Agenda

1. Agenda 9-13-10

2. Quiz! • What is a fresco painting? • List one characteristic of Renaissance style art. • How did Renaissance architecture differ from earlier Medieval architecture? • Which High Renaissance artist was responsible for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? • T or F – Like Italian artists, the Northern Renaissance artists painted large frescoes in their cathedrals. • T or F – Most northern artists rejected the use of minute detail. • T or F – Both Northern and Italian Renaissance art included religious themes. • Who was the father of Italian Renaissance humanism? • What is the significance of Christine de Pizan? • The frescoes painted by ________ are regarded as the first masterpieces of early Renaissance art.

3. Quiz Answers! • A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints. • Increased attention to human movement and anatomy and technical use of perspective. Realism. • Inspired by buildings in classical Rome; sought to reflect a more human-centered world. • Michelangelo • False • True • True • Petrarch • She defended women with her writing • Masaccio

4. Da Vinci and Boticelli – Italian Artists

5. Inspired by Massaccio – Frescoe Art

6. Sistine Chapel Pics

7. Italian Renaissance art • New techniques in Painting • 3-D paintings-perspectives • Fresco paintings- painting done on fresh wet plaster ,with water based paints. • Masaccio • Sculpture and architecture • The church creates space to fit human and no divine needs • They were inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome

8. High Renaissance masters • Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapels. • Jan van Eyck , famous northern painter. • Smaller more detailed painting because the amount of space in Cathedrals.

9. Homework – Read and start taking notes on chapter 5, section 3 (176 – 178). Quiz weds. • In your opinion, what makes a good religious leader (a priest, a bishop or a pastor)? What characteristics should he or she possess? Should he or she have responsibilities in the community? • Short clip on Martin Luther and the Reformation • Notes – 5.2, The Protestant Reformation

10. Italian Renaissance Art • Frescoes by Masaccio are the first masterpieces of Early Renaissance. • Frescoe –Is a painting done on fresh wet plaster with water-based paints. • There are 2 developments. One development stressed the technical side of painting – understanding the laws of perspective and the organization of outdoor space and light through geometry. The second development was the investigation of movement and human anatomy. • The architect and sculptures copied ancient Greece and Rome

11. The High Renaissance, 1490 – 1520 the period was associated with Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. • Used realism • The most important northern school of art was in Flanders. • Used oil painting, perspective and small details

12. The Protestant Reformation • Prelude to Reformation • Spread of Christian Humanism • Goal was to reform the Catholic Church • Christian Humanism = people have the ability to improve themselves AND the church through education • Wanted people to be pious – have inner religious feelings • Desiderius Erasmus • Going through the motions to be “saved” was not good enough. • Erasmus believed people needed to live good lives every day.

13. Wrote Praise of Folly in 1509; criticized parts of society he wanted reformed. Especially monks! • Erasmus’ goal was to reform the Catholic church, not break away from it. Paved way for reformation.

14. Need for Reform • Renaissance Popes = super corrupt • More concerned with being political rulers than spiritual rulers • Priests were ignorant of their spiritual duties • Regular people wanted salvation – acceptance into heaven. • Priests started selling indulgences – excused people from sins and guaranteed them a free ride to heaven.