Renaissance Inquiry BookProject

By Nick, Eric, Mark, and Ashley Period 3

Table Of Contents● Chapter 1- Italian

Renaissance Artists○ Michelangelo ○ Leonardo Da Vinci

● Chapter 2- Northern Renaissance Artists

○ Lucas Cranach● Chapter 3- Art

Techniques○ Fresco○ Oil

● Chapter 4○ Compare & Contrast

● Chapter 5- Renaissance Authors

○ Machiavelli○ William

Shakespeare

● Chapter 6- Renaissance Society

○ Aspect of Society

● Chapter 7-Technology

○ Printing Press○ Invention/

Discovery #2● Chapter 8-

○ How is the renaissance linked to modern day?

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Introduction

The Renaissance, French for rebirth, is a re-emergence of humanistic and classical art from Rome. After the Dark Ages, an age of plague and death, a golden age began for Italy. They grew an interest in the Roman humanistic way of thinking and Italian artists, musicians, architects, and writers began to create pieces of art all across Italy keeping those humanistic values in mind. 9 centuries later, the art of the Renaissance is still influential today. In this presentation we will be taking a look at the various artists, writers, and architects that fueled the golden age for Italy.

chapter 1: Renaissance Artists

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance”

-Aristotle

Artist 1: Michaelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was Born March 6th 1475- February 18th 1564. He was a man of many talents, his talents included sculpting, painting, poetry, architect, and an engineer of the high renaissance. He exerted a huge influence on western art. A lot of his work is some of the most prodigious to ever exist. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty. Despite his low opinion of painting, Michelangelo also created two of the most influential works in fresco in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling and The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Artist 2: Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci is the most famous Renaissance Artist there was he made the paintings the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper”. These painting are familiar to everyone and are among the most famous there ever was. He was also every other type of renaissance job. Inventor, Artist, and scientist etc. He was a jack of all trades and for that he was called the Renaissance Man.

Chapter 2: Northern Renaissance Artists

Northern Renaissance Artist: Lucas Cranach

Lucas Cranach the elder was born on October 4th, 1472 died on October 16, 1553. Cranach was a major painter and printmaker, also the father of two painters, Hans and Lucas Cranach the younger. Lucas Cranach the elder has been considered the most successful German artist of his time. One of Lucas’s most prodigious works is, “The Rest of the Virgin during the flight into Egypt”

Chapter 3: Art Techniques

“There is more sensitivity in technique than in the rest of the picture.”

-Georges Brague

technique 1: FrescoA fresco piece is done when pigments are mixed with water and applied to wet plaster. Fresco is durable since it becomes part of the plaster when dried.A major disadvantage is the fact that artists need to work quick before their plaster dries. Fresco paintings tend to be opaque with a matte finish.

Technique 2: OilOil paints were used in Northern Europe during the first half of the fifteenth century until late in the century where Italian artists began to use it. Oil paints are slow drying making it easy to make modifications to the painting. Oil paints also allowed artists to create translucent effects by applying oil as a light glaze. Lastly, Oil paints offered a wide range of colors for artists.

Chapter 5: Renaissance Artists

Machiavelli

Born on May 3rd 1469 in Florence. Niccolò Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy's Florentine Republic during the Medici family's exile.The Medici family returned in 1512, Machiavelli was dismissed and actually jailed. He wrote his most famous work, “The Prince” while he was jailed. In this handbook he talked about how ruthless and how self serving politicians are. This handbook inspired the term “Machiavellian” He attempted to organize a Florentine militia,he was unsuccessful. Machiavelli was tortured, jailed and banished from an active role in political life. He died in the city on June 21, 1527. Ironically his tomb was placed in the city he was banned from.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 april 1564- 23 april 1616) he wrote

very many plays and wrote many books. A few examples are Hamlet, Romeo

and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. These plays and novels are as famous as they

get. He is the most well known writer in the renaissance. His books and plays

are still read to this day.

Aspects Of Society

Aspects of Society in the Renaissance

The aspects of society in the Renaissance were that people focused on themselves rather than religion. They were focused on themselves because religion couldn’t explain the calamities that happened. So during this time period there was a a lot of advancements to help the people they were focusing on. They also were incredibly talented at all kinds of art. In most of their art they made it about the lives of themselves and others. Mostly showing village life.

Chapter 7: Technology

Invention 1:Printing Press

In 1436, Johann Gutenberg invented one of the greatest inventions of all time; the printing press. The printing press allowed the spread of education through books to spread across Italy fueling the Renaissance. This also allowed Bibles to be printed at very fast rates fueling the spread of religion across Italy, particularly Catholicism.

Invention 2:

How is Renaissance Art Linked to Modern Day?The Renaissance had a profound influence on the course of the development of modern American society, culture, and, since it is a natural extension of both, art and architecture. Principles of realism, particularly as they appeared in terms of art and literature have remained vital in all aspects of American society and figures such as Boccaccio, da Vinci, Machiavelli, and others live on and influence the way we view our world today.By introducing a new realism, they allowed the common person to enjoy tales and this tradition has continued in today’s society.With their emphasis on Renaissance humanism and a new, more balanced approach to handling religion, Renaissance artists and writers have shaped the course of Western and American history and thought.

Renaissance Similarities Modern Day

Like now, the Renaissance was a period of time

where technology was

advancing.

Social Mobility was not an option, if you're poor you die poor.

The ways we create art is much more advanced

considering the technology and tools we have

today.

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