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The Art of the Italian Renaissance
Global History and Geography – 9
Sachem North High School
What was the Renaissance?
The Renaissance was a time of renewal, a time of
creativity and change
Renaissance means rebirth and Europe was
recovering from the Medieval times with its Dark
Ages and the Black Plague.
People began to put more focus on human
beings.
Where did it begin?
•Italy
•Italian Cities
•Major Trading Centers
•Secular-Moved away from
life in the church; started
focusing more on material
objects and enjoying life
Major Italian Cities
During the Middle Ages Italy was made up
of many independent city-states in
northern and central Italy that played an
important role in Italian politics and art
during the Renaissance.
Milan
One of the richest cities, it controls trade through the
Alps.
Venice
Sitting on the Adriatic, it attracts trade from all over
the world.
Florence
Controlled by the Medici Family, who became great
patrons of the arts.
Genoa
Had Access to both sea and overland trade routes
Milan
Venice
Genoa
Florence
 Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on
art.
Art communicated social, political and
spiritual values.
 Wealthy merchants had the money to support the
arts-patrons.
 Renaissance art reflected the new ideas of the
time.
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
Medieval art focused on
the Church and
salvation
Renaissance art focused on
individuals and worldly
matters, along with
Christianity.
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
• embraced some of the ideals of Greece and Rome
• subjects realistic and focused on humanity and emotion
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
Perspective
By making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer,
artists could paint scenes that appeared three dimensional.
Ideas reflected in Renaissance Art

Secularism-focus on the
earthly, the non-religious

Humanism-the intellectual
movement that focused on
worldly subjects rather than on
religious issues

Individualism-the importance
of the individual.