Transcript The Art of the Italian Renaissance

The Art of the Italian Renaissance
Global History and Geography – 9
Sachem North High School
What was the Renaissance?
The Renaissance was a time of renewal, a time of
creativity and change
Renaissance means rebirth and Europe was
recovering from the Medieval times with its Dark
Ages and the Black Plague.
People began to put more focus on human beings.
Where did it begin?
•Italy
•Italian Cities
•Major Trading Centers
•Secular-Moved away from life
in the church; started focusing
more on material objects and
enjoying life
Major Italian Cities
During the Middle Ages Italy was made up of
many independent city-states in northern and
central Italy that played an important role in
Italian politics and art during the Renaissance.
Milan
Venice
Genoa
Florence
Milan
One of the richest cities, it controls trade through the Alps.
Venice
Sitting on the Adriatic, it attracts trade from all over the
world.
Florence
Controlled by the Medici Family, who became great
patrons of the arts.
Genoa
Had Access to both sea and overland trade routes
 Italians
were willing to spend a lot of money on art.
Art communicated social, political and
spiritual values.
 Wealthy merchants had the money to support the
arts-patrons.
 Renaissance art reflected the new ideas of the time.
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
Medieval art focused on
the Church and
salvation
Renaissance art focused on
individuals and worldly
matters, along with
Christianity.
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
• embraced some of the ideals of Greece and Rome
• subjects realistic and focused on humanity and emotion
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
Perspective
By making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer, artists
could paint scenes that appeared three dimensional.
Ideas reflected in Renaissance Art

Secularism-focus on the earthly,
the non-religious

Humanism-the intellectual
movement that focused on
worldly subjects rather than on
religious issues
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Individualism-the importance of
the individual.