Renaissance

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Renaissance

• Part 1

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The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin (1435)

• Turn to page 2
• What do you think is happening in this image?

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Interpretations ( Do not copy)

• Nicolas Rolin (1376/13801462), who was
  chancellor to Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy,
  is worshiping the Infant Jesus, who blesses him,
  holding a globe of the world as a sign of his
  power over Creation.
• The central role of Mary, mother of Christ, is
  emphasized by her royal crown, which is carried
  by angels. There is an imaginary, idealized
  landscape and architecture symbolic of a
  basilica.
• The painting is now in the Louvre in Paris

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Skull of Zurbaran (1956)
What do think this painting represents?
Does it help you understand society?
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Interpretations (Do not copy)

• The skull symbolises death.
• The skull formed by the cubes represent
  religion's opposing beliefs of death.
• The worshipers below represent followers.
• The entire painting can represent that opposing
  religions lead to murder.

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Catholic Church Condemn Heretics

• Turn to page 3 image 1.3
• Heretics a person who holds an opinion opposite
  to the rest of society.
• How has society changed from what we see in image
  1.3 to what is happening in image 1.4 and 1.5?
• Is this the case all over the world?

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Humanism Vocabulary

• Heretics a person who holds an opinion opposite
  to the rest of society.
• Secular not concerned with religion.
• Basilicatitle granted by the Pope to certain
  important buildings.
• Patronswealthy person who gives artists
  financial support.
• ChristendomChristian world

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Italian Renaissance the beginnings

• What was happening in the 14th century (middle
  ages)?
• Famine
• War
• Epidemics (disease)

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Italian Renaissance the beginnings

• 15th century people changed their views on the
  world.
• Their fear turned into confidence and people
  wanted to know more about being human.
• This was expressed through art .

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Where it began.

• Florence Italy

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Characteristics of the Renaissance

• Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome.
• Focused on the beauty of the human body and its
  proportions.

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• Secular works

• Pre Renaissance art

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Characteristics of the Renaissance

• They created new art techniques, perspective is
  an example of this.

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Renaissance key players

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Michelangelo

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Patrons of Art

• Italy was made up of several city states.
• The states were run by wealthy families.
• They surrounded themselves with artists to paint
  portraits, make sculptures and monuments to show
  their wealth.
• Without these families there would have been no
  renaissance.

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Spread of Renaissance through Europe
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Homework

• Pg 7
• 1 (a, b) , 3
• Pg 8
• 4,5,6,7

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Sources

• http//www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/virgin-chan
  cellor-rolin
• http//martinbantingfmp.blogspot.ca/2011/03/resear
  ch-salvador-dali.html