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REDISCOVERY of Greek and Roman Ideas

REDISCOVERY of Greek and Roman Ideas. Rediscovery. During the Renaissance, many artists, philosophers, political figures, looked to the past for information, especially the Greeks and the Romans. They looked at: Art Buildings (Structures) Philosophy Literature Sculpture .

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REDISCOVERY of Greek and Roman Ideas

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  1. REDISCOVERY of Greek and Roman Ideas

  2. Rediscovery • During the Renaissance, many artists, philosophers, political figures, looked to the past for information, especially the Greeks and the Romans. • They looked at: • Art • Buildings (Structures) • Philosophy • Literature • Sculpture

  3. Classical Greek • Literature • Homer’s Epic Poems • The Iliad • The Odyssey • Sculptures • Realism of the art • Philosophy • Hellenistic Philosophy • Studying of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato

  4. Classical Greek Literature • Iliad- Epic Poem about King Agamemnon and Achilles and the battle of Troy • 10 year war for Helen • Odyssey- Focuses on Odysseus and his journey home after the battle of Troy. • How does it tie into Renaissance • Petrarch studies the ancient poems and tries to create his own… he fails • Shakespeare studies Homer and other epic poems.

  5. Classical Greek SculptureVRenaissance Sculpture Discobolus David

  6. Renaissance Sculpture Homer Pieta

  7. Greek Sculpture affects Renaissance • Renaissance Sculptures were: • Realistic or Realism • Larger • Emotion

  8. Classical Greek Philosophy • Hellenistic Philosophy- Blending and studying of multiple cultures philosophy • Politics • Social Classes • Religion

  9. Greek Philosophers lend Renaissance men a hand • Socrates, Plato, Aristotle's teaching on politics, physics, and geology help reach out to a Renaissance audience of: • Niccolo Machiavelli • Galileo • Thomas More • Issac Newton

  10. Classical Rome • Architecture • The Coliseum • The Pantheon • Tower of Hercules • Bathes of Diocletian • Art • Triumphal Paintings • SeveranTondo

  11. Classical Rome V Renaissance Baths of Diocletian Sistine Chapel

  12. Classical Rome Art VRenaissance Art SeveranTondo Mona Lisa

  13. Classical Rome influences on the Renaissance • Buildings consisted of • Pillars • Columns • Vaulted Ceilings • Dome Roofs • Large Vaulted Doorways • Art • Realism • Humanism

  14. Venn Diagram • Create a Venn Diagram between Roman, Greek, and Renaissance ideas. • Three ideas per circle • Two ideas per sharing circle • One Idea per triple sharing circle

  15. Triple Venn Diagram

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