Transcript The Renaissance - Dr. Afxendiou`s Classes

Renaissance Artists embraced some of the ideals of Greece and
Rome in their art
They wanted their subjects to be realistic and focused on
humanity and emotion
New Techniques also emerged
Frescos: Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it
gave depth to the paintings
Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form
Architecture reached new heights of design
Ideas reflected in Renaissance Art
• Secularism-focus on the
earthly, the non-religious
• Humanism-the intellectual
movement that focused on
worldly subjects rather than on
religious issues
• Individualism-the importance
of the individual.
Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is
considered to be one of the most inspired men
who ever lived
1504 David Michelangelo
David
details
Michelangelo
represented
the body in
three
dimensions of
sculpture.
David stands
17 feet tall!
Sistine Chapel
About a year after creating
David, Pope Julius II
summoned Michelangelo to
Rome to work on his most
famous project, the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel.
Creation of Eve
Separation of Light and Darkness
Creation of Adam
The Last Judgment
La Pieta 1499
Marble Sculpture
1452-1519
Genius!
Renaissance Man
The Renaissance Man
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Has broad knowledge in a number of
fields
Can link information from different
disciplines and create new knowledge
Self Portrait – Da Vinci 1512
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Artist
• Sculptor
• Architect
• Scientist
• Engineer
• Inventor
Mona
Lisa
The Last Supper
Renaissance: The Last Supper 1498 - Da Vinci
Leonardo the Sculptor
None of his works have survived.
We know of them from his notebooks.
He did not particularly value sculpting which he
said was a “mechanical” activity.
Leonardo the Architect
From the pages of his Notebook
Study of a church
1488
Leonardo the Scientist, Biology
From the pages of his Notebook
Exemplifies the
humanist desire to
unlock the
mysteries of
nature.
Leonardo the Scientist, Anatomy
From the pages of his Notebook
Leonardo the Inventor
From the pages of his Notebook
Military machines, 1487
A flying machine helicopter
Notebooks
Raphael
Painter
1483-1520
The School of Athens
Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
Socrates
Raphael (back)
Euclid
Zoroaster & Ptolemy
Political Ideas of the Renaissance
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
Machiavelli believed:
“One can make this generalization about
men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars,
and deceivers, they shun danger and are
greedy for profit”
Machiavelli observed city-state rulers of
his day and produced guidelines for the
acquisition and maintenance of power by
absolute rule.
He felt that a ruler should be willing to
do anything to maintain control without
worrying about conscience.
• Better for a ruler to be feared than to be loved
• Ruler should be quick and decisive in decision making
• Ruler keeps power by any means necessary
• The end justifies the means
• Be good when possible, and evil when necessary
Northern Renaissance
• Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissance ideas.
• Northern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with
Christianity.
• The movable type printing press and the production and sale of books
(Gutenberg Bible) helped disseminate ideas.
•Northern Renaissance artists portrayed religious and secular subjects.
Northern Renaissance writers
• Erasmus—The Praise of Folly (1511)
• Sir Thomas More—Utopia (1516)
Where did the Northern Renaissance
take place?
Literature flourished during the Renaissance
This can be greatly attributed to Johannes
Gutenberg
In 1455 Gutenberg printed the first book produced
by using moveable type.
The Bible
Erasmus
•Dutch humanist
•Pushed for a Vernacular
(everyday language) form of
the Bible
•criticized abuses in the
Church.
•Wrote in order to promote
reform in the Church.
•Wrote:The Praise of Folly –
his book where he exposes
the immoral behavior of
many people, including the
clergy.
Sir Thomas More
English Humanist
Friend of Erasmus
Wrote: Utopia
A book about
•a perfect society where men and
women live in harmony
•No private property
•no one is lazy
•all people are educated
•the justice system is used to end
crime instead of executing
criminals.
Shakespeare, 1590
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Poet and playwright
Comedies, tragedies – commentaries on
society
CERVANTES, 1600s
•From the Spanish Renaissance
•Don Quixote – makes fun of medieval
chivalry