1. Italian Renaissance

2. Renaissance “rebirth” cultural awakening in Europe started in Italy
about 1350 – 1600

3. Causes more trade between Europe and Islamic Empire
preservation of Greco-Roman knowledge by Byzantines and Muslims
more trade = more money

4. Why Italy? center of trade routes
attachment to classical (Roman) traditions
prosperous city-states
Florence, Venice, Rome

5. New Ideas
individualism – emphasis on person as individual rather than part of a group
secularism – focus on worldly themes instead of religious

6. Key People
Niccolo Machiavelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Petrarch

7. Patrons
Wealthy people who sponsored art
Showed high social status

8. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince – handbook for princes on ruling
supported absolute power
end justifies the means
try to do good, evil if needed

9. Leonardo da Vinci artist, scientist, inventor
painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
“Renaissance man”

10. Mona Lisa
Why is this painting so famous?

11. The Last Supper

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

13. Michelangelo artist – painter and sculptor
painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
sculpted David

14. Sistine Chapel

16. Sistine Chapel
Fresco
Last Judgment back wall

17. The Sistine Chapel Details
The Last Judgment

18. David

19. Petrarch poet and scholar
love sonnets inspired poetry in Romeo and Juliet
humanist writings

21. The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
Da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo

22. Raphael Painter