Art Lessons: The Renaissance Part 1

We are now half way through a multi-week art lessons about the Renaissance. I really wanted Brandon & Sophia to learn and know about the Renaissance. When I was going to art school at CCS, the Renaissance was by far my favorite art history topic. And when Dea & I discussed about teaching the kids about that time frame and the amazing artists of that era, a bolt of lighting hit me…we will study and learn about the 4 great masters of the Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo…also known as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This blew the kid’s minds! They have learned about Contrapposto,

Sfumato,

and Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

In the next few weeks we will be moving on to Raphael & Michelangelo, stand by for Part 2.