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About the Renaissance
Began in Italy Chief patrons were merchants So, why there?
Spread North Transformed as it moved Aggressively applied humanist ideas to the
ChurchTwo prongs: Italian and Northern
Renaissance
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
Use of dimensionStrive for realismBiblical OR mythological themesImportance of the individual
Masaccio Saint Peter Baptizing
from The Brancacci Chapel,1424-28fresco 247x172 cmSanta Maria del Carmine, Florence
…so, it means what?
“The term ‘Renaissance’ captures contemporaries’ sense that they were making a break with the church-centered medieval world and establishing a new concept of man as the center of the world.”
~~Robert Tignor, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart