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Writers of the Italian Renaissance Main Idea 2:  Italian writers contribute great works of literature.

Writers of the Italian Renaissance Writers such as Dante Alighieri and Niccolo Machiavelli contributed greatly to the Renaissance.

Dante Dante’s major work was a book entitled, The Divine Comedy. Dante wrote it in Italian, which was the vernacular, the common language of the people.  Before Dante, everyone always published in Latin or Greek.

Dante Dante’s book, The Divine Comedy, described an imaginary journey through the afterlife  Many of the problems Dante described in the book he also saw in Italian society

Machiavelli Machiavelli wrote The Prince. He was also a politician, and his book told leaders how to rule.  Told politicians to focus on the “here and now,” not on theories.

Artists of the Italian Renaissance During the Renaissance, Italian artists created some of the most beautiful paintings and sculptures in the world. Artists were supported by wealthy families (the signoria) & churches. New techniques, like perspective, made their work come alive. Perspective is a method of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real. Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter by Pietro Perugino

Great Italian Artists - Botticelli Sandro Botticelli was a painter from Florence. He painted everything in fine detail. The Birth of Venus The Birth of Venus, 1486.

Great Italian Artists - Botticelli PrimaveraPrimavera (1478): Left to right: Mercury, the Three Graces, Venus, Flora, Chloris, Zephyrus1478

Great Italian Artists - Botticelli Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the ElderPortrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder, 1474.

Great Italian Artists - Titian Titian, the finest artist of Venice, reflected his interest in the past by painting scenes from classical myths. He was also famous for his portraits. The Rape of Europa (1562)

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo Michelangelo was one of the great Italian artists. He was known as a master. He not only painted portraits but also designed buildings, wrote poetry, was a sculptor, and painted murals in the Vatican.

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo Michelangelo’s David stands 17 ft tall. This marble statue portrays the Biblical King David at the moment that he decides to do battle with Goliath.

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo Michelangelo designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, although it was unfinished when he died.St. Peter's Basilica

Great Italian Artists – Michelangelo Michelangelo's Pietà was carved in 1499, when the sculptor was 24 years old. This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.PietàJesusMary Crucifixion

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Sistine Chapel God giving life to Adam is the most famous part of the ceiling, which has scenes from throughout the Old Testament.

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo The Last Judgment is a painting by Michelangelo located in the Sistine Chapel. It took six years to complete. The Last Judgment is a depiction of the second coming of Christ and the apocalypse. The souls of humans rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ and his Saintly entourage.Michelangelo

Great Italian Artists – da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was the true genius of the Renaissance. He was a great painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, & engineer.

Great Italian Artists – da Vinci The Mona Lisa is a 16 th century oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci.

Great Italian Artists – da Vinci The Last Supper was Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his death.

Great Italian Artists – da Vinci Leonardo's most famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, is a study of the proportions of the human body, linking art and science in a single work that has come to represent Renaissance Humanism. Vitruvian Man Renaissance Humanism

Great Italian Artists – da Vinci Leonardo produced detailed studies of the flight of birds, and plans for several flying machines, including a helicopter powered by four men and a light hang glider which could have flown.