1. The Art of the Italian Renaissance Global History and Geography – 9 Sachem North High School

2. What was the Renaissance? The Renaissance was a time of renewal, a time of creativity and change Renaissance means rebirth and Europe was recovering from the Medieval times with its Dark Ages and the Black Plague. People began to put more focus on human beings.

3. Italy Italian Cities Major Trading Centers Secular-Moved away from life in the church; started focusing more on material objects and enjoying life Where did it begin?

4. Milan Venice Florence Genoa Major Italian Cities During the Middle Ages Italy was made up of many independent city-states in northern and central Italy that played an important role in Italian politics and art during the Renaissance. Milan One of the richest cities, it controls trade through the Alps. Venice Sitting on the Adriatic, it attracts trade from all over the world. Florence Controlled by the Medici Family, who became great patrons of the arts. Genoa Had Access to both sea and overland trade routes

5. Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art.  Art communicated social, political and spiritual values. Wealthy merchants had the money to support the arts- patrons. Wealthy merchants had the money to support the arts- patrons. Renaissance art reflected the new ideas of the time. Renaissance art reflected the new ideas of the time.

6. Characteristics of Renaissance Art Medieval art focused on the Church and salvation Renaissance art focused on individuals and worldly matters, along with Christianity.

7. Characteristics of Renaissance Art embraced some of the ideals of Greece and Rome subjects realistic and focused on humanity and emotion

8. Characteristics of Renaissance Art Perspective By making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer, artists could paint scenes that appeared three dimensional.

9. Ideas reflected in Renaissance Art Secularism-focus on the earthly, the non- religious Secularism-focus on the earthly, the non- religious H Humanism-the intellectual movement that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues Individualism-the importance of the individual.