World History ILecture 9.8

Italian Renaissance art and literature

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Virgin and Child with an Angelearly 1470s, Sandro Botticeli

There are no words to

describe the

awesomeness of this

painting!

Medieval versus Renaissance Art

Medieval Art Renaissance Art Focus on religious

(Christian) themes; art was a way to salvation for the artist

Flat perspective and disproportionate size

Gothic art lays the foundation for Humanism

Famous artists include Donatello, Giotto, Battista Alberti, Cimabue, Brunelleschi, Fra Angelico and Lorenzo Ghiberti

 

Religious themes are incorporated into a focus on individuals, secular/worldly manners and realism (Humanism)

Use of 3D perspective and vivid colors

Famous artists include di Vinci and Michelangelo

Medieval versus Renaissance Art(same religious scene in both pictures)

Crucifixion of Jesus 1320-1325 Giatto

Pietà 1538-44, Michelangelo

Medieval Art Renaissance Art

The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (1452 to 1519 CE/AD)

David (sculpture) and the ceiling of Sistine Chapel – Michelangelo (1475 to 1564 CE/AD)

Frescoes (complex layered technique with plaster and multiple paints)

realistic sculpture such as David and the Fountain of Neptune (in Florence)

Renaissance accomplishments - Art

Look familiar?

The Divine Comedy and The Inferno, in which vernacular (the native language of Italy) was used by Dante (1265 to 1321) to tell his story

The Prince, written by Machiavelli (1469 to 1527 CE/AD) is a treatise on government written for Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici of Florence and touches on the following ideals: ◦ supporting absolute power, including how

to acquire and maintain power; ◦ the end justifies the means; ◦ do good when possible and evil when

necessary; and ◦ it’s better to be loved than feared

Renaissance accomplishments - literature

No … not that

type of comedy!

Politics has no relation to morals

A Prince never lacks a

legitimate reason to break a

promiseIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command

Traditionally, a sonnet is a fourteen-line lyrical poem written in iambic pentameter (a rhythm), which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization.

Petrarch (1307 to 1374 CE/AD) lyrical poet who is considered the “Father of Humanism”

Petrarch's sonnets celebrate the individual person and stimulated the study of Greek, Roman literature, culture

Renaissance accomplishments - Sonnets

Nice outfit dude!

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better

(The Beatles – Renaissance men!)

Humanism is a collection of philosophies and beliefs that focuses on the person both individually and collectively

It fostered the study of Latin, philosophy, rhetoric, composition,

and literature an stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture (supported by multiple patrons)

Renaissance accomplishments - Humanism