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Art and Literature
of the Renaissance
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Classical Influences
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During the Renaissance, artists returned to the classical principles
of Greek and Roman art.
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Greek art stressed harmony
and balance, while
Roman art emphasized
realism.
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Donatello’s graceful and
realistic sculpture of King David influenced
later artists of the Italian
Renaissance.
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Brunelleschi championed an architecture based on mathematics,
proportion, and perspective.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti would later use the engineering principles
developed by Brunelleschi to design St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
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New Techniques in Art
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The artist Giotto used shadings of
dark and light to add a feeling of space to his paintings.
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The artists Masaccio and Brunelleschi developed the rules of perspective, which give paintings a
sense of depth.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Flemish artists developed oil-based paints which dried slower and were easier to blend.
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Great Italian Artists
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Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519)
• painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist
• contributed to our knowledge of anatomy, optics, and hydraulics
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He used the knowledge gained from dissecting
cadavers to paint human figures more realistically.
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“When you are finished, please return your trays to the cafeteria.”
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Da Vinci was interested in how things worked and
used his study of birds to
draw flying machines.
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Michelangelo(1475-1564)
• sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
• best remembered for his painting of the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo’s sculptures suggest a sense of tension.
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Pieta
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Although he considered himself a
sculptor, he is often
remembered today as the
painter of the frescoes in the Sistine
Chapel.
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St. Peter’s Basilica,Vatican City
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Raphael(1483-1520)
• Renaissance painter who favoured bright colours
• was influenced by the works of da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Raphael favored the bright colors traditionally used by painters from his home region of Umbria.
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The School of Athens by Raphael.
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Artists of Northern Europe
• were less influenced by classical styles than their contemporaries in Italy
• painted the world realistically
-paid careful attention to detail
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Jan van Eyck(1390?-1441)
• Flemish painter• called the “King of Painters” by
his compatriots
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Van Eyck painted the world realistically, paying careful attention to every detail.
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Jan van Eyck’s
paintings often hadreligious
messages.
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Pieter Bruegel was inspired by scenes of peasant country life.
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Hans Holbein the Younger painted portraits of nobles and rulers.
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Albrecht Durer(1471-1528)
• famous German artist of the Reformation
• widely known for his illustrations
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Renaissance Literature
• emerging middle class formed a demanding new audience
-enjoyed dramatic tales as well as comedies
• popular literature was often written in the vernacular
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Petrarch perfected the form of poetry known as the sonnet.
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Giovanni Boccaccio(1313-75)
Best-known work the Decameron:• consisted of 100 stories that
make fun of knights and other medieval figures
• clear, narrative style served as a model for later writers
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The French writer Francois Rabelais used satire to make fun of narrow-minded monks and scholars.
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“Abandon yourself to Nature’s truths, and let nothing in the world be unknown to you.”
- Francois Rebelais
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Miguel de Cervantes was a leading writer of the Renaissance in Spain.
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In his novel Don Quixote,
Cervantes mocked medieval ideas of chivalry.
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Quixote’s idealism
seems to be madness in a
world that views love
and heroism as forms of
insanity.
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Renaissance Reaches England…
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War of the Roses Ends
• A war of succession between the House of Lancaster (symbolized by red roses) and the House of York (symbolized by white roses).
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Finally settled with Henry VII…of the
House of Tudor became King. (He was related to the House of
Lancaster)
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King Henry VII invited Italian
scholars to England. They taught humanist ideals and the
study of classical texts.
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William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
• leading English playwright and poet
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His themes are universal and still relevant centuries later
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History of the Globe Theatre
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Christian scholars urged the Roman Catholic
Church to reform.
Martin Luther
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They wanted the Church to return to
its early traditions
based on the teachings of
Jesus.
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Rise of Humanism in Northern Europe
• They sought to combine humanism with the study of Scripture, or Christian Humanism
• Christian Humanism is the belief that individual freedom and human dignity are essential parts of the Christian faith.
• The Renaissance Reformers relied on early Church Fathers such as Justin, Basil and Gregory of Nyssa.
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
• Oration on the Dignity of Man
• In addition, he wrote 900 Conclusions, many of which were deemed heretical by the Catholic Church
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DesideriusErasmus
(1466?-1536)
• Dutch scholar and priest• led the Christian humanists• used witty dialogues to point out
the ignorance of some clergy
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Erasmus is considered
the“Father of the Reformation” because of the
way his writings influenced other
church reformers.
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Sir Thomas More
(1478-1535)
• English scholar and statesman
• believed that literature could be used to serve Christian goals
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More’s book Utopia
described an ideal society
in which people lived at peace with one another.
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• Unlike other Christian reformers, Sir More remained unyieldingly loyal to the Catholic Church, even while recognizing it needed clean up its act.
• This devotion to the Catholic Church eventually ran him into trouble with King Henry VII.
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Unfortunately for Sir Thomas More, and his neck, things did not end
well for him.
• “I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first.”