1. Chapter 15 - Renaissance and Reformation
Vitruvian man by Leonardo da Vinci, 1492

2. Section 1 - The Italian Renaissance

3. Section 1 - The Italian Renaissance
Main Idea
In Italy the growth of wealthy trading cities and new ways of thinking helped lead to a rebirth of the arts and learning. This era became known as the Renaissance.
Reading Focus
What changes in society and in cities stimulated the beginning of the Renaissance?
What ideas formed the foundation of the Italian Renaissance?
What contributions did artists make to the Renaissance?

4. Began in Italy – city-states were centers of trade and manufacturing
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Began in Italy – city-states were centers of trade and manufacturing

5. I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Result of changes caused by Black Death and renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome

6. I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
A wealthy merchant class – bankers and traders - promoted cultural rebirth

7. Skyline of Florence with the Duomo cathedral
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Florence, Venice and Milan grew in power; came to symbolized the Italian Renaissance
Skyline of Florence with the Duomo cathedral

8. I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
The wealthy became patrons of the arts; played a major role by sponsoring artists

9. I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Medici family of Florence were very important - richest bankers and merchants in Europe
Botticelli's "The Adoration of the Magi" (1476) with the Medici family and friends

10. Raphael's Lorenzo de' Medici
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Lorenzo Medici – patron who supported the most talented poets, artists and philosophers
Raphael's Lorenzo de' Medici

11. Auguste Rodin - The Thinker (1902)
II. Renaissance Ideas
Renaissance = rebirth; a change in the way people viewed themselves and their world
Auguste Rodin - The Thinker (1902)

12. II. Renaissance Ideas
Thinkers explored life with a secular, or worldly, focus rather than just a spiritual one

13. Baldassare Castiglione
II. Renaissance Ideas
Secular writers wrote in the vernacular; included Castiglione and Machiavelli
Baldassare Castiglione
Niccolò Machiavelli

14. II. Renaissance Ideas
Scientists included Nicholas Copernicus, first to suggest a heliocentric theory of the universe
(Zwolteh)

15. Humanism - focused on classic subjects and individual achievement
II. Renaissance Ideas
Humanism - focused on classic subjects and individual achievement

16. II. Renaissance Ideas
Based on study of classical culture: grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history

17. Believed education should stimulate an individual’s creative powers
II. Renaissance Ideas
Believed education should stimulate an individual’s creative powers

18. Renaissance art reflected humanist ideas
III. Renaissance Art
Renaissance art reflected humanist ideas
The Birth Of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1485)

19. III. Renaissance Art
Artists developed techniques such as perspective for realistic paintings

20. Medieval Art – Not Realistic

21. The Architect of Rome, Donato Bramante, designed St. Peter’s Basilica
III. Renaissance Art
The Architect of Rome, Donato Bramante, designed St. Peter’s Basilica

22. The most celebrated artists were Leonardo da Vinci
III. Renaissance Art
The most celebrated artists were Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Mona Lisa

23. Michelangelo
The Pieta
David
The Creation of Adam

24. Raphael
Raphael’s School of Athens is famous for depicting figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries
The Crucifixion

25. Donatello's bronze statue of David (c. 1425–1430)
Donatello's equestrian statue at Padua, the first example of such a monument since ancient times (1445–1450)