Transcript Renaissance - Cherokee County Schools

The Contest
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi
 Design the doors of the Florentine
Baptistery
 And the winner is……
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Ghiberti – bronze doors
Perspective
Ghiberti uses the technique of perspective
 Perspective was invented by Brunelleschi
 When thinking perspective think train
tracks into the distance
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New contest to design the dome of the
Florentine church
And the winner is…….
Brunelleschi
Renaissance
1300-1600
Renaissance
Literally means “Rebirth”
 A revival of art and learning
 Wanted to bring back to life the culture of
Classical Greece and Rome
 Life is seen more with self-respect. It
begins to be seen more then a pit-stop on
the way to heaven
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Humanism
Focus on people and their achievements
 Moved away from trying to make
everything agree to Christian teaching
 Ex: art and literature were valued and
encouraged
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Secularism
Concerned with the here and now
 Ex: some church leaders lived in mansions
and wore expensive clothes
 Enjoy life without offending God

Patron
A person who
supports artist
 The wealthy Medici
family in Florence,
Italy is a prime
example
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Renaissance is known for its
Art and Writing
Southern vs. Northern Renaissance
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece and Rome
Middle Ages
Renaissance
artist is Masaccio
Tribute money
Donatello
David in bronze
Michelangelo
1475-1564
 Painter, sculptor,
architect, and poet
 saw art as originating
from inner inspiration
and from culture
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Sistine Chapel
David
Pieta
Last Judgment
Leonardo Da Vinci
The true Renaissance
man
 architect, anatomist,
sculptor, engineer,
inventor,biologist,mat
hematician, musician,
and painter
 1452 to 1519
 Famous for realistic
paintings
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The Virgin on the Rocks
sfumato+= smoky
Aerial Perspective
Mona Lisa
chiaroscure=
Light-dark
Last Supper
Sketches
What is the Renaissance
man today?
Raphael
1483 to 1520
 he studied the work
of Leonardo da Vinci
and Michelangelo
 Focus is in realistic art
 Most famous painting
is the School of
Athens
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School of Athens
Marriage of the Virgin
Vanishing
point
Horizon
How does art differ among
the eras?
Machiavelli
Wrote “The Prince”
 Wrote in the
vernacular
 Leader must be as
strong as a lion and
as shrewd as a fox
 Leaders must
sometimes mislead
people for the good
of the state
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One is considered Machiavellian
if they use deceitful action for
one’s own advantage
What do you think of the quote
“the end justifies the means”
Northern
Renaissance
Christian Humanism
Advocated the study of classical languages
in order to better understand what the
classical authors truly intended the
scriptures to say
 Thomas More and Erasmus
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Jan Van Eyck
Born in Belgium
 1385 to 1441
 Famous for his oil
paintings and focus
on daily life of
subjects
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Madonna of
Chancellor
Rolin
Peasant Wedding
Arnolfini
Wedding
How does Southern
and Northern Renaissance
art differ?
Shakespeare- the greatest writer
Wrote Hamlet,
Macbeth, Othello, and
Taming of the Shrew
 Also wrote countless
poetry
 1554 to 1615 in
England
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Hamlet Soliloquy
To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep-No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep-To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
Gutenberg Press
Books now could
become cheap
enough to produce
hundreds of copies
 European society
experienced a huge
growth in literacy
 Considered one of the
most important
inventions in human
history
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Legacy of Renaissance
Paintings and sculptures portrayed
individuals and nature in more realistic
and lifelike ways
 Artists created secular works
 Writers began using the vernacular
 Arts praised individual achievement
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Legacy of Renaissance
Printing made more information available
(like the internet in our times)
 People began to question political
structures and religious practices
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