The Renaissance

Dawn of a New Age

Renaissance

• Renaissance = “Rebirth”• 1300- Renaissance begins in

city-states of northern Italy

Why Italy?

• Northern Italy was highly urban– 3 cities w/population of 100,000

• Pope and emperor’s had no control over Italy– Holy Roman Emperor defeated

by Italian merchants– Great Schism weakened the

Pope’s power.

Merchants

• Wealthiest and most powerful people in Italy

• Power & wealth earned not inherited

• Took pride in achievements because they earned them

• Spent money lavishly

• How did Italy and merchants set the stage for change?

New Values

• Individualism– Artists, writers & merchants

wanted to be recognized for their accomplishments• Portraits & autobiographies

– Medieval times• Glory be to God

• Revival of classical learning– Humanist

• Someone who studied classical texts

• Type of education every civilized person should have

• All art resembled ancient Greek and Roman works

• Enjoyment of worldly pleasures– Make lots of money & spend lots

of money• Extravagant clothes, art,

ect…– Medieval times

• Live like Jesus (poor and simple)

Ideal Man and Women

• Ideal Man– Educated in the classics– Polite/charming– Ripped out of his mind

• Ideal Women– Educated in classics– Paint– Dance/charming

Giotto & Dante ushered in Renaissance Art

• Giotto di Bondone– Created fresco

• Painting on wet plaster• People in paintings looked

real– Dante Alighieri- The Divine

Comedy• Bridge between Medieval and

Renaissance• Vernacular

– Use of everyday language in writing

• Create a list of 10 attributes that your ideal man/women contain.

• How did the ideal man/women of the renaissance show “rebirth”?

Renaissance Artists

• Florence – Italian city-state– Contained most talented artists

and writers

• Masaccio– Created perspective

• Painting style create depth

Ninja Turtles

• Michelangelo• Raphael• Donatello• Leonardo

Michelangelo

• “David”– Muscular, powerful, “ripped”– Ideal male

Michelangelo

• Sistine Chapel– Spiritual values of Medieval

Europe mixed with new ideals

Raphael

• School of Athens– Humanism

Donatello

• First European sculptor since ancient times to make a large free standing human figure in the nude

Leonardo da Vinci

• Truly a Renaissance man– Master of all trades

• Art, anatomy, mechanics, and biology

• Art– The Last Supper

• Religion + perspective

Da Vinci the scientist

• Believed that things needed to be studied.

• Which is a Da Vinci?

The mind of a genius

• Wealthy wanted to be known as wealthy– Paintings, spices, silks and

profits– Wealthy want new unique things

and explores want to find them.

• Write a paragraph that compares & contrasts Medieval and Renaissance values/ideas

Explain the flow chart of the Renaissance

How Renaissanc

e began

•Italy•Merc

hants

Ideals/

Values of

Renaissanc

e

•Individualism

•Ideal human

Artists/

artwork

•Pieces of art

•How they show new values/techniques