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ITALY: BIRTHPLACE OF THE RENAISSANCE
SETTING THE STAGE
At the end of the middle ages Europe suffers from war and plague
Survivors want to enjoy life
Start to ? The church
Want social achievements and advancements
Look to past to gain knowledge/ideas
Renaissance means the rebirth of art and learning
ITALY’S ADVANTAGES
Three reasons Italy succeeds in the Renaissance
1. Urban centers
Global trade regained strength due to the Crusades
Large Italian city-states spawned intellectual revolution
Plague killed 60% –survivors could demand higher pay
ITALY’S ADVANTAGES
Three reasons Italy succeeds in the Renaissance
2. Merchants and the Medici
Each c/s ran its own affairs, army, taxes, etc
Merchants wealthiest and dominate politics
Florence had the Medici’s Powerful family of bankers and merchants
ITALY’S ADVANTAGES
Three reasons Italy succeeds in the Renaissance
3. Classical Heritage
Renaissance people hated the Middle Ages
Wanted to return to classic art and writings of Greece and Rome Rome is in Italy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tired of death, war, destruction
NEW CLASSIC AND WORLDLY VALUES
Humanism
Focuses on human potential and achievement
Influenced artists and architects to carry on Greek and Roman values
NEW CLASSIC AND WORLDLY VALUES
Enjoy the World
You can enjoy fine food, music, life without offending God
Secular-only focusing on the hear and now and global thoughts Don’t let religion and government “restrict”
NEW CLASSIC AND WORLDLY VALUES
Patrons of the Arts
One who financially supports artists
Popes and merchants biggest patrons Demonstrated their wealth and importance
NEW CLASSIC AND WORLDLY VALUES
Perspective
The 3-D effect of paintings
Vanishing point
The Renaissance Man
When a person strives to master every area of study
“He should paint, dance, sing, play music, write poetry, skilled in riding, wrestling and swordsmanship”
THE NEW ART The “R” sees all types of new art
Medieval art tended to be very flat and nearly always had religious overtones.
THE NEW ART Renaissance artists started exploiting this optical illusion in their art. The
advantage of it is that you created the illusion of a three dimensional image on a flat, two dimensional surface
• Interestingly, perspective can also be used as to create false perspective, such as here.
You also start to see the use of light and shade (chiaroscuro) and blurring outlines so it seems that tones imperceptibly meld in to each other (thereby creating volume: this is sfumato).
Carvaggio’s Crucifixion of St. Peter. An example of Chiaroscuro.
Close-up of Mona Lisa’s face. Notice the sfumato blurring, especially around the eyes, and how it creates a 3D illusion.