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The Renaissance
in Italy
Renaissance =
“Rebirth”
The Renaissance
1300-1500
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The period after the end
of the Black Death
A time of great art and
great thinkers
Started in Italy
 Increased trade
brought wealth
 Italian merchants
funded artists
Renaissance Art
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Used religious
figures, but against
classical
backgrounds
Artists returned to
the realism of
classical times
using perspective
Humanism
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Humanism – intellectual movement at
the heart of the Italian Renaissance that
focused on the study of the Humanities
(Art, literature, and philosophy)
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Education was important.
Emphasis on individual achievement.
Glorification of the human form
Emphasis on classical Greek and Roman
ideas.
Medieval Portrayals of the Madonna
Renaissance Portrayal of the
Madonna
Leonardo da Vinci
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Artist, Scientist,
Engineer and all
around Renaissance
Man.
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Most famous works:
The Mona Lisa & The
Last Supper
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BTW – He also
robbed graves.
The Brilliance of Leonardo
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Developed interest in
science and technology.
Tried to invent rockets,
bridges, flying machines,
parachutes, fire trucks with
extendable ladders, and
the telescope
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo di
Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni[
Italian Renaissance
painter, sculptor,
architect, poet and
engineer.
Most famous work:
Sistine chapel Artwork
Michelangelo
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La Pieta in the
Sistine Chapel in
Rome.
David
The Divine Spark
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Raphael
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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
AKA Raphael
Italian painter and architect
of the late Renaissance.
Focused on classical and
religious subject
Most famous work: The
School of Athens
Self-portrait by Raphael, missing
since World War II
Donatello
• Donato di Niccolò di Betto
Bardi AKA Donatello
• Renaissance Italian sculptor
from Florence.
• Known for his precise work
with copper and bronze.
Donatello
Statue of
David
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles were
all named after the
famous artists of the
Renaissance.
Master Splinter and
Super Shredder
were not.
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Raphael