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Painting and Sculpture Were Not the Only Arts Revolutionized During the Renaissance

Painting and Sculpture Were Not the Only Arts Revolutionized During the Renaissance. The Writers of the Renaissance. Machiavelli. Machiavelli was born in Florence Machiavelli was born into a tumultuous era

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Painting and Sculpture Were Not the Only Arts Revolutionized During the Renaissance

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  1. Painting and Sculpture Were Not the Only Arts Revolutionized During the Renaissance The Writers of the Renaissance

  2. Machiavelli • Machiavelli was born in Florence • Machiavelli was born into a tumultuous era • Popes were leading armies, and wealthy city-states of Italy were falling into the hands of foreign powers • It was a time of constantly shifting alliances and governments rising and falling in the space of weeks.

  3. The Prince • Why did Machiavelli write The Prince? • Bitter about invasion by foreigners • Disliked turmoil caused by Spanish and French invasions

  4. The Question • What question did Machiavelli try to answer? • Why did some rulers succeed and others fail? • How can a ruler gain power and keep it despite his enemies?

  5. Strategies • What kinds of strategies did Machiavelli offer rulers? • Be as strong as a lion to fight enemies • Be as shrewd as a fox to outwit enemies • A prince might have to trick his enemies and even his own people for the good of the state. • What phrase is Machiavelli associated with? • The ends justify the means

  6. Machiavelli’s Legacy • What has Machiavelli’s name come to stand for? • Trickery and double-dealing • What was Machiavelli like himself? • Upright, honest and religious

  7. Dante’s Divine Comedy was very influential during the Renaissance Like Machiavelli and Castiglione, Dante Was an Important Renaissance Writer…

  8. In The Divine Comedy Dante describes adventures in three different settings: • Paradise • Purgatory • Inferno

  9. In the story, Dante is accompanied on his trip by Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-53) and Virgil (70 B.C-19 B.C). • Both of these men are classical writers • How does this story reflect the Values of the Renaissance?

  10. What is vernacular? Vernacular is the language commonly used by average people Before the Divine Comedy, poets wrote in a style which was not accessible to “regular” people. Dante uses vernacular for the first time How would using vernacular encourage the spread of Renaissance ideas?

  11. The Northern Renaissance

  12. Objectives • Explain how the Renaissance spread. • Compare & contrast the It. Ren. w/the N. Ren.

  13. Where it all began • Flanders • Not this Flanders • BUT……. This Flanders

  14. Johann Gutenberg • Printing Press • Produce books 500x faster • Books were cheaper • Non-religious books were printed

  15. Vernacular • Everyday language of the people in a country or region, as distinct from official or formal language

  16. Trade • Pop. begins to increase = • Trade increases • Diffusion of Culture • Ideas spread

  17. Writers of the Northern Renaissance • By 1500s, Renaissance ideas began to spread throughout Europe • In the Northern Renaissance, writers focused more on ethics than they did in Italy

  18. Writers of the Northern Renaissance • Thomas More (1478-1535) • Wrote Utopia • Wrote about Ideal society • Ideal society was classless, all things were owned by everyone

  19. Writers of the Northern Renaissance Erasmus (1466-1536) • Wrote Praise of Folly • Satirized human stupidity, greed and intolerance • Made fun of the teachings of the church • Satire: use of irony and sarcasm to make fun of the world

  20. Writers of the Northern Renaissance • William Shakespeare (1564-1616) • 1 of the greatest playwrights of all time • An influence on the language of Eng. • Invented words like • amazement • dislocated • lackluster • premeditated

  21. Renaissance Art in Northern Europe • Italy change inspired by humanism • emphasis on revival of the values of classic Greece & Rome. • No. Europe  change driven by religious reform • return to Christian values • Interest in landscapes. • emphasis on middle-class/peasant life.

  22. Jan van Eyck • Jan van Eyck • created realistic images • Very detailed • Used subtle colors

  23. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife(Wedding Portrait)Jan Van Eyck1434

  24. Jan van Eyck - Giovanni Arnolfini & His Wife (details)

  25. Massys’ The Moneylender & His Wife, 1514

  26. Hans Holbein, the Younger (1497-1543) • One of the great German artists • Henry VIII was his patron • Great portraitist noted for: • Doesn’t conceal the weaknesses of his subjects.

  27. Hans Holbein the Younger • Paintings of the British royal family in almost photographic detail. • The Tudors (British Royal Family) Henry VIII Jane Seymour

  28. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) • A master of landscapes; not a portraitist. • People in his works often have round, blank, faces. • They are expressionless, mindless, and sometimes malicious. • They are types, rather than individuals. • Their purpose is to convey a message.

  29. Bruegel’s, Tower of Babel, 1563

  30. Bruegel’s, Mad Meg, 1562

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