Transcript 13-1 The Renaissance In Italy

The Italian Renaissance
Section 13.1
pp. 410-416
Preview Questions
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Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
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What was the Renaissance?
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What new techniques and styles were
used in Renaissance art?
I. The Italian City States
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Why Italy?
 Remnants
of Roman culture
 Prosperous trade centers
 Powerful merchant class
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Patrons like the Medici family
 Financial
Lorenzo d’ Medici
supporters of the arts
 Way to demonstrate own importance
II. What Was the Renaissance?
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Renaissance Characteristics
 Period
of “Rebirth” after disunity
 Classical and secular values
 Concerned
with here and now
 Enjoyment of worldly pleasures
 Question
what is commonly accepted
 Curiosity,
experimentation, adventure
II. What Was the Renaissance?
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Humanism
 Intellectual
movement based on classics
 Focus on human potential and achievements
 Popularize classical subjects, called humanities
III. A Golden Age in Arts
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Humanist Influence
 Classical
backdrops and figures
 Focus on individual
 Greek and Roman subjects and styles
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New techniques
 Use
of perspective promotes realism
 Glorify human body, reveal distinctiveness
IV. Three Geniuses
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Leonardo da Vinci
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True “Renaissance
Man”
Planned flying
machines and
submarines
Works include the
Mona Lisa and The
Last Supper
IV. Three Geniuses
IV. Three Geniuses
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Michelangelo
 Sculptor,
engineer, poet, painter, architect
 St. Peter’s Basilica
 Sistine Chapel
 David
IV. Three Geniuses
David
IV. Three Geniuses
Michelangelo’s Sonnet
"Here like a cat in sewer! Swelter and toil!
With my neck puffed out like a pigeon,
belly hanging like an empty sack,
beard pointing at the ceiling, and my brain
fallen backwards in my head!
Breastbone bulging like a harpy’s
and my face, from drips and droplets,
patterned like a marble pavement.
Ribs are poking in my guts; the only way
to counterweight my shoulders is to stick
my butt out. Don’t know where my feet arethey’re just dancing by themselves!
In front I’ve sagged and stretched; behind,
my back is tauter than an archer’s bow!"
Raphael
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Studied work of
Michelangelo and
da Vinci
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Religious subjects
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Known for The School
of Athens
Raphael’s The
Betrothal of the
Virgin
Raphaels’s Deposition of
Christ 1507