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Chapter 17 Section 1 Notes
Intro:
A. Renaissance, French word meaning rebirth of learning. Began in Italy
in the 1300’s
B. Renaissance ideas about classical studies, art, and literature still
influence modern thought
I. Italy’s Advantages
A. Thriving cities
1. Trade spurred by the Crusades help build large towns
2. Towns allowed cultural diffusion to thrive
3. The bubonic plague thinned the number of laborers thus
creating increased wages which led to interest in art
B. Wealthy merchant class
1. Dominated political life
2. Success and wealth depended on the wit of the merchant thus
individual achievement became a Renaissance theme
3. Florence was a city in Northeastern Italy that was influenced by
the rich merchant Lorenzo de Midici 1469
C. Classical heritage of Greece and Rome
1. Renaissance scholars looked down on art and literature of the
Middle Ages ( Church)
2. Many ancient Latin manuscripts came to Europe from Constatinople
when the city fell to the Ottomon Turks in 1453
II. Classical and Worldly Values
A. Classics Lead to Humanism
1. Human potential and achievements based on the studies of the classics
2 Humanism popularized studies of the classics, history, literature and
philosophy thus these subject became known as the humanities
B. Enjoyment of Worldly Pleasures
1. Secular movement
a. Worldly concerned with the here and now
2. People began to live in luxury
C. Patrons of the Arts
1. Supporters of the arts
2. Included Popes, Merchants, and Kings
D. The Renaissance Man
1. A person that excelled in many fields
2. Baldassare Castiglione
a. Writes the book The Courtier in 1528
1. About the perfect renaissance man
a. Charming
b. Witty
c. Educated in the classics
d. Dance
e. Sing
f. Play music
g. Write poetry
E. The Renaissance Woman
1. Wealthy women were expected to be educated and inspired to
create art but should not seek fame
III. Renaissance Revolutionizes Art
A. Perspective 3 dimension large objects in the front and smaller objects
towards the back
B. 4 Great Renaissance Artist
1. Donatello best known as the Master Sculptor
a. Carved natural postures
2. Michelangelo
a. Sculpted the David in 1501-1504
b. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
1. Commissioned by Pope Julius II
c. Architect of St. Peter’s Basilica
3. Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
a. Genus of the group
b. Best known as an inventor
c. Two most famous paintings
1. Mona Lisa
2. The Last Supper
3. Sketches of anatomy
4. Raphael 1483-1520
a. Best known as a painter of Madonna’s or pictures of
Mary and Jesus
b. Best known painting was School of Athens
1. Portrayed classical figures
C. Women artists
1. Sofonisba Anguissola
a. Best known as a portrait painter
IV. Renaissance Writers Change Literature
A.Used slang language called vernacular
B. Francesco Petrarch was the first humanist writer in Italy
1. Sonnets 14 line poems to a woman named Laura
2. Humanist ideas
C. Boccaccio
1. Off color stories
2. Humor in a book called Decameron
D. Niccolo Machiavelli in 1513 writes a book called The Prince
1. Book about how to govern in Italy
`a. Lie, Steal, Cheat, Murder, do what ever is necessary
to maintain control but look pious
E. Women Writers
A. Wrote about personal subjects not politics