1. RENAISSANCE 1300- 1600ce RENAISSANCE MEANS REBIRTH
REBIRTH OF LEARNING AND A REDISCOVERY OF IDEAS WHICH WERE LOST DURING THE DARK AGES.
PEOPLE BEGAN TO EXPLORE & INVESTIGATE THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

2. A TIME OF GREAT ARTISTIC, INTELLECTUAL, & ORIGINAL CREATIVITY.
NEW VIEW OF THEMSELVES & THE WORLD. HOW?
- HUMAN- CENTERED INSTEAD OF
CHURCH
1. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT &
GLORY
2. APPRECIATION OF WORLDLY
PLEASURES.

3. EXAMPLES Autobiographies celebrating the HERE and NOW.
Focus on worldly subjects.

4. Differences between the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Purpose of art
Glorify God
Glorify the individual
Politics
Local/feudal lords ruled
Kings in England, France, and Spain centralized
power
Society
Church as center of activity
Secular/material world becomes a vital
part of life
Religion
Focus of one’s life
Important but not most dominant
Education
Church promoted it to prepare students for religious life
Stressed teaching of history, arts, ethics, and public speaking

5. Differences between the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Medieval
Renaissance
Two Dimensional
Distorted proportions
Lacking perspective
Religious
Hieratic Scale
Three Dimensional
Realistic
Glorifies Individual
Uses mathematics to create scale / perspective
Humanism

6. QUESTIONS TO ASK: Who is the central person in the Medieval painting?
Why do you think the others in the painting are so much smaller?
What is the main event in the Renaissance painting?
How does Christ compare in both paintings?
Background Information to follow

7. Differences between the Middle Ages and Renaissance

8. PERSPECTIVE

9. PERSPECTIVE

11. DONATELLO(1386-1466) USED REALISM WORKS: DAVID – FIRST FREE
STANDING NUDE IN EUROPE

12. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527)
POLITICAL THINKER KNOWN FOR THEORIES ON GOVERNMENT
WORKS: THE PRINCE
HOW TO GAIN & KEEP POWER AS A RULER
IMMORAL ACTS JUSTIFIED
“THE ENDS JUSTIFIES THE MEANS”
Term ‘Machiavellian’ (use of deceit in politics)

13. MACHIAVELLI
Machiavellian advice seemed to encourage harsh treatment of citizens, rival states
Describes men as “ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers”
Advises rulers to separate morals from politics
Power, ruthlessness more useful than idealism
Ruler must do whatever necessary to maintain political power, even if cruel
Machiavelli’s theory that “the end justifies the means” deviated from accepted views of correct behavior
Idea that state an entity in itself, separate from its ruler, became foundation for later political philosophy

14. MACHIAVELLI

15. B DAY FRIDAY ANCHOVIES

16. HIGH RENAISSANCE APPROX 1500 – 1600)

17. MICHELANGELO(1475-1564)- Renaissance Works: David
Most famous artist of the
Renaissance
Works: David
Pieta- Christ draped over
Mary
Sistine Chapel- 4 years to
create.
The Dome of St. Peter’s
Chapel- in Rome.

18. MICHELANGELO

19. DAVID

20. PIETA

21. SISTINE CHAPEL

22. CREATION OF MAN

23. The Dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral

24. LEONARDO DA VINCI(1452-1519) “THE RENAISSANCE MAN” Works: Mona Lisa
Artist, writer, scientist, engineer, inventor.
“THE RENAISSANCE MAN”
Works: Mona Lisa
The Last Supper

25. LEONARDO DA VINCI

26. MONA LISA

27. THE LAST SUPPER

28. VIRTRUVIAN MAN

29. RAPHAEL( )
Works- School of Athens- Greatest figures Of the Renaissance
Created with typical Renaissance self-confidence?
PLATO ARISTOTLE
LEFT RIGHT

30. RAPHAEL

31. RAPHAEL

32. DO NOW
Take out packet # 8 and open it to the back where there are two check point questions. You will need a book opened to pages to help you answer these questions. Read “Renaissance Art Flowers” and “The Discovery of Perspective”(415) to help guide you.

33. CHECKPOINT
How were Renaissance ideals reflected in the arts?
Answer:
Artists emphasized classical subjects and the human form, and used new techniques for showing subjects more realistically.

34. CHECKPOINT
Why was the invention of perspective necessary for artists to achieve realism in painting?
Answer:
Without it, artists could not show objects as the eye sees them.

35. How was Renaissance worldview different than that of the Middle Ages?
CHECKPOINT
How was Renaissance worldview different than that of the Middle Ages?
Answer:
Medieval world shaped by religion; It accepted tradition and the idea that only God was perfect. In contrast, Renaissance worldview was shaped by inquiry, exploration, and the idea that humans could perfect themselves.