Transcript Renaissance
Renaissance re·nais·sance \ ren-ə-’sän(t)s According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: 1. The transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science. WHAT?! 2. A movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity. 3. Rebirth, Revival Renaissance 1450 - 1600 People became curious about the world around them and began to ask “Why?” and “How?” This “Rebirth” brought about advances in science, art, philosophy, exploration and discovery. Renaissance 1450 - 1600 “Renaissance curiosity led artists to dissect cadavers, explorers to travel the world, clerics and lay people to question the authority of the church and Leonardo da Vinci to question everything,” (Ferris, 99). Renaissance 1450 - 1600 INDIVIDUALISM: new selfawareness and self-assurance HUMANISM: importance of having knowledge and skills in many different areas (languages, literature, philosophy) Renaissance History 1440 1452 1465 1469 1478 1583 – 1486 1485 1492 1503 1508 1517 1519 1522 1525 1547 1564 1567 1584 1590 Gutenberg invents printing with movable type Leonardo da Vinci is born First printed music Machiavelli is born Spanish Inquisition Da Vinci sketches early helicopter Boticelli paints The Birth of Venus Columbus arrives in America Nostradamus is born Michelangelo Buonarroti paints the Sistine Chapel Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses Cortez conquers Mexico Magellan circumnavigates the globe Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is born Miguel de Cervantes is born Shakespeare is born Claudio Monteverdi is born Sir Walter Raleigh discovers Virginia Zacharias and Hans Janssen invent the microscope Renaissance Art Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance artistic characteristics Light and Dimension Intrigued by the lines and structure of the human body Renaissance Art The Ambassadors, Hans Holbein the Younger Renaissance artistic characteristics Light and Dimension Intrigued by the lines and structure of the human body Renaissance Art The Adoration of the Magi, Sandro Boticelli Renaissance artistic characteristics Light and Dimension Intrigued by the lines and structure of the human body Renaissance Architecture Ca’ d’Oro Italian Gothic, Venice, 1422-1440 Renaissance Architecture Palace of Charles V Pedro Machuca 1485 - 1550 Renaissance Architecture Piazza del Campidoglio Michelangelo Buonarotti 1538 Renaissance Sculpture Stucco Relief Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence, Donatello Renaissance Sculpture Stemma of San Michele Luca Della Robbia Renaissance Sculpture Moses Michelangelo Buonarotti Renaissance Sacred Music Josquin des Prez 1445? – 1521 Considered by his contemporaries to be the greatest composer who had ever lived Perfected the technique of imitative polyphony Wrote mostly systematic, controlled religious music Renaissance Sacred Music Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1524? – 1594 Assimilated Josquin’s techniques and adapted them to his own style Wrote mostly systematic, controlled religious music Implied homophonic textures Renaissance Sacred Music Brought about the protestant reformation Believed that church congregations should be able to participate in the service through singing and that some of the singing should be in the language of the congregation Introduced the Chorale Martin Luther 1483 – 1546 Renaissance Secular Music Secular (Non-religious) music was also composed during the renaissance. Madrigals were the Popular music of the day. Madrigals Madrigals were sung in the language of the singers. Madrigal texts described pastoral scenes and affairs of the heart Word painting and extreme emotional states were dramatically portrayed Madrigals were sung at social gatherings by small groups Renaissance Authors Miguel de CERVANTES (1547-1616) Don Quixote de la Mancha has been the subject of several musicalizations including an opera by Manuel de Falla, a ballet by Ludwig Minkus and a Broadway musical by Mitch Leigh. Renaissance Authors William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616 Wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and numerous other poems Coined the following words and phrases: accessible, amazement, assassination, barefaced, bedazzle, belongings, circumstantial, courtship, critical, dewdrop, downstairs, employer, epileptic, exposure, fairyland, fanged, fashionable, frugal, homely, impartial, ladybird, lament, leapfrog, majestic, moonbeam, paternal, puke, rant, reclusive, roadway, sacrificial, schoolboy, silliness, useful, vulnerable, watchdog, zany His plays have been the basis for numerous operas, musicals, and ballets.