Renaissance(1300-1500)

I. Intro

II. Intellectual Trends• Humanism

III. Ideas Spread

IV. Literature• The Prince

V. Florence, Italy

VI. Art

VII. Conc.

Key Terms• Petrarch• Printing Press• Gutenberg• Machiavelli• Donatello • Leonardo• Michelangelo• Raphael

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Definition

• Renaissance = Re-birth

Humanism

Petrarch(1304-1374)

Italian scholar & “Father” of Humanism

Humanism

1. Goal: educate students to lead successful lives.

2. Involved studying the great civilizations of the past (Greeks & Romans).

3. Use science/rational thought to explain things; not religion.

Statue of Petrarch Outside Uffizi Museum

Printing & Reproducing

• For centuries it was costly & time consuming to reproduce written works.

• Mid-1400s a printing press was perfected-information can be spread VERY quickly.

Vellum Bible

Printing Press

1. A useful political tool

2. United people

3. People could read (Bible) for themselves

Johannes Gutenberg(ca. 1400-1468)

Impossible(?) to overestimate its impact:

Literature

• Machiavelli’s The Prince: first rational explanation of politics.– “The ends justifies the

means…”• History of Florence

revolutionized historical writing.– Explored causes and

consequences of historical events, not a simple chronology.

Niccoló Machiavelli (1469-1527)

Italy

Divided into city-states:

•Florence

•Milan

•Papal States

•Naples

•Venice

Renaissance Art Themes

1. Influence of Humanism

a) Scientific themes

1) Linear perspective

b) Greek & Roman influence

2. Religious Symbols (Church had $$)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Four Renaissance Artists• Donatello (1386-1466)

– Famous sculptor; Christianity; Greeks & Romans; David & Gattamelata

• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

• Painter; science & Christianity; Last Supper & Mona Lisa; sketches

• Michelangelo (1475-1564)– Painter & sculptor; science (human body) &

Christianity; Sistine Chapel; David; Pieta• Raphael (1483-1520)

– Painter; science, Christianity, Ancient Greeks; School of Athens, Madonna & Child

Donatello’s Gattamelata

• Shows synthesis of religion (St. Anthony’s) & Classic themes (first equestrian statue since Roman times)

Donatello’s David

(about 5 feet in height; the first large

nude figure since antiquity)

Michelangelo’s David

(13 ft. 5 inches)

David = Glorifies human form & perfection of human body

Olympic Games

• Held in honor of Zeus• Celebrated human

heroism & perfection

• Winners received only a small prize, but returned home as heroes

Judas, Peter, John, Jesus(Left to right)

Vitruvian Man (Navel = Center of Circle)

Sistine Chapel

“Last Judgment”

The pope had nudes covered

School Of Athens

Plato (as Leonardo) & Aristotle

School Of Athens (26 X 18 ft.)

Self-portrait; holding the world

Madonna & Child

(WADC, Raphael)

Renaissance(1300-1500)

I. Intro

II. Intellectual Trends• Humanism

III. Ideas Spread

IV. Literature• The Prince

V. Florence, Italy

VI. Art

VII. Conc.

Key Terms• Petrarch• Printing Press• Gutenberg• Machiavelli• Donatello • Leonardo• Michelangelo• Raphael