Italian Renaissance The Renaissance in Italy Europeans called

Italian Renaissance

The Renaissance in Italy Europeans called it the “Renaissance, ” meaning “rebirth, ” which began around the 1300’s and reached its peak around the 1500’s. Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance for several reasons. 1. In the North, Trade and manufacturing help to turn northern cities into prosperous cities. 2. A wealthy and powerful merchant class evolves. 3. Merchants stressed the importance of education and individual achievement.

A Golden Age in the Arts � Humanistic Concerns Reflection of human concerns, portrayed religious figures such as Jesus and Mary but set figures in Greek and Roman backgrounds. � Produced portraits of well-known figures of the day. � Sculptures created life-size statutes since ancient times. � � New � Techniques Rules of perspective – making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer, scenes that appear in 3 dimensional.

3 Geniuses of the Renaissance Art Florentine masters were Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. � Leonardo a genius for inventions. � Dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work. � Paintings for their freshness and realism, most famous was the “Mona Lisa, ” the “Last Supper. ” � Saw himself as an artist but his talents and accomplishments ranged over many areas. � Made sketches of a submarine and the first airplane. �

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• Raphael • Best known for his tender portrayals of the “Madonna, ” and the “Mother of Jesus. ”

Michelangelo, a many sided genius, sculpture, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. � Shaped marble in to masterpieces. � Painting masterpiece was the huge mural to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. � A talented architect, designed the dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. �

Is better to be feared or loved? � Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

Chapter 1 Italian Renaissance � Please add all the bolded vocabulary in Chapter 1. � Please answer the review question at the end of Chapter 1 Section 1.

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