The Italian Renaissance Part B The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance.
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The Italian RenaissancePart B
The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance
1. What were two big trends in how Renaissance thought developed?
• Individualism (Individual expression and glory)• Secularism (A focus on this world)
2. What was Renaissance Humanism?• A study of ancient Greek and Roman writings,
particularly the ancient emphasis on man and worldly achievement
ErasmusRenaissance Humanist
3. In terms of subjects, what did Renaissance Humanists study?• Grammar, Rhetoric, Literature, Philosophy,
History• Today, we call these subjects the humanities
4. Who was the father of Renaissance Humanism?• Petrarch, an Italian poet
Petrarch, 1304-1374
5. Who was Dante?• An Italian author who wrote The Divine
Comedy, a story of a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven
• Dante’s story utilizes people from Roman history
Dante with a copy of the Divine Comedy
6. Besides printed works, what else transmitted some Renaissance ideas?• Humanist schools that emphasized the liberal
arts (humanities, e.g.)• Education came to be seen more and more as
a tool of self-improvement
7. Prior to the Renaissance, Medieval painting tended to be what?• Two-dimensional and cartoonish
8. How were Renaissance paintings different?• Renaissance paintings were more Three-
dimensional and realistic• Renaissance subjects appear more alive and
realistic
Example of Medieval Painting
Example of the realism in Renaissance Paintings
9. What was one of the most important Renaissance painting techniques?• Linear Perspective• Linear Perspective creates 3-D perspective
Linear Perspective in The Last Supper
Linear Perspective in Delivery of the Keys by Perugino
10. Renaissance sculpture was known for what?• Accuracy (Realism)
11. Who were some of the great Renaissance sculptors?• Donatello (1386-1466)• Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Sculpture by DonatelloStatue of St. George
Sculpture by MichelangeloMoses, The Tomb of Pope Julius II
12. Who were some of the great Renaissance painters?• Raphael (1483-1520)• Michelangelo (1475-1564)• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)• Titian• Albrecht Durer (1417-1528)
Painting by RaphaelSchool of Athens
Painting by MichelangeloPortion of The Last Judgment
Painting by Leonardo da VinciThe Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Painting by TitianPortrait of Charles V
Painting by Albrecht DurerFour Apostles
13.What were some of Michelangelo’s great works?
• Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a series of paintings of Biblical events on the ceiling panels of the Sistine Chapel
• Pieta, a marble statue of Mary and the crucified Jesus
• David, a marble statue of the Biblical Hebrew warrior and king
Michelangelo’s Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s Pieta
Michelangelo’s David
14. What were some of Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest works?• Mona Lisa, a painting of a woman with a
mysterious smile/smirk• The Last Supper, a mural of Christ and his
Disciples celebrating the Passover (a sacred Jewish meal)
• Sketches, a series of drawings, including machines
Leonardo’s Mona Lisa
Leonardo’s The Last Supper
Leonardo’s Sketches
15. To where did the Renaissance spread?• To the north: France, Germany, and England
16. With its emphasis on scholarship, individualism, and secularism, for what did the Renaissance pave the way?• The Protestant Reformation
17. What did the Protestant Reformation do?• It shattered Catholic Christendom into many
different religious sects, identities, and camps• Christian unity in the West—a unity that had
lasted over 1000 years—had died
The Protestant ReformationLuther and Calvin