Renaissance Ca
Define : Duh…rebirth… What does that mean?
About the Renaissance Began in Italy Chief patrons were merchants So, why there? Spread North Transformed as it moved Aggressively applied humanist ideas to the Church Two prongs: Italian and Northern Renaissance
Characteristics of Renaissance Art Use of dimension Strive for realism Biblical OR mythological themes Importance of the individual
Giotto “The Adoration of the Magi” Fresco. Capella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Italy
Masaccio Saint Peter Baptizing from The Brancacci Chapel, fresco 247x172 cm Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
Botticelli The Birth of Venus
Da Vinci Vitruvian Man Fetus in Womb
The Virgin on the Rocks, c. 1485
Rafael School of Athens,
Michelangelo , marble, 13' 5" high, Florence
Sistine Chapel, , fresco, 5800 square feet
Titian
Durer Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, c , woodcut, 15"x 11"
Writers… Petrarch Macchiavelli Erasmus Sir Thomas Moore Dante
…so, it means what? “The term ‘Renaissance’ captures contemporaries’ sense that they were making a break with the church-centered medieval world and establishing a new concept of man as the center of the world.” ~~Robert Tignor, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart
What were some results? Increased Education Power of national government Creative writing Decreased Power of pope