Chapter 12Section 2

The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance

Objectives: Explain Italian Renaissance Humanism Compare and Contrast Greek Education to

Renaissance Education Evaluate different Vernacular literature of the

Renaissance Analyze changes in painting, Sculpture, and

Architecture

Humanism Humanism was based on the study of the

classics, the literary works of the Greeks and Romans. Humanists studied the humanities- rhetoric,

grammar, poetry, philosophy and history. Petrarch is referred to as the father of

humanism and put an emphasis on classical Latin. Focus on solitude, which shifted in Florence to a

more civic life.

Petrarch

Vernacular Literature Prominent writers- Dante: an Italian, wrote Divine Comedy Chaucer: English author, The Canterbury Tales

Story of 29 Pilgrims journey to the tomb of Thomas a Becket.

Christine de Pizan, a Frenchwoman known for her works in defense of women.

Education in the Renaissance Humanists believed that education can

change human beings. Humanist educators stressed liberal arts

curriculum and physical education. Aim of education was not to create great scholars,

but complete citizens. Women were mostly absent from schools, but

when attending they studied mostly religion and morals.

New Techniques in Painting A fresco is a painting done on fresh, wet

plaster. Masaccio’s frescos in Florence are considered

the finest masterpieces of the early Renaissance (1400-1490)

Focuses on perspective, making them look 3-D. Two changes were stressed- the technical and

investigation of movement and anatomy. Sought Realism.

Masaccio- The Tribute Money

Brancacci Chapel

Closure: What did you learn today?

Objectives: List the Masters of the High Renaissance Evaluate the differences between the Italian

Renaissance and the Northern Artistic Renaissance

Sculpture and Architecture Donatello spent time studying in Rome and

copying the statues of the Greeks and Romans.

Filippo Brunelleschi was hired by the Medici family and designed the church of San Lorenzo. Classical columns, rounded arches, intended to

not overwhelm

San Lorenzo

Masters of the High Renaissance1490-1520 Associated with three artistic giants: Leonardo

da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Leonardo- mastered realistic paintings,

dissected bodies. Raphael- madonnas, frescos in the Vatican

palace. Michelangelo- Sistine Chapel, painter,

sculptor, architect.

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael- School of Athens

Michelangelo- Sistine Chapel

Northern Artistic Renaissance Northern artist of present day Belgium,

Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (low countries) focused on creating images for books and wooden altarpiece panels.

Most important school of the low countries was found in Flanders. Jan van Eyck oil painting skills were learned there.

Albrecht Dϋrer, German artist influences by Italians.

Eyck- Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

Durer- Adoration of the Magi

Assessment In Class Page 387 1,2, 4-6 Quiz Tuesday

Leonardo da Vinci Page 388