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Renaissance

Renaissance. Ca 1430-1550. Define :. Duh…rebirth… What does that mean?. About the Renaissance. Began in Italy Chief patrons were merchants So, why there? Spread North Transformed as it moved Aggressively applied humanist ideas to the Church Two prongs: Italian and Northern Renaissance.

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Renaissance

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  1. Renaissance Ca 1430-1550

  2. Define: • Duh…rebirth… • What does that mean?

  3. About the Renaissance • Began in Italy • Chief patrons were merchants • So, why there? • Spread North • Transformed as it moved • Aggressively applied humanist ideas to the Church • Two prongs: Italian and Northern Renaissance

  4. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • Use of dimension • Strive for realism • Biblical OR mythological themes • Importance of the individual

  5. Giotto “The Adoration of the Magi” 1304-1306. Fresco. Capella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Italy

  6. Masaccio • Saint Peter Baptizingfrom The Brancacci Chapel,1424-28fresco 247x172 cmSanta Maria del Carmine, Florence

  7. Botticelli • The Birth of Venus

  8. Da Vinci • Vitruvian Man • Fetus in Womb

  9. The Virgin on the Rocks, c. 1485

  10. Rafael • School of Athens, 1509-1511

  11. Michelangelo • 1501-04, marble, 13' 5" high, Florence

  12. Sistine Chapel, 1508-12, fresco, 5800 square feet

  13. Titian

  14. Durer Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, c. 1497-8, woodcut, 15"x 11"

  15. Writers… • Petrarch • Macchiavelli • Erasmus • Sir Thomas Moore • Dante

  16. …so, it means what? • “The term ‘Renaissance’ captures contemporaries’ sense that they were making a break with the church-centered medieval world and establishing a new concept of man as the center of the world.” ~~Robert Tignor, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

  17. What were some results? • Increased • Education • Power of national government • Creative writing • Decreased • Power of pope

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