1. The Renaissance Name: Period:

2. Renaissance - Defined  Describes the cultural achievements of the 14 th century through the 16 th century; those achievements rest on the economic and political development of earlier centuries.  Translated – “The Rebirth,” of art learning

3. Italy Leads the Way  Seafaring cities (Venice and Genoa) profited from the Crusades, oversea trade, ship building.

4. The Sforza Family of Milan Milan – Trading crossroads from East to West.

5. The Medici’s of Florence: became the official bankers of the Pope.

6. *Intellectual Changes*  The New Golden Age, “Revival” of Roman culture  Individualism: stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and full development of one’s capabilities and talents.  Humanism: the study of the literary culture needed by anyone who would be considered educated and civilized.  Secularism: the concern with the material world instead of with the eternal world of spirit.

7. Characteristics of Renaissance Art 1. Realism & Expression

8. 2. Perspective Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! Perspective! Perspective! The Trinity Masaccio 1427 What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

9. 3. Classicism Greco-Roman influence. Secularism. Humanism. Individualism  free standing figures. Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c)

10. 4. Emphasis on Individualism Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

11. 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate Leonardo da Vinci 1469 The figure as architecture!

12. 6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges Chiaroscuro Sfumato

13. The Ideal City Piero della Francesca, 1470

14. Leonardo, the Artist: From his Notebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

15. horizontal vertical Perspective! The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498