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Essential Question: How did the Renaissance change art in

Western Europe?

Warm-Up Question: Define these terms:

Renaissance Humanism

Classicism Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? What factors led to the decline of the

Middle Ages & rise of the Renaissance?


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The revival of trade in Europe helped bring an endto the Middle Ages & gave rise to the Renaissance

Increased trade gave riseto Italian city-states &a wealthy middle class

of bankers & merchants

Wealthy bankers &merchants wanted to

show off their new statusby commissioning art

The rise of citiesbrought artists

together which ledto new techniques

& styles of art


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The most important Italian city-state was Florence;In this wealthy trade city, the Renaissance began

Florence was home tothe Medici family, the

wealthiest & most powerfulbankers in Europe

The Medici used theirwealth to commissionart for themselves &to beautify Florence


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Florence under the Medici

Medici ChapelThe Medici Palace

Cosimo

Lorenzo

Guiliano

Lorenzo de Medici commissioned this painting fromBotticelli of the Medici brothers as the three magi

The Medici paid to build a massivedomed cathedral for Florence


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New styles & techniques of Renaissance art

Realism & emotion Classicism: inspiration from Greece &

Rome Empha sis on indivi duals & interaction

betwee n people Geome tric

arrang ements Perspe ctive Using l ight & shado ws

Chiaros curo

Sfumato

The firs t nude paintin gs &sculpture s since the R omans

Greek Renaissance
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RenaissanceArtists


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Donatello Donatello was the 1 st great

sculptor of the Renaissance Donatello revived the

classical (Greco-Roman)style of sculpture thatwere realistic & could beviewed from all sides

Donatellos David wasthe 1 st large, free-standinghuman sculpture of the

Renaissance


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Michelangelo Michelangelo was one

of the most famousRenaissance artists: He was a painter,

sculptor, architect,& poet His sculptures &

paintings showedrealism, detail ofthe human body, &expression to showpersonality & emotion


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Michelangelo sculptures Pieta& Davidare considered masterpieces


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Michelangelosgreatest work isthe 130 ft x 44 ft

ceiling of theSistine Chapelwhich shows

Biblical imagesof amazing detail,power, & beauty


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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was a

true Renaissance Man He was a painter &

sculptor whose art was

known for incrediblerealism & emotion

He was also an inventor

& scientist whose sketchesreveal observations abouthuman anatomy & newengineering technology


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His Last Supper shows Jesus last meeting withthe 12 apostles before the crucifixion; the facial

expressions, detail, emotion made it a masterpiece


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Leonardo da Vincisgreatest masterpiecewas the Mona Lisa

which was known forits emotion & depth


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Leonardos Inventions


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Raphael Raphael perfected

Renaissance painting He improved perspective

and realism by studyingLeonardo & Michelangelo

Raphael became thefavorite painter of the Popebecause of his amazingdetailed paintings showinga combination of famousGreeks & Romans along

with Renaissance people

h l h l f h


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Raphael

Michelangelo

Plato (drawn tolook like Da Vinci)

Aristotle

PythagorasEuclid

Raphaels greatest painting was School of Athenswhich blended Classical figures from Greece & Rome

with important people from the Renaissance


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RaphaelsBetrothal

of the Virgin


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Filippo Brunelleschi Brunelleschi was Florences greatest architect:

He studied the Roman Pantheon when hebuilt the Cuppolo of Maria del Fiorecathedral in Florence

The dome inspired modern building designs


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Dome Comparisons

Il Duomo, Florence St. Peters, Rome St. Pauls, London US Capital,

Washington, D.C.


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TheNorthern

Renaissance


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The Renaissance spread from Italy as scholars &merchants from other areas visited Italian city-states

As these ideas spread, thisNorthern Renaissance

developed its owncharacteristics


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The Renaissance inFrance was most

known for its uniquearchitecture


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The Renaissance inEngland was most

known for literature,especially the plays ofWilliam Shakespeare

Th R i i h N h l d


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The Renaissance in the Netherlandswas most known for realism in art
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Guess if the followingpieces of art (A-J) are:

Renaissance or

Medieval


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A


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B


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C


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D


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E


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F


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G


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H


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I


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Cl A i i


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Closure Activity Draw a Renaissance picture using any

3 of the following: Perspective Realism Emotion Shading

Nudity Everyday life Sculpture-in-the-Round

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