April 15th and 25th

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April 15th and 25th

• Turn in homework (pre-AP only)
• Complete Warm-Up 13 at your desk
• Write homework in agenda
• Get out Unit 5 Notes Packet

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The Italian Renaissance
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The Renaissance

• 1300-1600
• An explosion of creativity in Europe.
• Means rebirth, of art and learning

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Middle Ages vs. Renaissance

• Wore rough cloths and ate plain food
• Crusades, famine, Black Death forced seriousness

• Enjoyed material luxuries, fine music, and tasty
  food
• Carefree life of pleasure with fewer hardships

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Why Italy?

• Thriving cities (the rest of Europe was still
  rural)
• A wealthy merchant class
• The classical heritage of
  Greece and Rome

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Florence and the Medicis

• Ruled by one powerful family who made a fortune
  in trade and banking
• They greatly supported the arts

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Florence and the Medicis

• Cosimo de Medici was the wealthiest European of
  his time
• He was virtually dictator of
  Florence for 30 years through his
  influence

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Humanism

• The study of classical texts, which focused on
  human potential and achievements
• Popularized the study of history, literature, and
  philosophy (the humanities)

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Renaissance man

• A man who excelled in many fields, or a
  universal man
• The Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione taught how
  to become such a person

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Renaissance man

• Let the man we are seeking be very bold, stern,
  and always among the first, where the enemy are
  to be seen and in every other place, gentle,
  modest, reserved, above all things avoiding
  ostentation showiness and that impudent bold
  self-praise by which men ever excite hatred and
  disgust in all who hear them.

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• Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello (and
  Petrarch)

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist
• A true Renaissance man
• Painted The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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Michelangelo

• Sculptor and painter who glorified the human body
• Famous works were St. Peters Basilica, the
  Sistine Chapel, and the statue David

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Raphael

• Studied Michelangelo and Leonardo
• Favorite subjects were Madonna and child
• Filled Pope Julius IIs library with paintings
• School of Athens shows classical and Renaissance
  figures together

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Donatello

• Made sculpture more realistic by carving natural
  postures and expressions that reveal personality

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Petrarch

• One of the earliest and most influential
  humanists
• A great poet in both Italian and Latin
• Typically wrote sonnets, which were 14-line poems