The Renaissance Lecture Notes2b

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The Renaissance
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The Renaissance begins in Italy

The Renaissance begins in Italy andspreads north to the rest of Europe.

What makes Italy so special?1. Italy was the center of trade between

northern Europe and Africa.

2. It was the center of Greco-Roman culture.3. It was the center of the Catholic Church.

The Renaissance runs between 1300

and 1650.


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The Beginning

The term Renaissance means rebirth inLatin.

It was the rebirth of art and learning. It was influenced by very powerful families

such as the Medici family.

The Medicis were bankers out of Florence. The families gave support to various artists.


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Characteristics of the

Renaissance Humanism

Individualism: Cult of the Individual

Questioning Attitude Interest in Secular, or non-religious

worldly matters.

Rise of the middle class (Disposableincome)

Great achievements in the arts.


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Medieval Art

Artists depictedsubjects in an

unrealistic two-dimensional style

to indicate the

importance of thesoul over the

body.


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Characteristics of Renaissance

Art

Three dimensional

Realistic

Lifelike

Influenced by Greco-Romanculture


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Italian Renaissance Artists

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Raphael

Donatello


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Leonardo da Vinci

Da Vinci wasconsidered the

RenaissanceMan

Was a painter,

sculptor,inventor, and a

scientist.


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The Last Supper


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Raphael

Self-Portrait

Rather young artist.Was mostly a

painter but diddabble inarchitecture, helping

to start the plans forSt. Peters in Rome.
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Michelangelo

Like Leonardowas considered a

RenaissanceMan

Painter, sculptor,architect, scientist


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David

Consideredto be one of

the finest

sculpturesever.

Consideredbetter

sculptor than

painter
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Michelangelo

The SistineChapel in Rome
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St. Peters


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Donatello

Sculptor in Florence

Early part of Renaissance

John the Baptist


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Renaissance Writers

Began to use the vernacular (vernacular =the native language) instead of classical

Latin.

Machiavelli, who wrote The Prince ahandbook for behavior.


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Machiavelli

Machiavelli was a political philosopher

The Prince advised kings how to rule. In Machiavelli way of thinking, there are no means in

which the end does not justify (The end justifies themeans)


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Medieval (MiddleAges) or Renaissance?

Why/how do youknow?


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The Renaissance Moves North

Because of the plague, it was notuntil 1450 did northern Europeenjoy the economic growth thathelped support the Renaissance

in Italy. Northern artists and writersimitated Italian styles whileadding new methods and ideasof their own.

As a result of the printing press,books became more availableand people became more literate.


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Humanism in Europe

Northern Humanistsstressed education and

classical learning,

however, unlike the Italian

humanists, theyemphasized religious

themes.

They believed that the

revival should be used tobring about religious and

moral reform.


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JanVan Eyck

Portrait of Giovanni

Arnolfini and his Wife

(detail)

Bruegel: Peasant Wedding


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Bruegel: Peasant Wedding


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Shakespeare

The best knownRenaissance writerwas WilliamShakespeare.

Between 1590 and1613 he wrote 37

plays that are still

preformed aroundthe world.


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The Printing Revolution

In 1456, Johann Gutenbergprinted the bible usingmovable metal type on amachine called a PrintingPress.

Printed books becamecheap and easier toproduce than hand copies.

Now, readers gainedaccess to broad range ofknowledge (Medicine toReligion)

The printing press wouldgreatly contribute to theProtestant Reformation.
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