renaissance Flashcards
only in italy?
people tended to go to italy as more cultural development in the 18th and 19th century, but europe participated more in the 16th and 17th century
humanism - basics
importance of human values, rather than religious beliefs
valued evidence and the use of reason
humanism - thomas more
revived ideas of greek and roman thinkers
art - basics
showed joy in human beauty and lifes pleasures
more lifelike
perspective and depth
art - giotto
real emotion and depth, solid bodies
art - leonard da vinci
human anatomy, renewed desire to depict beauty of nature
art - netherlands
hugo van der goss, vibrant. oil paint and canvas
architecture - greek style
filippo brunelleschi’s florence cathedral
art - sculpture
people 3d and real
classical positions eg Michaelangelo’s David
science - andreas vesalius
“on the workings of the human body” - new confidence to the role of observation in anatomy
science - coppernicus
heliocentric system