Transcript Venetian Renaissance - Weatherford High School

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1. How could Venice’s geographical
location be a major factor on its society?
Located on the Adriatic Sea
 Major port city
 Strong Navy
Further away from Rome than Florence
 Secular republic during the Renaissance
Stable, powerful, and prosperous
economy
 More incentive for noble
patrons to support the arts.
 Guilds made sure artists
were properly compensated.
Alfonso d’Este.
Light and color
achieved drama
Smooth brushwork –
achieved velvety look
Subject matter
 Mostly church
themes
 Venuses
Born in Venice
Founder of the Venetian School of
Painting
Used light
and color
for
transitions,
not lines
San Zaccaria
Altarpiece
(1505)
Real name:
Tiziano Vecellio
(1485-1578)
Studied under
Bellini and
Giorgione
Greatest painter
of the Venetian
School
Notice the
gorgeous
skylines in the
background
Presentation of the
Virgin (1539)
Penitene Magdalene
(1555-1556)
2. Define:
Renaissance Mana person who is skilled in multiple
fields and who has a broad base
of knowledge.
Leonardo da Vinci was Renaissance man interested in many different
things. He was a:
•Painter - his two most famous paintings are the Mona Lisa and the Last
Supper. Only
a few of his paintings survived.
•Scientist – he was master of
anatomy. He dissected human
corpses to study human anatomy.
•Engineer - in his notebooks
he demonstrated his technological
originality. He drew a helicopter, a
tank, a calculator, and a hang
glider. Some have been
demonstrated to work through the
construction of models.
Leonardo da Vinci
Self Portrait
red chalk on paper
Landlocked city
 Banking was the first source of
income.
 Twelve artist guilds regulated trade
Mostly traded wool
 Made patrons wealthy.
Patron- helped support the arts, many
wealth merchants became patrons of
the arts
 First supporters of art was
Lorenzo de Medici.
3. Merchants were not nobles so who
were they?
They were the wealthiest, most powerful class that dominated politics, they did
not inherit their social rank they had to become successful in business by their
own wits, which became an important theme of the Renaissance
Sculptors:
Painters:
Architects:
Donatello
Botticelli
Michelangelo
۩ Alberti
Ghiberti
Da Vinci
Raphael
۩ Bruneschelli
۩ Perspective- technique that creates the
appearance of 3-dimension
۩ Realism
۩ Antiquity
۩ Balance/Geometry
۩ Individualism/ Humanism
۩ Light/Shadow/Softening edges
۩ Greco Roman classics/learning
۩ Artist see as Celebrities
۩ Popular subjects from classical
civilizations are history,
literature, and philosophy
4. How would renewed interest in Greco-Roman culture change
the relationship between secular & religious institutions?
Vs.
secular
religious
Politics will change- merchants will become
rich & play an important role in mercantilism
The desire to explore, to question, and in make
new discoveries will arise
Catholic Church will weaken which will cause
a separation of church and secular ideas
Start of the Ninja Turtles
Born in Florence
Worked in Ghiberti’s shop
Three periods of work:
 Before 1425 (influenced by
gothic work, but also
classical and realist)
 St. Mark
1443-66 David
(realism, focus on natural
postures & expression
of character)
1425-1443 (Mostly
with antiquity)
Gattamelata
Born in Florence
Extremely vivid and
detailed work
Both a sculptor and
goldsmith
Sacrifice of Isaac
Member of the Medici
family
Florence’s favorite artist
Adoration of the Magi
(1481-1482)
Birth of
Venus (1484)
Primavera (1482)
Desire to paint realistically
Architect, musician, engineer,
scientist, inventor
Mona Lisa (1503-1506)
Last Supper
(1495)
da Vinci
Observations &
sketches on how the
body works & new
inventions
Painter, sculptor and
architect
Major studies of
human anatomy –
helped him to form
figures
Most famous for
David and his
paintings on the
Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo-Architecture
St. Peter’s Basilica
Sistine Chapel Website
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistin
a_vr/index.html
vanishing point
horizontal
line
linear perspective
Perspective is the technique used to create an illusion of space and depth on a
flat surface (a piece of paper or canvas) so that it looks realistic. The vanishing
point is a place in the distance where the train tracks appear to come together.
Using linear perspective objects are painted smaller to appear farther away.
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In Florence, taught by
Michelangelo & da
Vinci.
 Lighting techniques
and figure shaping.
Entombment
(1507).
Notice the use of the vanishing point and
horizon line to creates the appearance of 3dimension
Raphael
A. Madonna paintings
B. School of Athens
Connect to classical
Greco-Roman culture
C. Literature- written in
vernacular text
Marriage of the
Virgin (1504).
5. How did society change as a result
of literature being transcribed in
vernacular text?
#6
Intellect
Poetry
Color
Pleasure
Beauty
۩ Classical and
biblical
themes
Line, form,
design
Grandeur
Heroic
Printing Press
• Printing press invented by Johannes
Gutenberg in 1455
• Renaissance – printers could massproduce copies of books at one time.
Books were now cheap enough so
that larger numbers of people could
buy them. Travel books and medical
journals spread new ideas and led to
the Scientific Revolution. Literacy rose
as more people began to read.
Printing in vernacular languages
made it easier for people who did not
have a classical education to read.
• 7a. What do you think was the first full
book ever printed?
– The Holy Bible
• 7b. Why?
– Impact of the Church. Power to the people.
The most important book in Europe.
8. How could writing by popular books during the
Renaissance reflect the change in culture?
• Shakespeare’s
It showed the importance of
Romeo and Juliet,
individuals- love, hate
Hamlet, and Macbeth
power, money, beauty
• Machiavelli's The
Which are the ideas behind
Prince
humanism
• Sir Thomas More’s
Utopia
9. Explain how the characteristics of the
Renaissance would challenge the power of
the church
• Printing press spread secular ideas
• Rulers resented the popes’ attempt to control
them
• Merchants resented paying church taxes
• People began to interpret the Bible
themselves
• People became critical of priest and their
behaviors
• Religious reforms begin to develop throughout
Europe