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Italian Renaissance Renaissance • • • • “rebirth” cultural awakening in Europe started in Italy about 1350 – 1600 Causes • more trade between Europe and Islamic Empire • preservation of Greco-Roman knowledge by Byzantines and Muslims • more trade = more money Why Italy? • center of trade routes • attachment to classical (Roman) traditions • prosperous city-states • Florence, Venice, Rome New Ideas • individualism – emphasis on person as individual rather than part of a group • secularism – focus on worldly themes instead of religious Key People • • • • Niccolo Machiavelli Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Petrarch Patrons • Wealthy people who sponsored art • Showed high social status Niccolo Machiavelli • wrote The Prince – handbook for princes on ruling • supported absolute power • end justifies the means • try to do good, evil if needed Leonardo da Vinci • artist, scientist, inventor • painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper • “Renaissance man” Mona Lisa Why is this painting so famous? The Last Supper vertical The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 horizontal Perspective! Michelangelo • artist – painter and sculptor • painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel • sculpted David Sistine Chapel Sistine Chapel • • • 1508-1512 Fresco Last Judgment back wall 1536-1541 The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment David Petrarch • poet and scholar • love sonnets inspired poetry in Romeo and Juliet • humanist writings The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11 Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo Raphael Painter 1483-1520
