Transcript A Florentine Renaissance Early Renaissance

An Italian Renaissance
Learning objectives
 Identify the characteristics of Renaissance art and lit. (1)
 Define humanism and civic humanism (1).
 Briefly outline the assigned works by Christine de Pisan
and Laura Cereta and describe the central message (2).
 Identify specific elements of Renaissance style within the
examined art and literature. (2)
 In what way(s) are these works important or relevant
now? (5)
Christine de Pizan
 The Book of the City of Ladies
(1405)
 Topic, central message,
audience, and evidence
Laura Cereta
 Topic, central message,
audience, and evidence.
 Can you recognize a
tension between humanism
and religion within Laura
Cereta’s letters? Or do you
recognize a seamless
integration of the two?
Why Florence?
 Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Donatello,
and Raphael.
 https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=6HZ5V9rT96M
 Warning* There is a
moment at the end that is
inappropriate. Students are
not obligated to view this
video.
Why Florence? Why the
Medicis?
 $$ Medicis handled the pope’s purse. (1418-1494)
 Florence proves the model for other city states such
as:
 Montefeltro court in Urbino
 Gonzaga court in Mantua
 Sforza court in Milan
Renaissance
 1350(ish)-1520(ish)
 Between Black death and Protestation Reformation
 Invention
 Civic duty
 New techniques, newish topics
 Collaboration between Church and State
Humanism
 a focus on human beings, their actions, their place in
the natural world.
 civic humanism places emphasis on the engaged
citizen as a central force in the world.
Scientific Perspective
 Scientific Perspective or Linear Perspective
 Technique that allows for three dimensions to be
represented on two dimensional space
 Emerges in response to a call for more natural
looking art. Art that looks like the world around
them.
Fillipo Brunelleschi
Scientific perspective at work
Sculpture
 Naturalism- keeping artistic creations reflective of
the natural world
 Leon Battista Alberti wrote, On Painting (c. 1435)
codifies the scientific perspectives Brunelleschi
practiced.
Painting
 Leon Battista Alberti wrote,
On Painting (c. 1435)
Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper,
1498, tempura
Leonardo Da Vinci
High Renaissance
 halos gone
 more naturalism
 definite light source (shadows, three-dimensional)
 sense of stability and order (static compositions)
 commissions from private sources increased (no
longer as dependent on the Church/royalty)
Learning objectives
 Identify the characteristics of Renaissance art and lit. (1)
 Define humanism and civic humanism (1).
 Briefly outline the assigned works by Christine de Pisan
and Laura Cereta and describe the central message (2).
 Identify specific elements of Renaissance style within the
examined art and literature. (2)
 In what way(s) are these works important or relevant
now? (5)
 http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Crisis
_of_the_Early_Italian_Renaissa.html?id=PC0oFzJpF
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