1. Chapter 13 – The RENAISSANCE
WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
FAMOUS RENAISSANCE ARTISTS.
WHY WAS THE RENAISSANCE IMPORTANT?

2. WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
Renaissance: Means “rebirth” and was a period of time in Western Europe from around 1300 – 1600.
It was a time of creativity and great change in many areas – political, social, economic, and cultural.

3. WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
A new Worldwide view evolved: The disorder and disunity of the Middle Ages led people to a new love of classical writings of Greece and Rome.
New attitudes toward culture and learning from spiritual to humanist.
Scholarship changed from spiritual writing to humanism and individual achievement.

4. WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
Trade with the Muslim world across the Mediterranean Sea helped banking, manufacturing and merchants to make more money
Trade provided wealth that fueled the Renaissance.
The Renaissance started in Florence Italy.

6. WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
The revival of trade in Europe helped bring an end to the Middle Ages & gave rise to the Renaissance
WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
The rise of cities brought artists together which led to new techniques & styles of art
Art showed peoples’ new social & political status
The rise of cities brought artists together & shared ideas—this led to new techniques & styles
Wealthy bankers & merchants wanted to show off their new status by commissioning art

7. WHERE WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
The House of Sforza - in Milan
The House of the Medici - in Florence were the most powerful family in Italy
Founded by Cosimo Medici in 1434, they were bankers that invested and loaned money to governments all over Europe – including to the pope.
Papal States – led by the Pope in Rome

8. The House of the Medici
Lorenzo “The Magnificent” was the leader of Florence during the height of the Renaissance
He held meetings with poets, philosophers and artists to make his city-state better
Under Lorenzo, Florence produced artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo Di Vinci.
Produced 4 popes
Cosimo medici
Pope Clement VII
Lorenzo medici
Pope Leo

9. RENAISSANCE ARTISTS Renaissance art was realist (like Greek and Roman)
Artists of the Renaissance took religious topics, and added humanist realism.
Used ancient Greek and Roman examples to create paintings, sculptures and architectural buildings.
Renaissance art was realist (like Greek and Roman)
Artists began using perspective – by making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer, paintings began to become 3-dimensional

10. RENAISSANCE ARTISTS The best 4 Italian Renaissance artists
Michelangelo
Rafael
Donatello
Leonardo

11. MICHELANGELO
Michelangelo was one of the most famous Renaissance artists:
He was a painter, sculptor, architect, & poet
His sculptures & paintings showed realism, detail of the human body, & expression to show personality & emotion

12. ENAISSANCE ARTISTS MICHELANGELO
The Pieta

13. MICHELANGELO
The David

14. MICHELANGELO
The Creation of Adam

15. MICHELANGELO
The Last Judgment

16. MICHELANGELO
Moses

17. Michelangelo’s greatest work is the 130 ft x 44 ft ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which shows Biblical images of amazing detail, power, & beauty

18. Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was a true “Renaissance Man”
He was a painter & sculptor whose art was known for incredible realism & emotion
He was also an inventor & scientist whose sketches reveal observations about human anatomy & new engineering technology

19. Leonardo Da Vinci
The Last Supper – 1492

20. Leonardo Da Vinci
The Mona Lisa

21. Leonardo Da Vinci
The Vitruvian Man

22. Leonardo Da Vinci

23. Leonardo Da Vinci

24. Leonardo Da Vinci

25. Raphael Raphael “perfected” Renaissance painting
He improved perspective and realism by studying Leonardo & Michelangelo
Raphael became the favorite painter of the Pope because of his amazing detailed paintings showing a combination of famous Greeks & Romans along with Renaissance people

26. Raphael The School of Athens Raphael “perfected” Renaissance painting
He improved perspective and realism by studying Leonardo & Michelangelo
Raphael became the favorite painter of the Pope because of his amazing detailed paintings showing a combination of famous Greeks & Romans along with Renaissance people
The School of Athens

27. Raphael’s greatest painting was “School of Athens” which blended Classical figures from Greece & Rome with important people from the Renaissance
Plato (drawn to
look like Da Vinci)
Aristotle
Raphael
Pythagoras
Michelangelo
Euclid

28. Donatello The first of many of the Renaissance artists.
A sculptor from Florence, he provided inspiration to Michelangelo and Rafael.

29. Donatello
The David

30. Donatello Gattamelata
Donatello created this sculpture in 1450 – it was the first equestrian statue created in over 800 years.
Gattamelata