Chapter 13 Lesson 2: The Italian Renaissance

Chapter 13 Lesson 2: The Italian Renaissance Michelangelo Leonardo Raphael Donatello Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi Cervantes Dante Machiavelli

Main Ideas – Do not include in your notes! • Wealthy patrons provided financial support to fuel the renaissance. • During the Italian Renaissance, artists and writers made many advances in the arts and learning. • The Renaissance witnessed the development of new artistic and engineering techniques.

It Begins in Italy! • Renaissancemeans “rebirth”, refers to the re-interest in classical art and learning in Europe from 1300 – 1600. • Began in Italy and it eventually spread throughout Europe. The Vitruvian Man ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

Why Italy? • Center of the Roman Empire, most works were there. • Center of trade routes which led to the development Statue of David ~ Michelangelo

Florence • Florence became one of Europe's wealthiest & largest cities with over 120,000 people! • A wealthy merchant class developed, which supported the arts. These merchants became patrons Sistine Madonna ~ Raphael

Advances in the Arts • Perspectivewhich produced 3-D works of art. Result, pictures looking more realistic. Marriage of theVirgin ~ Raphael

Leaders of the Renaissance • Leonardo Da Vinci – painter, astronomer, mathematician, biologist, is most known for his paintings: The Last Supper, and the Mona Lisa. • Michelangelo di Buonarroti – sculptor and painter, best known for his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. • Raphael – painter most noted for the elimination of unimportant details, his best known works include The School of Athens.

Leonardo The Last Supper Mona Lisa

Michelangelo Creation of Man ~ Ceiling of Sistine Chapel

Raphael School of Athens

Architecture and Engineering • New techniques for construction building larger and taller buildings. • Noted for domed cathedral the Duomo in Florence. The Duomo Cathedral ~ Florence

Renaissance Writers • Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy which focused on life after death. • Most authors wrote in Latin, Dante published in Italian. The success of his work inspired others to do the same. • Cervantes wrote Man of La Mancha, a famous story of a landowner who imagines he is a Knight and goes on many adventures. • Machiavelli wrote The Prince which is a realistic look at politics and discusses how to gain and hold power. – Famous for “It’s better to be feared than loved”

Daily Life • The Upper Class wanted experience in: Art, Literature, classical thought. • Today someone who is skilled in many areas is known as a “Renaissance Man.” Rich Nobility during England’s Elizabethan Age

Women • Upper Class women gained an education and developed an appreciation for the arts. • Still Women had few political or social rights, and mainly stayed at home, leaving only to go to the market or church.

Other Classes • A middle class society did begin to rise, but still the majority of people were poor. • Renaissance ideas did very little for the poor. Renaissance Peasants

Chapter 13 Lesson 2: The Italian Renaissance