Transcript Renaissance Begins - Oxford School District

Renaissance Begins
Coach Parrish
OMS
Chapter 15, Section 1
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Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa (Louvre, Paris) is one of
the world’s most famous paintings by one
of the world’s most famous painters,
Leonardo da Vinci.
 Da Vinci never truly finished the painting
because of his many other interests such
as science and inventing.
 This story tells a lot about the
Renaissance and its new arts.
 The
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Mona Lisa
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Leonardo da Vinci
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The Renaissance Begins in Italy
Renaissance – widespread change in culture
that took place in Europe between 1300 and
1650. It began in Italy.
 Looking at the map on the next slide, you will
see how Italy’s location allowed it to dominate
trade between Eastern Europe and Asia.
 As the power of Italian cities grew, they became
city-states with no control of a king or the
Church.

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Italy in 1500 AD
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Renaissance Art and Literature
 The
Renaissance is celebrated today for
its stunning artistic works. During the
Middle Ages, art had focused on the
Church. The Renaissance began to
change that focus where art was about
other things.
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Literature
 As
the focus of Italy shifted away from the
Church and feudalism, people began to
look at ancient Roman and Greek texts.
 Humanism – new interest in the classics
such as ancient Greek and Roman texts.
The classical works focused on worldly
things and not religious ones.
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Literature, cont.
 The
first great humanist was Francesco
Petrarch. He was born in 1304 and even
as a child loved the writings of Cicero, the
ancient Roman Senator and great speaker
 Even without the approval of his father,
Petrarch continued to study the writings of
ancient Rome which can be seen in his
famous poems.
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Visual Art
 Medieval
art had dealt mostly with
religious topics. Renaissance artists
began to focus on nature and human
form.
 Leonardo da Vinci was known for his
paintings, but he also produced 4,000
notebook pages of sketches about the
world around him.
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Raphael’s Greatest Work (School of
Athens) Apostolic Palace (Pope’s Home)
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Visual Art, cont.
 The
Renaissance also produced
Michelangelo. His greatest work is
perhaps the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Like the Mona Lisa, it is one of the most
famous paintings in the world.
 In the early 1400s, the sculptor Donatello
worked in Florence, Italy. Donatello’s
most famous sculptures are of the Biblical
figure David.
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Word Association Renaissance Artists & Sculptors
da Vinci - Mona Lisa
 Donatello - Statue of David
 Rafael - School of Athens
 Michelangelo - Painting of the Sistine
Chapel
 Leonardo
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