The Renaissance in Italy

1. The Renaissance in Italy Renaissance = “Rebirth”

2. The Renaissance 1300-1500 • The period after the Middle Ages/Dark Ages and before modern history • At the end of the Black Death (plague) • A time of great art and great thinkers

3. It marked a shift from an agricultural to a urban society • Trade was of greater importance • (Italian gown shown here)

4. The Renaissance Began in Italy and Later Spread • Italy is where the Roman Empire existed, so architecture & other artifacts were present. • The Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church, was also in Italy • Geographic location was great for trade to the North, South and East

6. Renaissance Art • Used religious figures, but against classical backgrounds • Artists returned to the realism of classical times using perspective

7. Medieval Portrayals of the Madonna

8. Renaissance Portrayal of the Madonna

9. Leonardo da Vinci • Artist, Scientist, all around Renaissance Man. • -The Mona Lisa • -The Last Supper • -The Vitruvian Man • -Self portrait • BTW – He also robbed graves.

14. The Brilliance of Leonardo • Out of 17 half brothers and sisters, Leonardo was recognized as “unusual” as a child. • Apprenticed to a painter by 15.

15. The Brilliance of Leonardo • Developed interest in science and technology. • Tried to invent rockets, bridges, flying machines, parachutes, fire trucks with extendable ladders, etc. • May have also invented the telescope? • Was a lefty!

16. BTW: • Leonardo and the next Renaissance Man absolutely HATED one another!!! • Both are what we call “Renaissance Men” • Able to do more than one thing quite well!

17. Michelangelo • Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni[ • And we wonder why we just call him “Michelangelo”? • Italian Renaissancepainter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.

18. Michelangelo • La Pieta in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

19. David

20. The Divine Spark

21. Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

23. Raphael • The School of Athens • Portrayal of the Madonna, mother of Jesus. Self-portrait by Raphael, missing since World War II

26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were all named after the famous artists of the Renaissance. • Master Splinter and Super Shredder were not.

27. Renaissance Writings • Wrote of philosophy and scholarship • Developed guidebooks for success • Machiavelli wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power • He urged rulers to use whatever methods necessary to achieve their goal

28. Machiavelli • “The end justifies the means.” • He has a Machiavellian mind. • NOT a compliment!

29. THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH – the late start! • Northern Europe began the Renaissance nearly 100 years after Italy because they still suffered from the Black Death and had not experienced the same economic growth -- until the 1400’s!

30. Where it began in the North • The Northern Renaissance began in a region called Flanders where there were lots of prosperous cities. (Present-day France, Belgium and Netherlands. • It then spread into the remainder of France, Spain, Germany and England.

31. The Printing Revolution • 1455, John Gutenberg of Germany invented a printing press with movable type • Why was this a BIG DEAL?

32. The Gutenberg Bible

33. Ned Flanders

34. Northern Humanists and Writers • Those in the North also stressed education and the classics. • Writing had been in Latin -- began writing in everyday language (the vernacular) • What affect would this have?

35. Erasmus • A Priest and Humanist • Used knowledge of languages and produced a new edition of the Bible • He called for a translation of the Bible into the vernacular • Why was this a big deal?

36. Shakespeare • English poet and playwright • Incorporated Renaissance ideals into a language the people could understand • Introduced more than 1700 new words

37. Shakespeare Insults • “You vomitous mass” • “You crusty botch of nature!” • “I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.”