Welcome to the Renaissance The Rebirth of Art

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Welcome to the RenaissanceThe Rebirth of Art
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Renaissance

• Renaissance means rebirth.
• It began in Italy around 1350.
• Why England and France still fighting 100 years
  war
• Italy had 2 major seaports, Venice and Genoa and
  2 other important cities, Florence and Rome

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• 1348 Bubonic Plague hit Italy hard but they
  recovered quickly.
• New Values
• Desire for Fame. Signed their artwork.
• 2 new artforms, Portraits and Autobiographies
• Love of classical learning. Despised anything
  from the Middle Ages.

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• Humanists scholars who studies Greek and Roman
  texts.
• Enjoyment of Worldly Pleasures
• It was OK to enjoy life here on earth and not
  wait for rewards in heaven.
• New Ideals
• Renaissance Man can do everything well

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• 1. Learned
• 2. Athletic
• 3. Musical
• 4. Artistic
• An example is Leonardo da Vinci.

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Humanism

• Francisco Petrarch father of Humanism
• Felt mastery of Latin was the mark of a learned
  man
• Believed the Romans were the best example of
  ethical behavior
• Most famous Italian Renaissance writer was
  Machiavelli. He wrote The Prince power counts
  more than ideals - a guidebook for rulers.

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Art

• Masaccio developed perspective which gives the
  appearance of distance
• Donatellos statue of David showed man as he
  really was scientific naturalism.

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The Bust of Hadriancreated during the Roman
Empire
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Madonna with Childby Giotto
Medieval Transitional Artist
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Giottos Madonna With Child
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The Last Supperby Giotto
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Adoration of the Magiby Masaccio
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Davidby Donatello
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David by Michelangelo
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David
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The Altar of the Sistine Chapelby Michelangelo
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapelby Michelangelo
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The Pietaby Michelangelo
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Vatican GuardsCostumes designed by Michelangelo
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Painters of the High Renaissance

• Period of time when the art that was created was
  of such quality it has never been surpassed.
• Michelangelo David, the Pieta, Ceiling of the
  Sistine Chapel
• Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper, Mona Lisa

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• Raphael The School of Athens, noted for his
  madonnas
• Titian The Assumption of the Virgin

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The Assumption of the Virgin
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The School of Athensby Raphael Sanzio
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By Raphael Sanzio
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Portrait of Cardinal Alidosiby Raphael Sanzio
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Madonna with Childby Raphael Sanzio
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Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael
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Madonna with Childby Leonardo di Vinci
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Self Portrait and La Gioconda
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Mona Lisa at the Louvre
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Last Supperby Leonardo da Vinci
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The Virgin on the Rocks by da Vinci(Da Vinci
Code Scene)
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St. Peters Bascillica
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Florence
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The Duomo in Florenceby Brunelleschi
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Giottos Bell Tower
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Ghiberti Doors
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Pisa - Romanesque
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Northern Renaissance

• Late 1400s spread to England, France, Germany
  Flanders
• 1450 population on the rise after the plague
• After 100 Years War ended cities grew rapidly
• Happened in Flanders first because of long
  distance trade and the cloth industry
• Mingled with northern traditions

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Albrecht Durerstudied in Italy then went back to
GermanyNoted for realism
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Durers Hare
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Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyck
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The Ambassadors by Holbein
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Anne of Cleves Erasmusby Holbein
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• Johann Gutenburg movable type. First book he
  printed was the Bible
• Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince
• Giovannie Boccaccio The Decameron
• Erasmus In Praise of Folly very critical of
  the Church
• Thomas More Utopia perfect society criticizes
  English society of the day
• William Shakespeare - Hamlet, Julius Caesar,
  Romeo and Juliet

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• Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote