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Page 1: Intro to the Renaissance and Renaissance Art fileBasic Features of the Renaissance Secularism Focus on worldly, rather than religious, matters (although this does not mean that people

Intro to the Renaissanceand Renaissance Art

Page 2: Intro to the Renaissance and Renaissance Art fileBasic Features of the Renaissance Secularism Focus on worldly, rather than religious, matters (although this does not mean that people

What is the Renaissance? French for “rebirth” Period in Europe from the late

fourteenth through the sixteenthcenturies, characterized by a renewedinterest in human-centered classicalart, literature, and learning

Page 3: Intro to the Renaissance and Renaissance Art fileBasic Features of the Renaissance Secularism Focus on worldly, rather than religious, matters (although this does not mean that people

Basic Features of theRenaissance

ClassicismRespect for ancient Greek and Romanart, architecture, literature, andphilosophy

Page 4: Intro to the Renaissance and Renaissance Art fileBasic Features of the Renaissance Secularism Focus on worldly, rather than religious, matters (although this does not mean that people

Basic Features of theRenaissance

SecularismFocus on worldly, rather than religious,matters (although this does not meanthat people during the Renaissancedenied the existence of God or theimportance of religion)

Page 5: Intro to the Renaissance and Renaissance Art fileBasic Features of the Renaissance Secularism Focus on worldly, rather than religious, matters (although this does not mean that people

Basic Features of theRenaissance

IndividualismAn emphasis on the dignity and worth ofthe individual person

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Basic Features of theRenaissance

ScholarshipAn emphasis on reason, a questioningattitude, and experimentation

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What are the differencesbetween Medieval and

Renaissance art?

Page 8: Intro to the Renaissance and Renaissance Art fileBasic Features of the Renaissance Secularism Focus on worldly, rather than religious, matters (although this does not mean that people

Medieval art All art is religious or a portrait Unscientific

– Spaceless– No shadows– Figures stiff and unrealistic

No free standing sculpture No nudes

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Renaissance art More variety of subject matter

– Genre scenes of ordinary/earthly life Scientific

– Three dimensional figures– Depth of field– Human expression

Free standing sculpture Nudes

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Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper

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Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa

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DonatelloDavid

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MichelangeloDavid

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MichelangeloCreation of Adam

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RaphaelSchool of Athens

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TitianVenus of Urbino

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Jan van EyckThe Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

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Pieter BrueghelThe Return of the Hunters

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Pieter BrueghelPeasant Wedding