Transcript The Renaissance

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BACKGROUND
The Renaissance - a time of renewal
Renaissance
=
rebirth
Europe was recovering from the Dark Ages and the
plague.
People had lost their
faith in the church
and began to put
more focus on human
beings.
The Transition
From This…
To This.
Renaissance Art
• Famous artists include
Michaelangelo, Da
Vinci, Raphael, and
Van Eyck
• Subjects were realistic
and focused on
humanity and emotion
• Renaissance artists
embraced some of the
ideals of Greece and
Rome in their art.
• Private value of art
Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is
considered to be one of the most inspired men
who ever lived
David
Michelangelo
created his
masterpiece
David in
1504.
Sistine Chapel
About a year after creating
David, Pope Julius II
summoned Michelangelo to
Rome to work on his most
famous project, the ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel.
Creation of Eve
Creation of Adam
Separation of Light and Darkness
The Last Judgment
La Pieta 1499
Marble Sculpture
Realism? Humanity? Emotion?
1452-1519
Painter, Sculptor,
Architect, Engineer,
Anatomist, Inventor
Renaissance MAN!
Vitruvian Man
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Da Vinci Code… Mary Magdalene? John?
Notebooks
Raphael
Painter
1483-1520
The School of Athens
Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
Socrates
Raphael (back)
Euclid
Zoroaster & Ptolemy
Jan Van Eyck
Portrait of
Giovanni Arnolfini
and his Wife
(1434)
Northern
Renaissance
Van Eyck
Portrait of
Giovanni
Arnolfini and
his Wife
(detail)
Political Ideas of the Renaissance
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
Machiavelli believed:
1. Better for a ruler to be feared than
to be loved
2. Ruler should be quick and
decisive in decision making
3. Ruler keeps power by any means
necessary
4. The end justifies the means
5. Be good when possible, and evil
when necessary
Macbeth alludes to many of
Machiavelli’s ideas.
The English Renaissance
A bit late onto the scene…
from about 1520-1620
Why did it come about?
• Relative peace under Tudor Reign (Eliz. I)
A celebration of?
A reaction to?
An acknowledgement of?
• Renaissance in the rest of Europe?
• (end of) plague?
• Hundred Years’ War (War of Roses) 15th C.?
• Church corruption?
Features of The English Renaissance
A.K.A. The Elizabethan Age
• Primarily in literature
and music
• Celebrated the
individual.
• Return to classical
Greek and Roman
literature and culture.
Features of The English Renaissance
• Primarily in
literature and music.
• Music
– Tallis, Morley, Byrd
• Literature
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William Shakespeare
John Milton
Wyatt/Sidney
Ben Jonson
Sir Thomas More
Edmund Spenser
Features of The English Renaissance
• Primarily in literature
and music.
• Celebrated the
individual.
- Power
- Weakness
- Agency
Features of The English Renaissance
• Primarily in literature
and music.
• Celebrated the
individual.
• Return to classical
Greek and Roman
literature and
culture.
“Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts
And eloquence.” - Milton
Sir Thomas More
English Humanist
Wrote: Utopia
A book about a perfect society
Believed men and women live
in harmony. No private
property, no one is lazy, all
people are educated and the
justice system is used to end
crime instead of executing
criminals.
The Impact and Themes of the
Renaissance
Man’s Capability to affect
Potential
of Man.
To be good.
To be evil.
Bibliography
Images from:
Corbis.com
Web Gallery of Art
www.wga.hu