The Renaissance

The Renaissance started in Italy

Characteristics of Renaissance

• Rise of merchant class.

• Patrons paid for art.

• Development of painting techniques such as perspective and more realistic art.

What is Renaissance?It’s rebirth! Scholars and learned people wanted to study the manuscripts from Greece and Rome, thinking those

civilizations were great and worthy of study again.

They wanted to imitate the buildings, science discoveries

language and writing styles of the Romans and Greeks.

Florence, Italy

• Famous center for the Medici family.

• Lorenzo the Magnificent lived there.

• Patron of artists, sculptors, writers.

• The Duomo – a domed church.• Bruncelleschi created this and

it was the greatest work of engineering up to that time!

Brunelleschi’s Duomo in Florence

• One of Brunelleschi’s most important works.

• Brunelleschi built the dome without interior supports to hold up the heavy stone and bricks.

St. Peter’s Basilica

Built over a period of 120 yrs. Many artists, were involved including Michelangelo.

Michelangelo’sPieta

• Michelangelo was a master of many artistic abilities, but he often protested that he was a sculptor.

• Sculpted out of marble.

Michelangelo’sDavid

• Sculpted out of marble.

• Pay attention to the detail in the sculpture.

Michelangelo’sThe Sistine Chapel

• It took Michelangelo almost 4 ½ years to complete the ceiling alone.

• The wall behind the alter is features a painting entitled The Last Judgment, which was Michelangelo’s last major work.

Michelangelo’sCeiling of the Sistine Chapel

• The frescoes include more than 300 figures!

Michelangelo’sThe Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

(The Creation of Adam)

• Michelangelo painted scenes from the Old Testament on the ceiling, this is God giving life to Adam.

“The Last Judgment”

was painted

above the altar of

the Sistine

Chapel in his later

life.

The Printing Press was invented!

Gutenberg Bible

• The first printed book created in 1452.• It was cheaper and took less time to make.• Spread new literature and ideas and

inventions.

Renaissance Printers and Manuscripts

Galileo

• Studied astronomy.

• Created the telescope.

• Proved Earth orbited the Sun.

• Arrested for suggesting it!

• Father of modern science!

Quiz• What does Renaissance mean?

• What were they copying?

• Who designed this?

• What is this called?

• Name a work by Michelangelo.

• Why did ideas spread quickly?

• Who discovered the Earth goes around the Sun?