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NOTES… What should I write down? Information from each of the red slides is important and should be noted. You can record it in any way that makes sense to you. BACKGROUND The Renaissance - a time of renewal Renaissance = rebirth Europe was recovering from the Dark Ages and the plague. People had lost their faith in the church and began to put more focus on human beings. The Transition From This… To This. Renaissance Art • Famous artists include Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, and Van Eyck • Subjects were realistic and focused on humanity and emotion • Renaissance artists embraced some of the ideals of Greece and Rome in their art. • Private value of art Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is considered to be one of the most inspired men who ever lived David Michelangelo created his masterpiece David in 1504. Sistine Chapel About a year after creating David, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Creation of Eve Creation of Adam Separation of Light and Darkness The Last Judgment La Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture Realism? Humanity? Emotion? 1452-1519 Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer, Anatomist, Inventor Renaissance MAN! Vitruvian Man Mona Lisa The Last Supper Da Vinci Code… Mary Magdalene? John? Notebooks Raphael Painter 1483-1520 The School of Athens Pythagoras Plato and Aristotle Socrates Raphael (back) Euclid Zoroaster & Ptolemy Jan Van Eyck Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434) Northern Renaissance Van Eyck Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (detail) Political Ideas of the Renaissance Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince Machiavelli believed: 1. Better for a ruler to be feared than to be loved 2. Ruler should be quick and decisive in decision making 3. Ruler keeps power by any means necessary 4. The end justifies the means 5. Be good when possible, and evil when necessary Macbeth alludes to many of Machiavelli’s ideas. The English Renaissance A bit late onto the scene… from about 1520-1620 Why did it come about? • Relative peace under Tudor Reign (Eliz. I) A celebration of? A reaction to? An acknowledgement of? • Renaissance in the rest of Europe? • (end of) plague? • Hundred Years’ War (War of Roses) 15th C.? • Church corruption? Features of The English Renaissance A.K.A. The Elizabethan Age • Primarily in literature and music • Celebrated the individual. • Return to classical Greek and Roman literature and culture. Features of The English Renaissance • Primarily in literature and music. • Music – Tallis, Morley, Byrd • Literature – – – – – – William Shakespeare John Milton Wyatt/Sidney Ben Jonson Sir Thomas More Edmund Spenser Features of The English Renaissance • Primarily in literature and music. • Celebrated the individual. - Power - Weakness - Agency Features of The English Renaissance • Primarily in literature and music. • Celebrated the individual. • Return to classical Greek and Roman literature and culture. “Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.” - Milton Sir Thomas More English Humanist Wrote: Utopia A book about a perfect society Believed men and women live in harmony. No private property, no one is lazy, all people are educated and the justice system is used to end crime instead of executing criminals. The Impact and Themes of the Renaissance Man’s Capability to affect Potential of Man. To be good. To be evil. Bibliography Images from: Corbis.com Web Gallery of Art www.wga.hu