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The Renaissance

The Renaissance. The Renaissance. The growth of cities and trade gradually broke up feudalism. Merchant families used their wealth to help artists and scholars explore new ways of thinking. This was the beginning of a new golden age of art, literature, and science.

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The Renaissance

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  1. The Renaissance

  2. The Renaissance • The growth of cities and trade gradually broke up feudalism. • Merchant families used their wealth to help artists and scholars explore new ways of thinking. • This was the beginning of a new golden age of art, literature, and science. • Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.”

  3. The Renaissance • “Rebirth” of classics – (Greeks & Romans) Europeans studied Aristotle and Plato again • A new way of thinking, humanism, focused on life in the present and emphasized individual achievements. • “Rebirth” in education, change, and hope • Beginning of scientific thought

  4. Where did the Renaissance begin?

  5. Renaissance Artists • Created lifelike paintings and • sculptures from studying • human anatomy • An inventor, engineer and • naturalist • A true “Renaissance Man” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

  6. Legacy • Only 17 paintings • Notebooks with drawings of unfinished works: • Submarine • Flying machine • Parachute • …And much more….

  7. The Mona Lisa

  8. The Last Supper

  9. "Farò carri coperti, securi e inoffensibili; e quali intrando intra li nimici con le sue artiglierie, non è si grande moltitudine di gente d'arme che non rompessimo. E dietro a questi potranno seguire fanterie assai illese e sanza alcuno impedimiento."(I shall make covered chariots, that are safe and cannot be assaulted; cars which fear no great numbers when breaking through the ranks of the enemy and its artillery. Behind them, the infantrymen shall follow, without fearing injury or other impediments).

  10. Renaissance Artists • Painter and sculptor • Expressed human emotion (anger/sorrow/strength) in art • Most famous work is the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome – took over 4 years. • David sculpture famous Michelangelo (Buonarotti) 1475-1564

  11. MichelangeloBuonarroti

  12. Michelangelo’s David – a sculpture of David right before he was to fight Goliath (that’s a sling shot he’s holding over his shoulder).

  13. St. Peter’s Basilica • (He was one of the architects)

  14. Sistine Chapel

  15. Sistine Chapel ceiling

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