1. Patronage & Power

4. The Trinity by Masaccio c. 1425

5. Self-Portrait by Titian c. 1567

6. What factors inspired the period known as the Renaissance?
When was the Renaissance and where did it occur??
What factors inspired the period known as the Renaissance?

7. Map of Europe with Flanders and Italy

9. Renaissance Prince Ludovico Sforza 1452-1508

10. Sforza’s father was a mercenary captain before he became the Duke of Milan

11. Emperor Rudolf II r

12. Rudolf as Vertumnus Roman god of seasons by Arcimboldo c. 1591

13. Giovanni di Bici de Medici 1360-1349

14. Baldassare Cossa anti-Pope John XXIII 1370-1419

16. Cosimo de Medici

17. Early Renaissance Sculpture

18. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446

19. Brunelleschi’s Dome Cathedral of Florence

20. French Gothic at St. Chapelle

21. The Pantheon

22. Byzantine Architecture: Hagia Sophia

25. Il Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici

26. Leonardo’s Angel Oil on wood 1472-5

27. Michelangelo Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici

28. Sandro Botticelli

30. Primavera c. 1482

31. Birth of Venus c. 1485

32. Savonarola anti Medici Coup 1494

33. Bonfire of the Vanities

34. Niccolò Machiavelli

35. Michelangelo Buonarroti David 1501-4

36. Pope Leo X (Giovanni de Medici) with Future Pope Clement VII (Julio de Medici)

37. Alessandro de Medici

38. They recognized that art could increase the awareness of humanity
Why did Renaissance rulers spend so much money on patronizing the arts?
They recognized that art could increase the awareness of humanity
They were intent on creating more beautiful world to live in
They thought such patronage could increase their prestige
They had very little else to do with all their money

39. What messages could patronage send to society?
The ruler was wise
The ruler was generous
The ruler was pious/religious
The ruler was favored by God
The ruler ensured God’s favor