1. The Renaissance Chapter 13

2. Start Up Why is this the most famous painting in the world?

3. The rebirth of culture A revival of art and thinking

4. It began in Italy- WHY?

5. Why Italy? 1.History – was once the center of the ancient Roman Empire

6. Why Italy? 2. Italian cities survived the middle ages

7. Why Italy? 3. Wealthy merchant class arose

8. A Patron A person who provides financial support to the arts

9. Florence The city at the center of the Renaissance

10. The Medici family Wealthiest merchant family in Florence One of the wealthiest families in Europe at the time The family controlled the Florentine government

11. Lorenzo the Magnificent A Medici family member Florentine politician and generous patron

12. Humanism Intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues

13. Focused on the human experience

14. Created a spirit of adventure

15. Art Art always depicts the values of a culture

16. New art forms Perspective

17. New art forms shading

18. Artists study the human anatomy to paint and sculpt realistic forms

19. Art +Architecture: Reject Gothic style of Medieval Times- Return to Greek and Roman use of Domes, Arches, and Columns

20. Leonardo da Vinci Inventor, artist, botanist, musician, architect, and engineer

21. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

22. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper

23. Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches

24. Michelangelo Sculptor, engineer, painter, architect and poet

25. Michelangelo’s Pieta

26. Michelangelo’s David

27. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

28. Raphael Artist and painter

29. Raphael’s The School of Athens

30. Raphael’s Madonna

31. Niccolo Machiavelli Wrote The Prince

32. The Prince A guide on how to gain and maintain power “the end justifies the means”

33. Renaissance Men Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael Machiavelli Columbus Galileo Copernicus Shakespeare Martin Luther Gutenburg Issac Newton