Rise Of The Renaissance Flashcards
What does renaissance means?
Re birth Humanism re born Re born 1440- 1600 They wanted to re born the things they lost in the fall of rome
What happen in the 1440 year?
Printed press was invented
What happen before the renaissance?
The feudalism notices Half of the population was dead
They try different ways , the invention of machines ( devoloping machines that can make labor efficient) that is when the renaissance began
Whatnis the biggest value in the renaissance?
Reading, writing and education
The printing press
The renaissance created the terms…
Middle ages
Dark age
Etc…
The renaissance focus on?
Rediscover Classical humanism, but within a Christian context (focus On site spiritual ways)
They changed the greek time…
As the roman classical christian style
What is the roman classical christian style example?
Moses
What are the characteristics of Moses
- Zeus as Moses
- Physical and psychological patterns of humanism
- los cuernos
Moses as Zeus was painted by?
Michelangelo
What is Pieta?
- Is a statue of the mother Mary with jesus On her legs
Who did the pieta?
Michelangelo
Hat are the characteristics of the pieta?
The grieving mother of her crucified son
- pity (lastima) , lamemtation
- She holds her son as a baby
- Mary is bigger than Jesus “idealistic” en vez de realista
- Is about Mary’s emotion
- Children are supposed to see their parents die
- In the pieta Mary as a mother sees her son dies
What are the platonic ideals applied at the pieta?
- it looks visually perfect, they were distorted to see perfection
The artists took credit of their art?
In the middle ages it was seen bad to put their names in their art because it is supposed to be made by god
What were the characteristics of David the sculpture by michelangelo?
- Nude youthful David as a warrior, with his weapon (slimshot)
- Rediscovered humanism”
- Compared to Praxiteles
Who did Virgin and Child with St. Anne?
Leonardo Da Vinci
What are the characteristics of the Firgin and child with St Anne?
- Lovimg mother
- Shows humanity (emotions)
- Twobabies (John the baptist and Jesus)
- St. Anne
- The difference of the Medieval ( Duccio- Madonna majesta ( flat mary with angels))
- Baby Jesus gives the blessing to John the baptist
Who was St. Anne?
Mother of Mary
What were the two examples of pagan forms and ovid myths?
- Boticelli - Birth of Venus (sirena)
- Boticelli - Venus and Mars
What were the new techniques and media in the renaissance?
Perspective Illusion of depth Oil On canvas Size perspectivw The foreshortened form
What are the advantages of the oil On site canvas?
Dries extremely slow
Vibrant and bright colors
What is perspective?
Is the illusion of depth
What are the characteristics of the persoective?
- objects higher On the picture appear further away
- smalles objects appear further away
What is the example paintings for the perspective?
Tintoretto- last supper
Leonardo da vinci - the las supper
What is one of the things to create perspective?
Fortshortened
What is forshortened?
- to reduce/distort (parts of a represented pbject that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of depth
What is the vanishing point?
Where the parallel lines combine
What is sfumato?
Is a technique that Da Vinci used that is gradual blending of one area of color into another without a sharp outline (smokey effect)
What are the two examples of the sfumato effect?
- Leonardo Da Vinci- Madonna of the Rocks
- Leonardo Da Vinci - Mona lisa
What are the characteristics of the Northern Renaissance?
- Commercial revolution and the development of capitalism ($)
- Textile trade and rise of me (what things are worth example)
- Capital wealth over land- based wealth and the decline of feudalism
- New Christianity
What is capitalism?
System based On $
Fluid and dynamic
Who were the people in charge of capitalism?
Merchants
Who were the merchants?
- People who made their living through commerce and trade
- They made things, sold things, market things.
- They were not in the prestigious class, but they were wealthy
What are the two examples of merchant paintings?
- Gossaert - Portrait of a merchant
- Mestsys - The moneylender and his wife
What were the characteristics of the merchant paintings?
- there is money wealth
- Coins
- ## Scale
What is the split of the catholic church in the renaissance?
- The reformation and the rejection of Catholic monopoly of faith (protestant)
- Split of the church
What does luther posts?
95 theses of debate
- 95 things he wants to change in the church from that they created the protestants
Who is a protestant?
- Protestant is who practices christianity, but is not a catholic
What are the characteristics of the protestants?
- Humble
- Individual conscience
- Direct/personal relationship with God
- Vernacular bibles advanced by the printing press
What are the examples of the protestant paintings?
- Bruegel- The Wedding fest
- Bruegel - Hunters in the snow
- Sluter - Moses
What are the characteristics of the Bruegel- the wedding fest?
- Live a humble life
- Happens at the same time as capitalism
- Is not in a palace is in a barn
- The groom serves the meal
- The food is not royal
- Everything is humble
What are the characteristics of the Sluter- Moses?
- Protestant of the north did it
- Humble
- has the horns or the tablets
- in comparison of Moses the zeus from the south by michelangelo
