Download The Italian Renaissance - World History and Honors History 9

Chapter 15 - Renaissance and
Reformation
Vitruvian man by
Leonardo da Vinci, 1492
Section 1 - The Italian Renaissance
Section 1 - The Italian Renaissance
Main Idea
In Italy the growth of wealthy trading cities and new
ways of thinking helped lead to a rebirth of the arts and
learning. This era became known as the Renaissance.
Reading Focus
• What changes in society and in cities stimulated the
beginning of the Renaissance?
• What ideas formed the foundation of the Italian
Renaissance?
• What contributions did artists make to the
Renaissance?
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Result of changes caused by Black Death and
renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Began in Italy – city-states became centers
of trade and manufacturing
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Florence, Venice and Milan grew in power;
came to symbolized the Italian Renaissance
Skyline of Florence with the Duomo cathedral
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
A wealthy merchant class – bankers and
traders - promoted cultural rebirth
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
The wealthy became patrons of the arts;
played a major role by sponsoring artists
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Medici family of Florence very important richest bankers and merchants in Europe
Botticelli's "The
Adoration of the Magi"
(1476) with the
Medici family and
friends
I. The Beginning of the Renaissance
Lorenzo Medici – patron who supported the
most talented poets, artists and philosophers
Raphael's
Lorenzo de'
Medici
II. Renaissance Ideas
Renaissance = rebirth; a change in the way
people viewed themselves and their world
Auguste Rodin - The Thinker (1902)
II. Renaissance Ideas
Thinkers explored life with a secular, or
worldly, focus rather than just a spiritual one
II. Renaissance Ideas
Secular writers wrote in the vernacular;
included Castiglione and Machiavelli
Baldassare Castiglione
Niccolò Machiavelli
II. Renaissance Ideas
Scientists included Nicholas Copernicus, first
to suggest a heliocentric theory of the universe
(Zwolteh)
II. Renaissance Ideas
Humanism - focused on classic subjects and
individual achievement
II. Renaissance Ideas
Based on study of classical culture: grammar,
rhetoric, poetry, and history
II. Renaissance Ideas
Believed education should stimulate an
individual’s creative powers
III. Renaissance Art
Renaissance art reflected humanist ideas
The Birth Of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1485)
III. Renaissance Art
Artists developed techniques such as
perspective for realistic paintings
Medieval Art – Not Realistic
III. Renaissance Art
Architect of Rome Donato Bramante designed
St. Peter’s Basilica
III. Renaissance Art
The most celebrated artists were Leonardo
da Vinci
The Last Supper
Mona Lisa
Michelangelo
The Pieta
David
The Creation of Adam
Raphael
Raphael’s School of Athens is
famous for depicting figures of
the Classical past with the
features of his Renaissance
contemporaries
The Crucifixion
Donatello
Donatello's bronze statue of
David (c. 1425–1430)
Donatello's equestrian statue at Padua,
the first example of such a monument
since ancient times (1445–1450)