April 15th and 25th

• Turn in homework (pre-AP only)

• Complete Warm-Up #13 at your desk

• Write homework in agenda

• Get out Unit 5 Notes Packet

The Renaissance

• 1300-1600

• An explosion of creativity in Europe.

• Means “rebirth”, of art and learning

Middle Ages vs. Renaissance

• Wore rough cloths and ate plain food

• Crusades, famine, Black Death forced seriousness

• Enjoyed material luxuries, fine music, and tasty food

• Carefree life of pleasure with fewer hardships

Why Italy?

• Thriving cities (the rest of Europe was still rural)

• A wealthy merchant class

• The classical heritage of Greece and Rome

Florence and the Medicis

• Ruled by one powerful family who made a fortune in trade and banking

• They greatly supported the arts

Florence and the Medicis

• Cosimo de’ Medici was the wealthiest European of his time

• He was virtually dictator of Florence for 30 years through his influence

Humanism

• The study of classical texts, which focused on human potential and achievements

• Popularized the study of history, literature, and philosophy (the humanities)

“Renaissance man”

• A man who excelled in many fields, or a “universal man”

• The Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione taught how to become such a person

“Renaissance man”

“Let the man we are seeking be very bold, stern, and always among the

first, where the enemy are to be seen; and in every other place, gentle,

modest, reserved, above all things avoiding ostentation [showiness] and that impudent [bold] self-praise by which men ever excite hatred and

disgust in all who hear them.”

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello (and Petrarch)

Leonardo da Vinci

• Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist

• A true “Renaissance man”

• Painted The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Michelangelo

• Sculptor and painter who glorified the human body

• Famous works were St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the statue David

Raphael

• Studied Michelangelo and Leonardo

• Favorite subjects were Madonna and child

• Filled Pope Julius II’s library with paintings

• School of Athens shows classical and Renaissance figures together

Donatello

• Made sculpture more realistic by carving natural postures and expressions that reveal personality

Petrarch

• One of the earliest and most influential humanists

• A great poet in both Italian and Latin

• Typically wrote sonnets, which were 14-line poems