ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HOW WAS THE RENAISSANCE A NEW

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HOW WAS THE RENAISSANCE A NEW WAY OF THINKING FOR EUROPE?

RENAISSANCE • Means ‘rebirth’ of classical thinking of Greeks and Romans. • Focused on the individual achievement and a more secular belief. • This intellectual movement known as humanism. • Petrarch was the Father of Humanism.

ITALY’S GEOGRAPHY • Italy was 5 major citystates. • Venice was the center of trade. • Vatican was center of religion (Pope). • Florence was center of banking by the Medici family.

ART OF THE RENAISSANCE • Art used religious themes but gave them a realistic/human form. • Artists began using perspective to create great detail. • Architecture adopted domes, columns, and arches similar to Greeks and Romans.

BRUNELLESCHI’S DOME

DA VINCI (1452 -1519) • True Renaissance man: Painter, inventor, scientist, etc. • Naturalism mixed with realistic emotion with excellence in dimensions characterize his works. • Most famous works include Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and his sketch of man.

MICHELANGELO (1475 -1564) • Painter, sculptor and architect. • Works idealized man in perfect proportion as seen in the Sistine Chapel (Adam) and his sculpture of David.

RAPHAEL (1483 -1520) • Acclaimed painter. • Often portrayed religion and or Greek themes in frescoes in the Vatican. • Most famous work is School of Athens.

DONATELLO’S DAVID

NEW WRITERS AND THINKERS • Castiglione • Machiavelli • Wrote The Book of the Courtier • Wrote The Prince and The Art of War • Described how men were supposed to live as educated, athletic, and a master of many fields. • Women were to be graceful, kind, and beautiful. • “It is better to be feared than loved” as a leader. • In order to rule, it is acceptable to do whatever possible including being ruthless.