Renaissance (1300-1500)

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Renaissance(1300-1500)

• Intro
• Intellectual Trends
• Humanism
• Ideas Spread
• Literature
• The Prince
• Florence, Italy
• Art
• Conc.

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

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Definition

• Renaissance Re-birth

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Humanism
Petrarch(1304-1374)
Italian scholar Father of Humanism

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Humanism

• Goal educate students to lead successful lives.
• Involved studying the great civilizations of the
  past (Greeks Romans).
• Use science/rational thought to explain things
  not religion.

Statue of Petrarch Outside Uffizi Museum
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Printing Reproducing

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

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

Vellum Bible
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Printing Press
Impossible(?) to overestimate its impact

• A useful political tool
• United people
• People could read (Bible) for themselves

Johannes Gutenberg (ca. 1400-1468)
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Literature

• Machiavellis 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)
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Italy
Divided into city-states

• Florence
• Milan
• Papal States
• Naples
• Venice

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Renaissance Art Themes

• Influence of Humanism
• Scientific themes
• Linear perspective
• Greek Roman influence
• Religious Symbols (Church had )

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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

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Donatellos Gattamelata

• Shows synthesis of religion (St. Anthonys)
  Classic themes (first equestrian statue since
  Roman times)

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Donatellos David(about 5 feet in height the
first large nude figure since antiquity)
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Michelangelos David(13 ft. 5 inches)
David Glorifies human form perfection of
human body
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Olympic Games

• Held in honor of Zeus
• Celebrated human heroism perfection

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

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Judas, Peter, John, Jesus(Left to right)
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Vitruvian Man (Navel Center of Circle)
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Sistine Chapel
Last Judgment The pope had nudes covered
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School Of Athens
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Plato (as Leonardo) Aristotle
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School Of Athens (26 X 18 ft.)
Self-portrait holding the world
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Madonna Child(WADC, Raphael)
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Renaissance(1300-1500)

• Intro
• Intellectual Trends
• Humanism
• Ideas Spread
• Literature
• The Prince
• Florence, Italy
• Art
• Conc.

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