Quote of the Day I've already grown a goiter from this torture, hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy (or anywhere else where the stagnant water's poison). My stomach's squashed under my chin, my beard's pointing at heaven, my brain's crushed in a casket, my breast twists like a harpy's. My brush, above me all the time, dribbles paint so my face makes a fine floor for droppings!
Renaissance Rebirth
Beginnings Europe survives war and plague Celebrate living Tried to revive the past and ended up creating something new
Why Italy? Starts in Northern Italy…Why? City-States Very urban Exchange of ideas etc. Merchants and Medici Medici (Bankers) ruled Florence Cosimo de Medici Financed artists Greece and Rome Proximity Ancient manuscripts and style
New Styles Humanism Secular concerns Renaissance men and women Human potential and achievement “Humanities” Secular concerns Think about the worldlyl Enjoy life Renaissance men and women Master every subject
Art Perspective- 3D Lines draw together at the vanishing point Painted real people and spiritual in realistic style
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael School of Athens
Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofBvFQ_eCkA
Literature Wrote in native language instead of latin Vernacular Wrote for self-expression and portray individuals Machiavelli in The Prince Boccaccio in The Decameron Illustrates human condition Both tragic and comic