1. THE RENAISSANCE

2. RENAISSANCE:
Historical period in Europe from about where a renewed interest in the classical culture of Greece and Rome led to changes in art, learning, and worldviews.

3. Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
1.) History – ruins from ancient Rome
2.) Thriving Cities – key location for trade; exchange of ideas
3.) Wealthy merchant class – dominated politics in Italian city-states

4. The Medici Ruled Florence during the 1400s Bankers/trade
Helped further the Renaissance by supporting the arts in Florence (patron)
Florence became the symbol of the Renaissance
Poets, artists, architects, scientists…

5. New Views of the Renaissance
Humanism – focus on human potential & achievement
(Petrarch)
Secularism – worldliness (enjoying life in the here and now)

6. Renaissance Architecture
Return from the Gothic style of the Middle Ages to the Classical styles of Early Greece and Rome.
Architecture became simpler, more symmetrical: columns, arches, domes

11. New Techniques
Perspective: The linear representation of distance and space on a flat surface.
How? By making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer. Gives the illusion of depth.

12. Examples of Perspective

13. The Geniuses of Renaissance Art
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello

14. Leonardo da Vinci Painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist Mona Lisa
The Last Supper

15. The Last Supper

17. Michelangelo Famous works include: Pieta statue of David
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

18. Pieta

19. Statue of David

20. Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

21. Raphael A student of Leonardo and Michelangelo Famous painting:
The School of Athens

22. The School of Athens

23. Donatello Most famous for his sculptures
Most famous is his bronze statue of David