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World History I

World History I. Lecture 9.8 Italian Renaissance art and literature. Make sure that you are viewing this in “Slide Show” format. Click on “Slide Show” and push “from beginning”. Move through the presentation by pushing on the “up” and “down” arrows” on your keyboard.

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World History I

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  1. World History I Lecture 9.8 Italian Renaissance art and literature

  2. Make sure that you are viewing this in “Slide Show” format. Click on “Slide Show” and push “from beginning”. Move through the presentation by pushing on the “up” and “down” arrows” on your keyboard Virgin and Child with an Angel early 1470s, SandroBotticeli There are no words to describe the awesomeness of this painting!

  3. Medieval versus Renaissance Art

  4. Medieval versus Renaissance Art(same religious scene in both pictures) Medieval Art Renaissance Art Crucifixion of Jesus 1320-1325 Giatto Pietà 1538-44, Michelangelo

  5. Renaissance accomplishments - Art • The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (1452 to 1519 CE/AD) • David (sculpture) and the ceiling of Sistine Chapel – Michelangelo (1475 to 1564 CE/AD) • Frescoes (complex layered technique with plaster and multiple paints) • realistic sculpture such as David and the Fountain of Neptune (in Florence) Look familiar?

  6. Renaissance accomplishments - literature No … not that type of comedy! • The Divine Comedyand The Inferno, in which vernacular(the native language of Italy) was used by Dante (1265 to 1321) to tell his story • The Prince, written by Machiavelli (1469 to 1527 CE/AD) is a treatise on government written for Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici of Florence and touches on the following ideals: • supporting absolute power, including how to acquire and maintain power; • the end justifies the means; • do good when possible and evil when necessary; and • it’s better to be loved than feared He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command Politics has no relation to morals A Prince never lacks a legitimate reason to break a promise It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver

  7. Renaissance accomplishments - Sonnets • Traditionally, a sonnet is a fourteen-line lyrical poem written in iambic pentameter (a rhythm), which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization. • Petrarch(1307 to 1374 CE/AD) lyrical poet who is considered the “Father of Humanism” • Petrarch's sonnets celebrate the individual person and stimulated the study of Greek, Roman literature, culture Nice outfit dude! Hey Jude, don't make it badTake a sad song and make it betterRemember to let her into your heartThen you can start to make it better (The Beatles – Renaissance men!)

  8. Renaissance accomplishments - Humanism • Humanism is a collection of philosophies and beliefs that focuses on the person both individually and collectively • It fostered the study of Latin, philosophy, rhetoric, composition, and literature an stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture (supported by multiple patrons)

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