Transcript Renaissance 1400-1700 There are in history ever-so

 Vitruvian
Man
 Leonardo da
Vinci
 1492
The
L’uomo
universale
The Renaissance “Man”
 Broad knowledge about many
things in different fields.
 Deep knowledge/skill in one area.
 Able to link information from
different areas/disciplines and
create new knowledge.
 The Greek ideal of the “wellrounded man” was at the heart of
Renaissance education.
Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512
 Artist
 Sculptor
 Architect
 Scientist
 Engineer
 Inventor
1452 - 1519
Leonardo, the Sculptor
 An
Equestrian
Statue
 15161518
Leonardo, the Architect:
Pages from his Notebook
Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.
Leonardo, the Scientist: Biology:
( Pages from his Notebook
An example of
the humanist
desire to
unlock the
secrets of
nature.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy):
Pages from his Notebook
Leonardo, the Inventor:
his Notebook
Pages from
Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook
A study of siege
defenses.
Studies of water-lifting
devices.
Leonardo, the Artist:
From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages (15081519)
Leonardo,
the Artist
 The Virgin
of the Rocks
 Leonardo da
Vinci
 1483-1486
Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503-4
A Macaroni Mona
A Picasso Mona
An Andy Warhol Mona
A “Mona”ca Lewinsky
Mona Lisa OR da Vinci??
Refractory
Convent of
Santa
Maria delle
Grazie
Milan
The Last Supper - da
Vinci, 1498
& Geometry
vertical
The Last Supper - da Vinci,
1498
horizontal
Perspective!
A Da Vinci “Code”:
St. John or Mary Magdalene?
Ninja Turtles
Donatelo
Leonardo Da Vinci
Raphael Sanzio
Michelango
Michelangelo
Patron: Medici Family
Michelangelo
was
24 years old
when he
completed the
Pieta
Pieta
Michelangelo, 1498-99
Michelangelo completed
this in his 20s.
Statue is given a place
of honor outside
Florence’s Palazzo
Vecchio, the seat of
the Medici gov’t
Other sculptors were
envious of
Michelangelo’s
success. They
persuaded
Pope Julius II to
commission
him to paint the ceiling
b/c it would eliminate
him from the
competition in the
world of sculpture.
Everyone expected him
to fail.
It took Michelangelo 4 years of painting on
a scaffold to complete the work.
The Sistine Chapel Details
Creation of Man
Raphael
Madonna and Child
School of Athens, Raphael
 Raphael worked on this commission simultaneously as
Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel.
 No Christian themes here.
The School of Athens – Raphael,
Plato:
looks to the
heavens [or
the IDEAL
realm].
Aristotle:
looks to this
earth [the
here and
now].
Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485
An attempt to depict perfect beauty.
The Humanists
Renaissance
Humanists
The founder of
Renaissance humanism was
Petrarch.
He tried to apply lessons
of Christian faith to the
found literature &
philosophies of ancient
Greek and Latin
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Renaissance
Humanists
A person who studied the
classics was called a
humanist.
Humanists recreated
classical styles in art,
literature, and architecture.
Humanists believed that by
studying the classics, they
could understand people
and the world better.
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Education in the Renaissance
• Renaissance humanists believed
that education could dramatically
change human beings.
• Humanists studied the Roman and
Greek classics. Studied grammar,
history, poetry, and rhetoric.
• Most humanists still strong
Christians so sometimes felt tension
b/w their studies and religion
Education in the Renaissance
Following the Greek ideal, humanist
educators also stressed physical
education, including dancing.
The goal of humanist education was
to create complete citizens.
Humanist schools provided the
model for the basic education of the
European ruling classes until the
twentieth century.