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WHAT WAS “REBORN” IN THE RENAISSANCE?

WHAT WAS “REBORN” IN THE RENAISSANCE?. A cultural movement arose in northern Italy in the late 14 th century to challenge the central doctrines of medieval “scholasticism” and the conventions of medieval art .

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WHAT WAS “REBORN” IN THE RENAISSANCE?

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  1. WHAT WAS “REBORN” IN THE RENAISSANCE? A cultural movement arose in northern Italy in the late 14th century to challenge the central doctrines of medieval “scholasticism” and the conventions of medieval art. • Scholars began to study ancient Greek and Hebrew as well as Latin, and to emphasize the importance of “the humanities.” • The scholastics used Aristotle to define the one “correct” answer to every question, but Renaissance “humanists” understood that ancient authorities often quarreled with each other. • Artists rediscovered the ancient love of the beauty of nature and powerful techniques to depict them.

  2. Dominant powers in Italy in 1494:Republic of VeniceRepublic of GenoaRepublic of FlorenceDuchy of MilanPapal StatesNaples & Sicily

  3. “Charlemagne Window,” Chartres Cathedral, c. 1225:Emperor Constantine greets Charlemagne (medieval Europeans lacked a sense of history)

  4. Dante (1265-1321) and his “Inferno”(following the teaching of “scholasticism”)

  5. Petrarch (1304-1374), “father of humanism,” and his MS. of the poetry of Virgil

  6. Petrarch, “On His Own Ignorance andThat of Many Others” (1368) • [Petrarch replies to his critics, who argue for the superiority of the study of “philosophy”:] “I have read all of Aristotle’s moral books…. Sometimes I have become more learned through them, but not better, not so good as I ought to be…. I see virtue, and all that is peculiar to vice as well, very well defined and distinguished by him and treated with penetrating insight. When I learn all this, I know a little bit more than I knew before, but mind and will remain the same as they were, and I myself remain the same…. What is the use of knowing what virtue is if it is not loved when known? What is the use of knowing sin if it is not abhorred?” Petrarch argued for study of the HUMANITIES, i.e., languages, rhetoric, literature, and history. His favorite author was the great orator and statesman, Cicero.

  7. Pico della Mirandola(1463-1494),fluent in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic,star of the Platonic Academy of Florence (founded by Lorenzo de Medici in 1464, led by Marsilio Ficino).Pico published his “Oration on the Dignity of Man” in 1486

  8. Raphael, The School of Athens (Vatican, 1509)

  9. Plato & Aristotle

  10. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

  11. A medieval Madonna and Child (by Duccio, late 13th century),painted against the gold background of heaven, situated in eternity

  12. Medieval art often sought to tell stories:Simone Martini, Blessed Agostino Novello Altarpiece, Siena, 1324

  13. Florence: The Palazzo Vecchio and Duomo

  14. The Pantheon in Rome, built 118-128 A.D.Since then nobody had built a dome in Europe.

  15. Interior of the Pantheon

  16. The Dome of the Cathedral of Florence (1420-36), designed by Filippo Brunelleschi

  17. Giotto, “The Kiss of Judas” (1305)

  18. Masaccio,The Trinity(1425-28):Fresco in Santa Maria Novella, Florence

  19. The “vanishing point:”Masaccio’s scheme of perspective for “The Trinity”

  20. Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks (ca. 1485)

  21. Map of Tuscany, drawn for Cesare Borgia by Leonardo in 1502

  22. Raphael(1484-1520),The Canigiani Madonna (1507)

  23. Venus de Milo(Greek marble statue of Aphrodite, ca. 100 B.C.)

  24. Michelangelo, David(1504):Mascot of theRepublic of Florence

  25. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE REPUBLIC OF FLORENCE 13th century: pro-papal Guelphs vs. pro-German Ghibellines (exile of Dante) 1378: Revolt by the proletarian wool-combers to demand inclusion in the guild system. 1462-92: Effective rule by the “first citizen,” Lorenzo de Medici, Lorenzo “the Magnificent” 1494: Exile of Piero de Medici and restoration of the Republic 1502-09: Height of Machiavelli’s influence (embassy to Cesare Borgia; conquest of Pisa) 1511/12: Triumphant return of the Medici & exile for Machiavelli (who then wrote The Prince) 1527: Medici banished again; Republic revived 1537: Medici return; Florence becomes a hereditary duchy

  26. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527):Appointed secretary to the Florentine Chancery, 1498; banished by the Medici in 1512

  27. The execution of Savonarola in 1498

  28. Pope Alexander VI (Borgia), reigned 1492-1503

  29. Cesare Borgia (1475-1507) “Portrait of a Woman” (Lucrezia Borgia? 1480-1519)

  30. Raphael, Portrait of Pope Julius II (1511/12):The warrior pope, nearing death

  31. Medal of Pope Julius II (1506), with plan for a newSt. Peter’s Cathedral

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