Renaissance

QODYesterday, we looked at art from the Renaissance. What similarities did you see in most of the art? How would you describe Renaissance Art?

The Renaissance:An Overview

What was the Renaissance?

From the Italian word for “to be reborn”

Definition – A rebirth of art, literature, science, and philosophy in Europe during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.

What came out of the Renaissance?Some of the greatest art in history

Great works of literature

A Scientific Revolution

Renaissance Worksheet

What was life like in the Middle Ages?

Lack of Education

All knowledge came from the church

Not much art or literature

What started the Renaissance?

Rediscovery of Greek and Roman TextsHow could this change the way people saw the world?

Why was this a challenge to the church?

Money in Italian city-statesWhy does a city need money for art, literature, and architecture?

Individualism and SecularismWe’ll come back to this later…

The Renaissance Starts in Italy

Italian city-states very richFlorence Cloth

Milan Arms

Venice Trade

Extreme wealth allows for PatronsArtists need to eat too! Patrons gave money.

GeographyPeople in Italy became very interested in Roman and Greek texts…Why?

Italy during the Renaissance

Open your books to page 413. In your notebook, answer the following questions:

1. What geographic advantage did Italy have?

2. Which areas did Genoa trade with?

3. Which areas did Venice trade with?

4. How do you think this helped start the Renaissance?

Four Themes of the Renaissance

Humanism – a cultural and intellectual movement that emphasized literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.

Secularism – a trend away from looking to religion for all answers

Individualism – a concept that values individual creativity and intelligence

Rationality – using reason and logic as the reliable basis for testing any claims of truth

Renaissance Art & Architecture

Renaissance Art:Big Ideas

1. Art was often religious (Christian)“What about secularism Mr. P?”

2. Focus on the Human Form

3. New Artistic Techniques

4. Many Greek and Roman Influences

1. Art was Heavily Religious

While the Renaissance saw an increase in Secularism, the Catholic Church still had all of the money.

They paid some of the great artists to create art for the Church

Many, many paintings of the Madonna

2. Focus on the Human Form

Obsessed with Anatomy

“Perfection in the eyes of God”

3. New Artistic Techniques

Shading

PerspectivePage 414

Lighting

Study of AnatomyMade portraits and sculptures much more realistic

Perspective & The Last Supper

The Last Supper, Da Vinci, 1498

The Last Supper, Castagno, 1447

4. Greek and Roman Influences

Many paintings celebrated great Greek or Roman Thinkers

Often shows people dressed in Greek clothing\

ArchitectureDuring the Middle Ages Gothic Style

Renaissance went back to Greek and Roman Style

Gothic Architecture (Middle Ages)

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Greek Renaissance

Roman

Journal Entry

When people feel stressed, some get angry, some sleep all day, some ignore the things they need to do. Other people get nervous, or cry, or shake. How do you deal with stress?

Famous Art from the Renaissance

The Pieta – Michelangelo

Famous Art from the

Renaissance

David– Michelangelo


Sistine Chapel– Michelangelo


Mona Lisa– Leonardo Da Vinci


The Last Supper – Leonardo Da Vinci


School of Athens– Raphael

Renaissance:Ideas & Science

Key Terms

Humanism

Machiavelli

Shakespeare

Johann Gutenberg

Anatomy

Copernicus

Ptolemy

Galileo

Francis Bacon

Isaac Newton

Humanism

Studied the humanities of Greece and Rome

literature, philosophy, history.

NOT JUST THE CHURCH

Politics: Machiavelli

Wrote “The Prince”Instructions on how to gain and keep power

“Ends justify the Means”

Politics is ruthless, do whatever you must!

Vocab: Machiavellian

Shakespeare

English Playwright

Universal themes for all people

Common language

Printing: Johann Gutenberg

Movable Type

Explosion of PrintingBooks everywhere!

Effects?Literacy goes up!

Use of Common Languages

Medical Anatomy

Autopsies… Studying the bodyScientific Method for Medicine

Astronomy: Copernicus

Ptolemy(90-168 CE)

ROMAN EMPIRE

Geocentric Universe

Copernicus(1473-1543 CE)

Renaissance

Heliocentric Universe

Astronomy: Galileo (1564-1642)

Invented the Telescope

Proved Copernicus right

Catholic Church went after him

Why?

Francis Bacon

Invented (perfected?) Scientific MethodBook – Chapter 12

Isaac Newton

Gravity!

Motion!

Apple Story?

“Father” of the modern field of Physics