The Culture of the Renaissance: Affirmation of Humanity

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The Culture of the Renaissance Affirmation of
Humanity

• Mr. Oberholtzer
• A-36

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Humanism Defining Movement of the Age

• Humanism--system of thought or action concerned
  with human interests focused on human beings
  rather than God the individual is supreme!
• Humanists revised art, literature and politics to
  reflect this!

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Renaissance Writers

• Petrarch--writer, preserved the Greek and Roman
  classics and spread them throughout Europe
• Bocaccio--poet who resurrected Roman literary
  themes
• Erasmus--writer, educator, priest, wrote In
  Praise of Folly, encouraged education, attacked
  superstition and ignorance.
• Renaissance writers support reason and
  enlightenment!

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Leonardo Da Vinci

• Sculptor, painter, designer, scientist elevated
  humanism in many fields
• Kept notebook of sketches many ideas have come
  to pass!
• Renaissance Man--someone who is proficient in a
  variety of disciplines

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Michelangelo

• Painter, sculptor, illustrator
• Painted the Sistine Chapel
• Most famous work is David (sculpture)
• Art was commissioned by Popes and wealthy
  merchants
• Art of Renaissance would not have been possible
  without wealthy patrons!

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Other Renaissance Artists

• Raphael--painter of religious subjects (madonnas)
• Titian-- realistic landscapes and portraits
• Donatello--sculptor--realistic anatomy, emotional
• use of bright colors and realistic poses to
  convey human emotions and spirit!

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Renaissance Art in Northern Europe

• Renaissance began in Northern Europe 100 years
  after Italy!
• Northern European Renaissance Art
• Flemish--school of painting (oil based paint,
  realistic portraits and landscapes
• Jan van Eyck--Dutch painter, realistic
  landscapes, portraits
• Rembrandt van Rijn-landscapes, portraits,
  realism, meaning and emotion!
• Albrecht Durer--woodcuts, engravings,
  illustrations

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Renaissance Literature

• William Shakespeare--playwright, commentator of
  the age, most influential figure in Renaissance
  literature
• Miguel de Cervantes- writer, satirist of the old
  order wrote Don Quixote celebrated the
  Renaissance!