1. The Italian Renaissance
Vitruvian man, Leonardo da Vinci, ca. 1492

2. “This century,” wrote philosopher Marsilio Ficino, “like a golden age has restored to light the liberal arts, which were almost extinct: grammar, poetry, rhetoric, painting, sculpture, architecture, music.” What a glorious time to be alive, he thought.
As Ficino recognized, a new age had dawned in Western Europe. Europeans called it the Renaissance, meaning “rebirth.” It began in the 1300s and reached its peak around 1500.

3. Began with a new interest in the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece
I. The Italian Renaissance
Began with a new interest in the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece

4. I. The Italian Renaissance
It was a time of reawakening after the disorder and disunity of the Medieval World

5. Began in Italy - cities became centers of trade and manufacturing
I. The Italian Renaissance
Began in Italy - cities became centers of trade and manufacturing

6. I. The Italian Renaissance
Florence came to symbolize energy and brilliance of Italian Renaissance

7. A wealthy merchant class promoted cultural rebirth
I. The Italian Renaissance
A wealthy merchant class promoted cultural rebirth

8. Emphasis was on education and individual achievement
I. The Italian Renaissance
Emphasis was on education and individual achievement

9. Wealthy patrons played a major role by sponsoring artists
I. The Italian Renaissance
Wealthy patrons played a major role by sponsoring artists

10. I. The Italian Renaissance
The Medici Family of Florence were among the richest bankers and merchants in Europe
Bottecilli's "The Adoration of the Magi" (1476) with the Medici family and friends

11. I. The Italian Renaissance
Lorenzo Medici was a patron and supported poets, philosophers, and artists

12. II. What was the Renaissance?
A time of creativity and change –
political
social
economic
cultural

13. II. What was the Renaissance?
A change in the way people viewed themselves and their world
Auguste Rodin - The Thinker

14. II. What was the Renaissance?
Renaissance thinkers explored the human experience in the here and now

15. II. What was the Renaissance?
It also supported a spirit of adventure

16. Focused on worldly subjects rather than only religious issues
III. Humanism
Focused on worldly subjects rather than only religious issues

17. III. Humanism
Based on study of classical culture: grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history

18. Believed education should stimulate the individual’s creative powers
III. Humanism
Believed education should stimulate the individual’s creative powers

19. Renaissance art reflected humanist concerns
IV. The Arts
Renaissance art reflected humanist concerns
The Birth Of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1485)

20. IV. The Arts
Artists developed techniques, such as perspective, for painting in a realistic way

21. IV. The Arts
Architects adopted columns, arches, and domes from the Greeks and Romans
Roman Aqueducts
The Pantheon in Rome

22. Three of the most celebrated artists were Leonardo da Vinci
IV. The Arts
Three of the most celebrated artists were Leonardo da Vinci
Self-portrait
Mona Lisa
Sketch of a man

23. Michelangelo
The Pieta
David
The Creation of Adam

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

25. Renaissance writers included Castiglione and Machiavelli
IV. The Arts
Renaissance writers included Castiglione and Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Castiglione