Transcript The Courtier

The Renaissance
1300-1600
The Renaissance Begins in Italy
• Italy had 3 Advantages:
Thriving cities
Rich merchant class (like the Medici family in
Florence)
o Classical heritage of Greece and Rome
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New Values
• Humanism- focus on human potential and
achievement instead of Christian
teachings
• Enjoyment of Life including good food,
nice clothes
• Patrons of the arts- the wealthy spend
money on the arts
What is a Renaissance Man?
• A person who mastered many fields of
study
• The Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
taught how to become a Renaissance man
New Techniques in Art
• Realistic portraits and sculptures- very
human like
• Perspective- 3 dimensions
The Artists of the Renaissance
• Michelangelo- St. Peter’s Basilica, Sistine
Chapel, David
• Leonardo da Vinci- Mona Lisa, The Last
Supper
• Raphael- School of Athens
The Writers of the Renaissance
• They use vernacular- native or local
language
• Petrarch- humanist and poet
• Boccacio- Decameron
• Machiavelli – The Prince
The Renaissance Moves North
Why?
• Italian artists flee Italy and move north
because Italy gets invaded
• Wealthy merchants in the north begin to
be patrons of the arts
How was it different?
• Northern artists focused on religion and
social reform
Northern Renaissance Artists
• Albrecht Durer- German artist- woodcuts
and engravings
• Hans Holbein- German artist- portrait
painter
• Jan van Eyck- Flemish painter who used
oil-based paints
Northern Renaissance Writers
Christian Humanists
• Desiderius Erasmus- The Praise of Folly
• Thomas More – Utopia
• Francios Rebelais- Gargantua and
Pantagruel
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan
Age
• William Shakespeare- English playwright
• Renaissance in England= Elizabethan Age
when Queen Elizabeth I patronized the
arts
The Printing Press
• Johann Gutenberg- German craftsman
who used Chinese block printing
technology to invent the printing press
• Gutenberg Bible- first full size book
printed using movable type
• Printing spreads learning by making
copies quickly and using the vernacular