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Vocabulary Humanism - a philosophy that was developed during the Renaissance. It emphasized personal independence, individual expression and secularism Realism- the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment Embellish- to decorate or make more beautiful Secular - not religious

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Vocabulary

Humanism- a philosophy that was developed during the Renaissance. It emphasized personal independence, individual expression and secularism

Realism- the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment

Embellish- to decorate or make more beautiful

Secular- not religious

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Self Portraits

Objectives:

•Deepen our knowledge of Renaissance art by understanding the relationship between humanism and realism

•Know essential facts about Albrecht Durer

(who, when, where, what, why)

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A Comparison

Middle Ages

c400-c1400

• Art is religious

• Flat- very little shading

• Very little depth in paintings

• People are concerned with the next world and not with earthly life

• The individual is NOT important

Renaissance

c1400-c1600

• Art can be religious or secular

• Artists used chiaroscuro

• Linear perspective creates depth

• People are becoming curious about science and the natural world

• The individual is important

(humanism)

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Because people began to believe in their own worth, artists began to value themselves and their workFor the first time in history, they began to paint self-portraits….

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Albrecht Durer

•Considered to be the most important Northern Renaissance artist (German)

•1471-1528

•was interested in the natural world and became skilled at realism

•The first artist to paint self portraits

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Durer made many studies of animals and nature

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