Renaissance

Renaissance

Chapter 17: Section 1

Objectives

• Define “renaissance”• Explain the characteristics of Renaissance art• Apply knowledge of the characteristics by

identifying their use in an example from the period

• Recognize important artists/work of the period

“Rebirth” of art and learning

• Italy wanted to bring back the classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome

• 1300 – 1600 AD

Renaissance Values

• Art• Literature• Importance of the Individual (humanism)• Secular Wealth (worldly wealth, not spiritual)• Classical Education• Philosophy and History

Merchant Class Dominated Society

• Wealth was earned through business, not inherited by nobles

• Medici Family was a powerful banking family in Florence, Italy

• Cosimo de Medici – the wealthiest European controlled the city-state of Florence

Characteristics of Renaissance Art• Perspective ( three

dimensions)• Individualism -

Human Body, facial expression• Religious subjects(Madonna with child)• Nature• Realism in detail and color

How did art change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance?

The Last Supper: Leonardo DaVinciClassic example of perspective

How does this painting reflect Renaissance Characteristics?

Renaissance ArtRealism – images emphasize human characteristics

such as facial expressions, body features.

Colors – true to life, use of light and dark

Perspective – three dimensional, smaller background

Individual person/people focus

Religious subjects

Michelangelo

• Painter/Sculptor• 1512, Michelangelo's frescoes of the Sistine

Chapel in Rome were first shown to the public.

• It took four years to paint the detailed Biblical scenes.

• Most famous sculpture was “David”

The Sistine Chapel - Rome

David

Donatello• Sculptor• Best known for bronze and

marble figures

Leonardo DaVinci• Painter, Sculptor, Scientist

• “Mona Lisa.” Believed to be an image of Lisa Gherardini (1503) Wife of a wealthy businessman from Florence named Francesco del Giocondo. It’s Italian name, “La Gioconda.”

Some people think the Mona Lisa was DaVinci’s self portrait as a woman; this idea, while interesting is considered not

likely by experts

Raphael• Painter , Realism Work “School of Athens”

Machiavelli

• Famous Book -The Prince (writer, philosopher)

• Fear is a better motivator than affection “better to be feared than loved”

• Politics as the art of deception

• Hitler kept a copy under his bed!

IX. Spread of Humanism to the Rest of Europe

• William Shakespeare (1564-1616) England.

• Playwright – human themes • Macbeth: ambition• Hamlet: individualism• Romeo and Juliette: Tragic

Love

Summary Frame The Renaissance began in ____________ and lasted

from ____________ to _____________. During this time the values of _______,_________,_______, and __________ were important. Artist such as ___________ and __________ displayed the characteristics of __________,__________, _________, in their work. The idea of _______________ or the importance of individuals spread to ____________. It was a “rebirth” of ____________ from ancient ________and __________.

Can you define…

• Humanism• Realism• Perspective• Renaissance• Patron• Vernacular• Piety• Classical Education• Printing Press

Do you know who created these important works? How do these works demonstrate Renaissance characteristics?

Artist Characteristics

• Sistine Chapel• David• Mona Lisa• The Last Supper• Hamlet• Romeo and Juliette• The Prince• Utopia• The Praise of Folly