ITALY Birthplace of the Renaissance

Introduction  Describe ways that people show their own creativity. Why is creativity so important?

Pre-Renaissance  The Hundred Years War  War between England and France for the throne of France  Black Plague 1300s  Kills 25 million Europeans  Results (3 D’s)  Desire to celebrate life and humanity  Doubts about the Church  Desire for new ways of expression

Renaissance ( C.E.)  “Rebirth”  Revival of art & learning  Return to classical heritage of Greece & Rome  Starts in northern Italy & spreads to Europe

Why Italy?  City-States grow urban due to Crusade trade  Merchant class rises to dominate politics, art, & business  Medici Family 15 th Century in Florence  Classical Heritage  From Roman Empire  Refugees from Byzantine Empire

Classical & Worldly Values  Individualism: Fate not such a factor – celebrate uniqueness  Humanism: Human potential & achievement  Secularism: Worldly vs. Spiritual  Patronage: Financial Support  Renaissance Man (Ex: The Courtier by Castiglione)  Renaissance Woman (Ex: Isabella D’Este)

Renaissance Art  Realism vs. Spiritualism  Perspective: 3D on a flat  Examples  Michelangelo: Realistic human body  Donatello: Natural postures and expressions revealing personality  Leonardo Da Vinci: “Renaissance Man” (painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist)  Raphael Sanzio: Use of perspective

Marriage of the Virgin - Raphael  An exercise in perspective  Where is the vanishing point?  Where does the horizon begin?  What is the difference between the people in the front versus back?

 Da Vinci

Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo

Maestro vs. Michelangelo Video  Clip 1  Create a Venn Diagram comparing Leonardo Da Vinci & Michelangelo  Clip 2  Make a list of Leonardo Da Vinci’s ideas/inventions and the dates they actually materialized

Jacopa di Cione Madonna and Child in Glory  Most important figures?  How can you tell?  Halo  Hieratic scale

Guiliano Bugiardini Madonna and Child with St. John  Landscape  Oil paint Giovanni Agostino da Lodi Adoration of the Shepherds

Annibale Carracci & the Bean Eater  Non-religious art using commoners