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Renaissance:
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New interest in
Reawakening, rebirth
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survived the Middle Ages
Many cities were
Wealthy and powerful
promoted cultural rebirth - stressed education, individual achievement, spent
lavishly to support the arts
Florence and the Medici's
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Medici family of Florence organized a successful
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Cosimo gained control of Florentine
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His grandson -
, very rich
in 1434
- clever politician who held Florence together in the late 1400s
Lorenzo "The Magnificent" - great
What was the Renaissance'!
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Time of
in political, social, economic, and cultural areas
Characteristics
1. New world view - reawakened interest in
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of Greece and Rome
Medieval scholars focused on life after death, Renaissance thinkers focused on
of now
Emphasis on individual
2. Spirit of A dvellture
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Renaissance led to
, curiosity (ex. Christopher Columbus)
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3. Huma,. _n- heart ofItalian Renaissance
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movement
Focused on
rather than on religious issues like Middle Ages
Believed that education should stimulate the individual's
Returned to
powers
in schools - rhetoric, poetry, history
Francesco Petrarch - early Renaissance humanist, assembled library of Greek and Roman manuscripts
The Arts
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Reflected
Portrayed religious figures but with Greek/Roman
Painted well-known figures of the day
- made a life size statue of soldier on horseback (1st
Studied/revived many Greek and Roman works - ex.
since ancient times)
New Techniques
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paintings
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Usedperspective(3 dimensional)
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Used
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Portrayed human body more accurately than in Middle Ages
Women Artists
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Some women overcame limits on education and training to become artists
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Sometimes
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Some gained acceptance (ex. Sofonisba Angrissola)
Architecture
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Renaissance artists rejected
Adopted
of Middle Ages
favored by Greeks/Romans (ex. Cathedral in Florence - done by
Filippo Brunelleschi - modeled from the Pantheon in Rome)
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