1. Renaissance Italy Around 1400-1700 Theatre around 1500- 1700
RENAISSANCE = REBIRTH
Mona Lisa (Da Vinci, )

2. 2 Forms of Italian Theatre
Commedia dell’arte
Courtly Dramas

3. Commedia dell’arte Refresher
Italian, 1500s- 1700s
Improvisational Theatre
Unscripted, Free to watch
First female performers

4. Commedia dell’arte Refresher
Lazzi, burle
Innamorati, vecchi, zanni
Stock characters including Arlecchino, Pantalone, Flavio, Isabella, and Pedrolino

5. Courtly Dramas and Neoclassicism
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6. Neoclassicism or What’s With the Fancy Word, Mr. S?
ALL you need to know:
Neoclassicism means new classicism
After discovering classic books by Aristotle, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, artists of all sorts wanted to create art based on Greek models

7. Italian Courtly Dramas
Members of the wealthy class built permanent indoor theatres
Era is not well known for dramatic lit, most scripts are lost
Comedy/tragedy after Roman model
Major example: Mandragola (The Mandrake) by Machiavelli

8. Italian Courtly Dramas
Pastoral Drama
Nymphs (?) & shepherds in love.
Appeal: nostalgia, simple life
New style: intermezzi
Allegorical plot + spectacle
Courtly audience
Plays are written in the Neoclassical style

10. Structures & Stages Teatro Farnese, 1618
First permanent proscenium arch stage!
Creates perspective (connects to painters of the time)

11. Scenic Technology WINGS! Angled Vs. Flat
Groove system (wings slide in grooves)

12. Scenic Technology

13. Famous Renaissance Italians
Niccolo Machivelli
Petrarch
Leonardo Da Vinci
Copernicus
Descartes
Galileo
Michelangelo

14. What Can We Do? A Play A Presentation A Song A PowerPoint
A Poster Wall
Requirements:
Everyone must speak
Treat whatever you do like a performance