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The Renaissance Name: Period:

The Renaissance Name: Period: . Renaissance - Defined. Describes the cultural achievements of the 14 th century through the 16 th century; those achievements rest on the economic and political development of earlier centuries. Translated – “ The Rebirth ,” of art learning .

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The Renaissance Name: Period:

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  1. The RenaissanceName:Period:

  2. Renaissance - Defined • Describes the cultural achievements of the 14th century through the 16th century; those achievements rest on the economic and political development of earlier centuries. • Translated – “The Rebirth,” of art learning

  3. Italy Leads the Way • Seafaring cities (Venice and Genoa) profited from the Crusades, oversea trade, ship building.

  4. The Sforza Family of MilanMilan – Trading crossroads from East to West.

  5. The Medici’s of Florence: became the official bankers of the Pope.

  6. *Intellectual Changes* • The New Golden Age, “Revival” of Roman culture • Individualism: stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and full development of one’s capabilities and talents. • Humanism: the study of the literary culture needed by anyone who would be considered educated and civilized. • Secularism: the concern with the material world instead of with the eternal world of spirit.

  7. Characteristics of Renaissance Art 1. Realism & Expression

  8. 2. Perspective • The Trinity • Masaccio • 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

  9. 3. Classicism • Greco-Roman influence. • Secularism. • Humanism. • Individualism  free standing figures. • Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose”Medici “Venus” (1c)

  10. 4. Emphasis on Individualism • Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino • Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

  11. 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures • The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate • Leonardo da Vinci • 1469 • The figure as architecture!

  12. 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Sfumato Chiaroscuro

  13. The Ideal CityPiero della Francesca, 1470

  14. Leonardo, the Artist:From his Notebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

  15. The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 vertical horizontal Perspective!

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