the demand of
books had risen, before the printing press, most books were written in Latin, but since the release of the printing press the demand grew. Individuals wanted books in their own languages; there was a
variety of books being made.
Reference:
History of Graphic Design, Renaissance, http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/index.php/a-graphic-renaissance/renaissance-graphic-design, visited 26th of October 2013
Annenberg learner, Renaissance printing and thinking, http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/printing.html , 2013, visited 26th of October 2013
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