The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance

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The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance
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Italian Renaissance Humanism

• Humanism was a key intellectual movement of the
  Renaissance
• Based on the study of literary works of the
  ancients Greeks and Romans
• Humanists studied the humanities
• grammar, rhetoric, poetry, philosophy, and history

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Italian Renaissance Humanism

• Petrarch is considered the father of Italian
  Renaissance humanism
• He emphasized the use of pure classical Latin
• Latin as it was used by the ancient Romans

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Italian Renaissance Humanism

• In the early 1400s, humanists shifted from being
  a secluded group, to being very proactive
• believed intellectuals should be active in the
  community
• Also believed the humanities should be used to
  serve the state

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Vernacular Literature

• Because of the emphasis on classical Latin,
  scholars, lawyers, and theologians used it
• But some writers used the vernacular
• language spoken in their own regions
• In the 14th century, the works of Dante and
  Chaucer made vernacular popular

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Dante

• Dante (Italian) wrote the Divine Comedy

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Chaucer

• Chaucer (English) wrote The Canterbury Tales

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Education in the Renaissance

• Humanists believed that education could change
  people
• Believed that the liberal studies (history, moral
  philosophy, grammar, logic, poetry, math,
  astronomy, etc) helped people reach their full
  potential

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Education in the Renaissance

• Humanists also stressed physical education
• Sound mind and sound body
• The purpose of liberal education was not to
  create a great scholar, but complete human beings

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New Techniques in Painting

• Masaccios frescoes were the first masterpieces
  of Renaissance art
• A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with
  water-based paints
• He created a 3D perspectives which allowed his
  works to be very realistic

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Masaccios Frescoes
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Sculpture and Architecture

• The sculptor Donatello spent time studying and
  imitating statues of the Greeks and Romans
• He created realistic free-standing figures

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Sculpture and Architecture

• The buildings of classical Rome inspired the
  architect Filippo Brunelleschi.

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The Masters of the High Renaissance

• The final stage of Italian Renaissance painting
  is called the High Renaissance (1490-1520)
• Three artistic giants are associated with this
  period
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Raphael
• Michelangelo

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da Vincis Work

• He focused on realistic painting

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Raphaels Work

• Known for his paintings at the Vatican palace

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Michelangelos Work

• Known for hiswork on the ceilings of theSistine
  chapel

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The Northern Artistic Renaissance

• Artists of northern Europe typically painted
  illustrations for books and wooden panels for
  altarpieces
• Masters of detail
• The most important northern school of art in the
  15th century was in Flanders.

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The Use of Oil Paint

• Jan van Eyck was one of the first to use oil
  paint.
• Allowed artists to use a wide variety of colors
  and to create fine details.