Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance Chapter 17.1 Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance The Italian Renaissance is a rebirth of learning that produces many great works of art and literature.

Italy’s Advantages The Renaissance Renaissance—an explosion of creativity in art, writing, and thought Started in northern Italy Thriving cities Wealthy merchant class Rebirth of the classical heritage of Greece and Rome Lasted from 1300-1600 https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/7a3e7588-65c1-421e-a4db-dd357789bfb1?hasLocalHost=true

City-states Crusades create a growth in trade Growth of city-states in N. Italy 1300s-Plague disrupts trade Merchants (business people) turned to art due to fewer laborers (because of plague deaths)

Italy’s Advantages Merchants and the Medici Looking to Greece and Rome A wealthy merchant class develops More emphasis on individual achievement Patrons of the arts and political rulers, the Medici, controls Florence Looking to Greece and Rome Artists and scholars study ruins of Rome, and study Latin and Greek manuscripts Scholars move to Rome after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/eac2781b-5b57-4aa2-bcbf-0aed3714f514?hasLocalHost=true

Lorenzo the Magnificent Cosimo de Medici 1478 - 1521 1517 - 1574

Classical and Worldly Values Classics Lead to Humanism Humanism—intellectual movement focused on human achievements Humanists studied classical texts, history, literature, and philosophy Worldly Pleasures Renaissance society was secular—worldly Wealthy enjoyed fine food, homes, and clothes from far away places Church leaders became wealthy, as well

Classical and Worldly Values Patrons of the Arts Patron—a financial supporter of artists Church leaders spend money on artworks to beautify cities Wealthy merchants also patrons of the arts The Renaissance Man Excels in many fields: the classics, art, politics, and combat Baldassare Castiglione’s (pictured right)The Courtier (1528) teaches how to become a “universal” person

Talk and Turn What are you a patron of?

The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art Artistic Styles Change Artists use realistic style copied from classical art, often to portray religious subjects Painters use perspective—a way to show three dimensions on a flat “canvas” Realistic Painting and Sculpture Very realistic portraits of important citizens Sculpture shows natural postures and expressions of human body The biblical David is a favorite subject among sculptors (although he looks more like a classical Greek)

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Bell Work Chapter 17.1 Language Objective: I can read, write, and speak to describe famous Renaissance painters and writers Copy down the following sentence stems (a little different from yesterday) Give some space between I see I think I wonder

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, found of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel

Temptation and Expulsion from Eden Adam Expulsion Eve Temptation and Expulsion from Eden 1508-12

The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art Leonardo, a True Renaissance Man Leonardo da Vinci—painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist Paints one of the best-known portraits in the world: the Mona Lisa Famous religious painting: The Last Supper

Leonardo’s Work: Science & Medicine Investigating the motion of the arm Organs of a Woman’s Body

Renaissance Writers Change Literature Machiavelli Advises Rulers Niccolo Machievelli, author of a political guidebook, The Prince The Prince examines how rulers can gain and keep power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44DNBRL4nR8

Big Question… Imagine you are a leader or ruler… Is it better to be loved more than feared? Or feared more than loved by your citizens? Verbal –Retell when finished…