The Renaissance in Italy. Renaissance “Rebirth”- creativity, political, social, economic and...

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The Renaissance in Italy

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Page 1: The Renaissance in Italy. Renaissance “Rebirth”- creativity, political, social, economic and cultural change Why Italy? –Influence of Rome and the Roman.

The Renaissance in Italy

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Renaissance

• “Rebirth”- creativity, political, social, economic and cultural change

• Why Italy?– Influence of Rome and the Roman Empire

• Architecture• Art work

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Italian City-States

• North– Florence– Milan– Venice – Genoa

• Central– Rome

• South – Naples

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Influence of the Wealthy and Merchant Class

• Political and economic leadership• Education• Individual leadership• Patrons of the arts

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Florence and the Medicis

• Florence: energy and brilliance– Arts flourished here

• Medicis: Banking family Who became one of the richest in Europe

• Money=culture= political power

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Continuation

• Medicis were “uncrowned rulers” for years– Cosmo de’Medici gained control of the

Florence Government in 1434• Lorenzo “the magnificent”

– Grandson of Cosmo was know as a great patron of the arts

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1500-1700’s Europe

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Viewing the World Medieval vs. Renaissance

• Medieval– Ideals based around religion– Scholars focused on Life and Death

• Renaissance– Ideals based about the world– Scholars focused about the here and now

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Adventure and questions

• Exploration– World and Universe

• Christopher Columbus• Copernicus• Galileo

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Humanism

• Worldly subjects • The father of Humanism

– Francis Petrarch • Created the first form of a library by collecting

Greek and Roman manuscripts

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Humanism meets the Arts

• Artists often portrayed Religious figures in Roman settings

• Many paintings and sculptures depicted important figures and events in Greek and Roman History

• Some even told stories

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Techniques and Artists

• Techniques– Perspectives– Shading– Etching– Studied Human form and body

• Artists– Da Vinci– Michelangelo– Raphael

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Leonardo Da Vinci

• Sketches• Portraits• Studied cadavers• Inventor

• Famous Art work– Mona Lisa– The Last Supper– Vitruvian Man

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Michelangelo

• Sculptor• Engineer• Painter • Architect• poet

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Raphael

Blended Christian and Classical styles

Often portray the Madonna

The school of Athens (paintings) Great thinkers and

scientists