the renaissance 1450 -1527
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The Renaissance 1450 -1527. Humanism: a Movable Feast. Why is the Renaissance considered a “movable feast”?. Beginnings: 1340-1450 -experimentation Height : 1450 -1517 - creation of a new society Northern Renaissance: 1517-1700 - diffusion of Renaissance ideals throughout. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Renaissance1450-1527
Humanism: a Movable Feast
Why is the Renaissance considered a “movable feast”?
Beginnings: 1340-1450 -experimentation
Height: 1450-1517 - creation of a new society
Northern Renaissance: 1517-1700 - diffusion of Renaissance ideals throughout
What was “Italy” in the 15-16C?
Many city states and kingdoms
While still mostly rural, the Italian peninsula was the most urbanized place in Europe
Condottieri (military leaders) and diplomats were the regulators of the balance of power
Trade continued throughout the Middle ages
Why Italy?
Continuous trade with the Mediterranean world during the Middle Ages
Legacy of Rome’s glory and civic pride
Commercial classes in city states emerge as a vibrant force, patronize art
Greek scholars flee there after 1453
Continuity and Changein Renaissance Society
Before:
Agriculture and rural society predominate
Family relationships most important
Importance of the church in daily life
Patriarchy
Disparity rich/ poor/small middle class
Short life expectancy
After:
Revival of cities
More consumer goods available to all
More luxury goods available to some
Expectation of a better SOL for future generations emerges
Beginning of the bourgeoisie (=middle class)
Classical humanism in art
Revered both secular and sacred subjects
Used Greek and Roman art as models
Heightened awareness of individualism, beauty, the dignity of man
Required the support of wealthy patrons
Used the human form as a metaphor for the potential and power of the human mind
Renaissance Humanism
Had respect for Classical civilization
Beauty of human mind and body
Civic virtue (virtu) and goodness
Emphasis on the here and now (the present)
Power of individual to improve and excel
Liberal arts education
Intellectual curiosity encouraged
All about being well rounded and balanced
Renaissance Ideals Individualism
Growing secularism
Materialism
Sprezzatura: with ease
Wider horizons
Expectation of a better life in this world for future generations
Humans have powerFrom Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook ^
Renaissance Painting: “Creating Naturalism”
Proportionality
Humanistic subject matter
Meticulous observation of what occurs in nature
Perspective to create 3 dimensional art
Renaissance techniques
Sfumato: allowing tones and colors to shade into one another
Chirascurro: light and shadow
Naturalism
Mathematical perspective
“The Trinity” by Masaccio
Raphael:School of Athens
Draws your eyes to a place in the painting.
Individualism“An Old Man and his Grandson”
By: Domenico Ghirlandaio
Civic humanism
Classics: Alessandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (1485)
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein
‘Sir Thomas More’Painted by Hans Holbein
Christian Humanist of England
ObjectiveStudies of Nature andObjects
“The Hare” by Albrecht
Durer
David by Michelangelo
1501-1504,Florence
Northern Renaissan
ce
Emphasis on Christian
Humanism and piety
Photographic-like naturalism
Nature and bible themes
Humanistic Art, Christian Subject Matter
The value of the individual as represented through portraiture
WHY is this IMPORTANT?!
Ideals still accepted today
Respect for dignity of the individual and liberty
Science replaces faith as source of material knowledge
Expectation of a decent standard of living and growth of middle class
Diplomacy and balance of power deployed
“What a piece of work is man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable…”
-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Tableau Activity
A group of motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history (i.e. civic virtue/dignity)
Perspective
Naturalism/Power of individual
Beauty of human mind and body
Liberal arts education
Wealth