The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance

Humanism

• Study of the classics

• Liberal arts

• Petrarch

Education

Liberal Studies

EducationPhysical education

Train an elite

Preparation for life

LiteratureIn the vernacular

Dante AlleghiriGeoffrey Chaucer

Francois Rabelais

ArtReality of an object

Perspective

Study of the human body

Sfumato

Frescoes

Michelangelo

Sistine chapel

Donato di Niccolo

aka : Donatello

Sculptor and architect

Filippo Brunelleschi

San Lorenzo

The Duomo in Florence

• Designed by Brunelleschi

• Started in 1367• Completed in 1436• Inspired by the Pantheon

Pantheon

The Gates of Paradise

• Created by Ghiberti• Has pictures from the

Old testament

Titian

Charles V

Hans Holbein

Portrait of Henry VIII

Jan van Eyck

Albrecht Durer

Evaluate art of the Renaissance.

1) Generalize the art of the Renaissance? How did the art of Italy and the North differ?

2) How does the overall art of the Renaissance appeal to you? Explain.

3) What are your top three works of art that we discussed today (you can include literature)? Tell why.