The Renaissance 1450-1670

Quick Reminder When? 14th and 15th Centuries Where? Started in Italy and spread Why? Italy is a central hub in the Mediterranean making it the perfect place for it to start because of trade and easy transmission of ideas combined with a lack of central government - Italy is comprised of City States in this period Why? Italy is also the home of many of the great thinkers of antiquity and in close proximity to Greece What? The Renaissance means “rebirth” and is symbolized by a revival of interest in the classics. The period sees a secular movement in thinking through Humanism and a revival of art but with closer attention paid to humankind and artistic form - this period sees us celebrate great art and the individual more than the event that it portrays

The Renaissance Symbolized The term represents the growth of new ideas in the period It was artistic, literary and cultural The Renaissance was a reawakening rather of the individual Bacchus and Ariadne

The Humanists Secular in their thinking New thinkers, philosophers, artists Examining the human condition separate from faith Mastery of the world of “man”

The Discovery (or Rediscovery) of Perspective The idea of linear perspective is generally attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) The cathedral of Florence was meant to be the largest in Italy Viewed from above it was to be shaped like a cross as was the traditional method Brunelleschi proposed to build the largest dome since antiquity - he had to completely reconsider engineering and built the dome in rings without scaffolding to complete it He changes the way people look at architecture during the Renaissance

Linear Perspective The Realism that emerges during the Renaissance went beyond architecture but in to the portrayal of three-dimensional space In the 1440s Florentine theoreticians and painters solved the problem of the vanishing point As a result their pictures acquired depth Around 1500 - Leonardo da Vinci figured out how distance fades colours and how surfaces pick up reflected tints of nearby objects As a result by the early 16th Century painters like Raphael had mastered the new techniques and could paint works of astonishing naturalism Now art was about looking real, it was about the art itself and not the message necessarily Filippo Brunelleschi Nave of church of San Lorenzo, Florence. ca. 1421-69

Linear Perspective Video and Activity Using Google Draw - follow along in the video that teaches how perspective is used We will be showing our efforts to the class when we are finished!

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 1519)— Renaissance Man da Vinci is primarily known as painter of “The Last Supper” and the “Mona Lisa” He was also a sculptor architect, inventor, mathematician and scientist Over his lifetime he dissected around 30 corpses in an effort to understand human anatomy - some of his discoveries are the basis of science today Leonardo da Vinci is a perfect example of the “Renaissance Man” - he was versed in more than just art but science, mathematics and other fields - well rounded Leonardo also experimented with new painting styles so sadly some of his greatest pieces of art are disintegrating

The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa

Vitruvian Man - Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael (1483-1520) Raphael is famous for his painting School of Athens (next slide) - it is placed in classical architecture and is meant to represent the great ancient philosophers of Greece Upon closer examination, it appears that Raphael painted the faces of the artists of the Renaissance in to the picture - it seems as if Raphael is saying that the artists in the Renaissance Period are the crowning glory of the period Raphael’s art is best known for it’s harmony and serenity

Raphael - School of Athens

Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) Michelangelo may be best known for his painting (he did paint the Sistine Chapel) but he really loved sculpting He painted the Sistine Chapel lying on scaffolding on his back - he didn’t really want to do it but was heavily coerced by the Pope Julius II

Michelangelo’s Pieta

Michelangelo - The Last Judgement

The Creation of Man in the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo’s David