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    The document summarizes key aspects of the European Renaissance. It describes how increased trade led to the rise of wealthy city-states like Florence in Italy. The Medici family in Florence patronized many Renaissance artists like Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael. Their artworks demonstrated new techniques like realism, emotion, and perspective that departed from the Middle Ages. The Renaissance spread ideas across Europe and influenced architecture, literature, and art in different regions.

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    The document summarizes key aspects of the European Renaissance. It describes how increased trade led to the rise of wealthy city-states like Florence in Italy. The Medici family in Florence patronized many Renaissance artists like Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael. Their artworks demonstrated new techniques like realism, emotion, and perspective that departed from the Middle Ages. The Renaissance spread ideas across Europe and influenced architecture, literature, and art in different regions.

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    The document summarizes key aspects of the European Renaissance. It describes how increased trade led to the rise of wealthy city-states like Florence in Italy. The Medici family in Florence patronized many Renaissance artists like Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael. Their artworks demonstrated new techniques like realism, emotion, and perspective that departed from the Middle Ages. The Renaissance spread ideas across Europe and influenced architecture, literature, and art in different regions.

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    The revival of trade in Europe helped bring an end to the Middle Ages & gave rise to the Renaissance

    The rise of cities


    brought artists
    together which led
    to new techniques &
    styles of art.

    Increased trade gave rise to Italian city-states & a wealthy middle class of bankers &
    merchants emerged. They then started patronizing art and artists.
    The most important Italian city-state was Florence. In this wealthy trade city,
    Renaissance began.

    Florence was home to


    the Medici family, the wealthiest & most powerful bankers in Europe. The Medici used their
    wealth to commission art for themselves &
    to beautify Florence .
    Florence under the Medici

    The Medici paid Filippo Brunelleschi to design the enormous octagonal


    dome of Florence Cathedral, also called the Duomo. It was completed in
    The
    1436.Medici Palace
    The dome was considered as one of theMedici Chapel
    most impressive
    engineering and artistic feats since Roman times.
    New styles & techniques of Renaissance art
    • Realism & emotion
    • Classicism: inspiration from Greece & RomeSfumato (Blending colors to
    make them melt into one

    Emphasis on individuals
    & sculptures & interaction
    another)
    • The first nude paintings
    since the Romans
    between people
    Chiaroscuro (Effect of
    contrasted light and

    • Geometric
    shadow)

    arrangements
    • Perspective
    • Using light & shadows

    Greek Renaissance
    Renaissance
    Artists
    Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
    [Donatello (1386-1466)]
    • Donatello was the 1st great
    sculptor of the Renaissance period.
    – He revived the classical (Greco-
    Roman) style of sculpture that
    was realistic & could be viewed
    from all sides.
    – His “David” (1440) was the 1st
    large, free-standing human
    sculpture of the Renaissance
    period.
    Artworks Of Donatello

    Saint
    Statue
    StatueJohn
    of
    OfHabacuc,
    David,
    the Evangelist
    Florence
    Duomo Equestrian
    Statue statue
    of St. John of Gattamelata
    George,Orsanmichele,
    the Baptist, Duomo
    Florence
    di
    Siena
    Michelangelo [1475-1564]

    • Michelangelo was one


    of the most famous
    Renaissance artists:
    – He was a painter, sculptor,
    architect, & poet
    – His sculptures & paintings
    showed realism, details of
    the human body, &
    expressions to show
    personality & emotions.
    Artworks of Michelangelo

    The(1498–99)
    Pieta Last Judgement (1534–41)
    Statue of David (1504)
    Michelangelo’s
    greatest work is
    the 130 ft x 44 ft
    ceiling of the
    Sistine Chapel
    [1508-12]
    which shows
    Biblical images
    of amazing
    detail, power, &
    beauty.
    Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519]
    • Leonardo da Vinci was a
    true “Renaissance Man”
    – He was a painter &
    sculptor whose art was known
    for incredible realism &
    emotions.
    – He was also an inventor
    & scientist whose sketches
    reveal observations about
    human anatomy & new
    engineering technology.
    His “Last Supper” shows Jesus’ last meeting with
    the 12 apostles before the crucifixion.
    The facial expressions, details, emotions made it a masterpiece
    Leonardo da Vinci’s
    greatest masterpiece
    was the “Mona Lisa”
    which is recognized as
    the best known, the
    most visited, the most
    written about, the most
    sung about, the most
    parodied work of art in
    the world because of its
    emotional depth and
    Mona Lisa’s mysterious
    smile.
    Virgin of the Rocks

    [ National Gallery,
    London]

    Demonstrating
    Leonardo's interest in
    Paper DepictingAnnunciation
    Leonardo da (1475–1480)
    Vinci’s Study of the foetus in
    It is thought to be Leonardo's earliest nature. work.
    complete
    the womb
    Raphael [1483-1520]

    • Raphael “perfected” Renaissance


    painting
    – He improved perspective and
    realism by studying Leonardo &
    Michelangelo
    – Raphael became the favorite
    painter of the Pope because of
    his amazing detailed paintings
    showing
    a combination of famous
    Greeks & Romans along with
    Renaissance people
    Raphael’s greatest painting was “School of Athens” which blended
    Classical figures from Greece & Rome with important people from the
    Renaissance

    Plato (drawn to
    look like Da Vinci)

    Aristotle

    Raphael

    Pythagoras Michelangelo
    Euclid
    Raphael’s most
    sophisticated
    altarpiece of this
    period
    “Betrothal
    The Mond Crucifixion, Theof the Virgin”
    Madonna of the Pinks
    [1502–1503] [1506–1507]
    Filippo Brunelleschi [1377-1446]
    • Brunelleschi was Florence’s greatest architect:
    – He studied the Roman Pantheon when he built
    the Cupola of Maria del Fiore cathedral in
    Florence.
    – The dome inspired many modern building
    designs.
    Comparison of Domes

    US Capital,
    Duomo, Florence St.
    St.Paul’s,
    Peter’s,London
    Washington, Rome
    D.C.
    The Northern
    Renaissance
    As these ideas spread,
    this “Northern
    Renaissance” developed
    its own characteristics

    The Renaissance spread from Italy as scholars & merchants from other
    areas visited Italian city-states
    The Renaissance in France
    was most known for its
    unique architecture
    The Renaissance in England
    was most known for
    literature, especially the plays
    of William Shakespeare
    The Renaissance in the Netherlands was most
    known for realism in art

    Wedding Portrait by Jan Van


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