1. The Renaissance in Italy

2. Renaissance
“Rebirth”- creativity, political, social, economic and cultural change
Why Italy?
Influence of Rome and the Roman Empire
Architecture
Art work

4. Italian City-States North Central Florence Milan South Venice Genoa
Rome
South
Naples

5. Influence of the Wealthy and Merchant Class
Political and economic leadership
Education
Individual leadership
Patrons of the arts

6. Florence and the Medicis
Florence: energy and brilliance
Arts flourished here
Medicis: Banking family Who became one of the richest in Europe
Money=culture= political power

7. Continuation Medicis were “uncrowned rulers” for years
Cosmo de’Medici gained control of the Florence Government in 1434
Lorenzo “the magnificent”
Grandson of Cosmo was know as a great patron of the arts

8. ’s Europe

9. Viewing the World Medieval vs. Renaissance
Ideals based around religion
Scholars focused on Life and Death
Renaissance
Ideals based about the world
Scholars focused about the here and now

10. Adventure and questions
Exploration
World and Universe
Christopher Columbus
Copernicus
Galileo

11. Humanism Worldly subjects The father of Humanism Francis Petrarch
Created the first form of a library by collecting Greek and Roman manuscripts

12. Humanism meets the Arts
Artists often portrayed Religious figures in Roman settings
Many paintings and sculptures depicted important figures and events in Greek and Roman History
Some even told stories

13. Techniques and Artists
Perspectives
Shading
Etching
Studied Human form and body
Artists
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael

14. Leonardo Da Vinci Sketches Portraits Studied cadavers Inventor
Famous Art work
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Vitruvian Man

15. Michelangelo
Sculptor
Engineer
Painter
Architect
poet

16. Raphael Blended Christian and Classical styles
Often portray the Madonna
The school of Athens (paintings)
Great thinkers and scientists