The Renaissance Great for Upper Elementary Students

Renaissance Art

EARLY RENAISSANCE ART (1401-1490s)

Angelico, Fra 1400-1445 painter who combined Gothic tradition with the Italian Renaissance. His works are praised for their religious qualities and artistic excellence. In 1421 he entered the Dominican monastery at Fiesole. He spent most of his life in Florence at the monastery of San Marco.
Bosch, Hieronymus 1450-1516 Dutch painter. Bosch specialized in religious parables and devilish themes from everyday life.
Botticelli, Sandro 1445-1510 was a ward of the Medici family. He painted portraits of the family and many religious pictures. From 1481-82 he painted wall frescoes in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. Most of his paintings were religious in nature.