the renaissance
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The Renaissance
A Transformation of Europe
Why does the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Economic Concepts:Letters of Credit = expand money supply & expedite
trade
Economic Concepts:New accounting &
bookkeeping practices (use of Arabic Numerals)
Florence, Venice & Genoa
Had access to trade routes connecting Europe with Middle Eastern markets
Florence, Venice & Genoa
Served as trade centers for distribution of goods to
Northern Europe
Florence, Venice & Genoa
Were initially independent city-states governed as
republics
What is the connection between the increased wealth and emergence of the Renaissance in Italy?
What event/events (couple centuries before) helped contribute to the advantageous financial position of Florence, Venice, Genoa? How?
Italian Renaissance
Northern Renaissance Northern Renaissance
Johann Gutenberg William ShakespeareErasmus
Merging artistic styles
The Medici Family
Machiavelli
Humanism•The focus on human potential and achievements•Humanists sought to understand classical values•Influenced artists to carry on classical traditions
Michelangelo
New artistic techniques
Realism
vernacular
Perspective
Petrarch – 1304 - 1375
Leonardo da Vinci – 1452 - 1519
- wrote The PrinceSupported absolute power of rulerEnd justifies meansDo good if possible; evil if necessaryIt better to be feared than loved
•Powerful family in Florence Italy•Patrons of the arts•Intent on creating centers of commerce, education, & arts
“Renaissance Man”Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist, writerPainted Mona Lisa & Last Supper
Painted ceiling of Sistine ChapelSculptor of David
“Father of Humanism”Wrote many Italian & Latin sonnets
Writing in native language as opposed to Latin
•Showing 3 dimensions•Depth of field
Depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life; not idealistic
1440 – he creates movable typeThen invents the Printing Press1455 – Gutenberg Bible = 1st full-sized book printed -Literacy & access to books increased
Christian humanist writerFamous work = The Praise of FollyChristianity of the heart not ceremony
English poet & playwrightMany famous poems, comedies and tragedies.A Midsummer Night’s DreamHamlet
Mergence of humanist ideas and ChristianityPortrayed religious and secular subjects
The Medici family were patrons of the arts. Their patronage (support) of the arts helped start the Renaissance.
Niccolo MachiavelliAuthor of The Prince
How to be an effective ruler:
“It is better to be feared than loved”
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo’s sculpture of David
Petrarch – “Father of Humanism”
Perfected the art of writing sonnets in Latin and Italian.
Leonardo da Vinci – “Renaissance Man”
da Vinci’s Last Supper
da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
Gutenberg Printing Press
Renaissance Art – vivid color,3 dimensions = perspective
Renaissance art- showing perspective (depth of field)
Raphael’s School of Athens
Raphael’s School of Athens
1: Zeno of Citium 2: Epicurus 3: (Federico II of Mantua?) 4: Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles? 5: Averroes 6: Pythagoras 7: Alcibiades or Alexander the Great? 8: Antisthenes or Xenophon? 9: Hypatia (Francesco Maria della Rovere?) 10: Aeschines or Xenophon? 11: Parmenides? 12: Socrates 13: Heraclitus (Michelangelo) 14: Plato (Leonardo da Vinci) 15: Aristotle 16: Diogenes 17: Plotinus (Donatello?) 18: Euclid or Archimedes with students (Bramante)? 19: Zoroaster 20: Ptolemy? R: Apelles (Raphael) 21: Protogenes (Il Sodoma, Perugino, or Timoteo Viti)[12]
Focal point of Raphael’s School of Athens
Plato and Aristotle