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Renaissance and Baroque Europe
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Humanism – philosophical, literary, and artistic movement.
Logical thought Pursued intellectual and scientific inquiry Rediscovered Greece and Rome Focus shifted to the present
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The Renaissance Starts taking shape in the early fourteenth century
Clearly began in early fifteenth century Ended in the early seventeenth century Primarily in Italy, spread north
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Shift to naturalism Scientific approaches brought quest for representational accuracy Dominated Western art for more than 400 years Rebirth – revived interest in art and ideas of classical Greece and Rome
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14th century beginnings Byzantine and Gothic painters – flat symbolic styles Gothic sculptors moved from stylized abstraction towards naturalism and individuality.
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Painting and sculpture
No longer only supplements to architecture Artists seen as individuals of creative genius
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Giotto di Bondone – earliest precursor of the Renaissance; reinventor of naturalistic painting.
Departed from the abstract Byzantine style Portrayed feelings Realism Figures shown as individuals with expressions
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Giotto di Bondone. LAMENTATION. 1305.
Giotto. Lamenation
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Giotto. Lamentation
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