The Italian Renaissance

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The Italian Renaissance

• Section 13.1
• pp. 410-416

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Preview Questions

• Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
• What was the Renaissance?
• What new techniques and styles were used in
  Renaissance art?

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I. The Italian City States

• Why Italy?
• Remnants of Roman culture
• Prosperous trade centers
• Powerful merchant class
• Patrons like the Medici family
• Financial supporters of the arts
• Way to demonstrate own importance

Lorenzo d Medici
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II. What Was the Renaissance?

• Renaissance Characteristics
• Period of Rebirth after disunity
• Classical and secular values
• Concerned with here and now
• Enjoyment of worldly pleasures
• Question what is commonly accepted
• Curiosity, experimentation, adventure

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II. What Was the Renaissance?

• Humanism
• Intellectual movement based on classics
• Focus on human potential and achievements
• Popularize classical subjects, called humanities

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III. A Golden Age in Arts

• Humanist Influence
• Classical backdrops and figures
• Focus on individual
• Greek and Roman subjects and styles
• New techniques
• Use of perspective promotes realism
• Glorify human body, reveal distinctiveness

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IV. Three Geniuses

• Leonardo da Vinci
• True Renaissance Man
• Planned flying machines and submarines
• Works include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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IV. Three Geniuses
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IV. Three Geniuses

• Michelangelo
• Sculptor, engineer, poet, painter, architect
• St. Peters Basilica
• Sistine Chapel
• David

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IV. Three Geniuses
David
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IV. Three Geniuses
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Michelangelos Sonnet

• "Here like a cat in sewer! Swelter and toil!
• With my neck puffed out like a pigeon,
• belly hanging like an empty sack,
• beard pointing at the ceiling, and my brain
• fallen backwards in my head!
• Breastbone bulging like a harpys
• and my face, from drips and droplets,
• patterned like a marble pavement.
• Ribs are poking in my guts the only way
• to counterweight my shoulders is to stick
• my butt out. Dont know where my feet are-
• theyre just dancing by themselves!
• In front Ive sagged and stretched behind,
• my back is tauter than an archers bow!"

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Raphael

• Studied work of Michelangelo and da Vinci
• Religious subjects
• Known for The School of Athens

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Raphaelss Deposition of Christ 1507
Raphaels The Betrothal of the Virgin