The Renaissance

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Date

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1400-1600 AD

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Renaissance

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Re birth of interest in ancient times

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Began in Italy because

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Wasn’t a United country
Traders came into contact with the Chinese and got new ideas
Italians could read manuscripts
Ruins from Ancient Rome were scattered throughout Rome

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City states

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Eg Florence and Genoa. Large banks were set up

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Patrons

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Wealthy bankers and merchants who supported artists by paying for their work

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The center of the renaissance

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Florence

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Medici family

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Owned the largest bank
Medici Bank
Had friends elected in the gov and were the real rulers of Florence

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Cosimo de Medici

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Head of meidici bank
Collected manuscripts from Ancient Rome and housed them in the Medici Library
Set up Platonic Academy
Given name Pater Patriae after death

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Lorenzo the magnificent

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Took over bank
Wasn’t good at banking
Interested in art
Expanded the library and paid scholars of the academy
Meidicis lost most of their money
French invaded Florence and Medicis lost their power

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How do we know about the renaissance

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Painting and sculptures
Artists notebooks
Giorgio Vasari error biographies of artists

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Difference between Medieval and renaissance art

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Subjects
Realism
Perspective
Materials

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Subjects

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M- religious

R- religious images and ancient and Greek legends

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Realism

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R- more realistic. Interest in anatomy

Light, shadow and used was used to make people more realistic

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Anatomy

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Cutting open and examining animals and plants

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Perspective

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R- perspective added depth to paintings

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Vanishing point

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Point where all lines of perspective come from

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Materials

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R- painted on canvases instead of wooden panels
Used oil as it took longer to dry
Painted frescoes

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Frescoes

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Walls of wet plaster

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Painter and inventor
Painted the last supper
Used sfumato for the Mona Lisa 1499
Recorded ideas in a notebook- mirror writing
Studied astronomy, geology, botany and anatomy

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Sfumato

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Blurring lines for a smoky effect

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Michelangelo

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Sculpted the Pietà- means sorrow
Made of white marble
Statue of David 1501
Asked to paint frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel- 300 figures, 4 years
Asked to paint the last judgement 30 yrs later

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Humanism

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Showing interest in human nature than religion

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Invented the printing press

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Printing press important

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Books were cheap and plentiful
Literacy and education spread
Spread ideas of the renaissance and reformation

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Geology

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Study of rocks

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Botany

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Study of flowers

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Astronomy

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Study of the movement of stars and planets

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Science

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People and the church believed that the sun and planets revolves around the earth

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Believe the earth circled the sun | On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies - outlines beliefs

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Galileo

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Invented the pendulum clock and the telescope Discovered that all objects fall at the same speed Proved Copernicus was right Appeared before the inquisition but was forced to say his beliefs were wrong

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Through his telescopes he saw that

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The moon had mountains and craters The Milky Way has many stars There was 4 moons circling Jupiter

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William Shakespeare

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``` Write poetry and plays The comedy of errors- performed in 1594 Theatrical company the kings men Opens the Globe in 1599 Wrote 38 plays 154 sonnets ```

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Sonnet

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Rhyming poems of 14 lines in length

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Shakespeare’s plays divided into 3 sections

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Comedies eg the comedy of errors Histories eg Julius Caesar Tragedies eg Romeo and Juliet

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Rembrandt

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University of Leiden Famous for use of light and shadow Had to sell collections 400 paintings- most famous was the Night Watch

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Results of the renaissance

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New discoveries - greater knowledge and new inventions Idea of humanism- personal independence became more important Spread of knowledge/ People learned to read and write Masterpieces/ famous and beautiful works of art were created