WH Chapter 13:1

Baldassare Castiglione

wrote The Book of the Courtier, a widely read hand book that espoused education, manners, and mastery of poetry, music, sports, and others activities. He did have different ideals for men and women courtiers.

humanism

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

Leonardo da Vinci

Artist, inventor, architect, engineer, genius who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

The Book of the Courtier

Castiglione

The rich Medici family was from the Italy city of

Florence

Lorenzo de Medici

Grandson of Cosimo - Lorenzo was known as "the magnificent" was the Renaissance ideal. He was a politician and patron, (financial supporter of the arts) which gave Florence energy and brilliance.

The rules of ______ helped Renaissance painters to create realistic art.

perspective

Leon Alberti

Italian Renaissance Architect who described architecture as a "social art," (meant to blend beauty with utility and improvement of society)

Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian Renaissance Architect who designed a cathedral in Florence made like a majestic dome, which he modeled on the dome of the Pantheon in Rome. Like other Renaissance artists, Brunelleschi was multi-talented. He studied art and sculpture with Donatello and was an accomplished engineer, inventing many of the machines used to construct his dome.

Florence-

Italian city; home of the Medici family who transformed the city

The Last Supper (painting)

Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa (painting)

Leonardo da Vinci

Which Florentine master dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work?

Leonardo da Vinci

Who wrote a guide to rulers on how to gain and maintain power?

Machiavelli

What was the difference between Machiavelli's approach to leadership and Plato's approach?

Machiavelli did not discuss leadership in terms of high ideals.

Who created the Pieta and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

Michaelangelo

David (sculpture)

Michelangelo

The Pieta (sculpture)

Michelangeo

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Renaissance thinkers were interested in the learning and art of ancient Rome.

The Renaissance in Italy

The Renaissance that began in Italy was characterized by an interest in learning and the arts and a desire to explore the human experience.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Wrote The Prince about ruthless power politics: the ends justify the means. He wrote a guide book explaining how to gain and maintain power. His book The Prince stressed that the ends justified the means and encouraged rulers to use whatever methods were necessary to achieve their goals.

Petrarch-

an early renaissance humanist, poet, & scholar from Florence who lived in the 1300s

perspective-

artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings three dimensional effect. Renaissance painters used it to create realistic landscapes and portraits.

The Renaissance, which lasted from the 1300s to the 1500s, was a period of

creativity and change in Europe

Patron-

financial supporter of the arts

humanities

education focusing on subjects such as grammar, rhetoric (the study of using language effectively), poetry, and history

Cosimo de Medici-

he gained control of the Florentine government in 1434; the Medici family was a rich and powerful banking and commercial force. Cosimo gained control of Florence's government in 1434.

A financial supporter of the arts is called a

patron

Michelangelo Buonarroti-

sculptor, engineer, painter, architect and poet. He sculpted David and The Pieta and he painted the huge murals in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. He designed the dome in St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican

What new technique allowed objects in art to look rounded and real?

shading

Raphael-

studied the work of the masters but developed his own style. He painted the Madonna and the School of Athens

Differences of Renaissance ( R ) art from art in the Middle Ages (MA) • R and MA art both used _______ themes, but Renaissance put religious figures in _______ and ______ backgrounds. • Portraits were popular because they reflected __________ and individual achievement. • R artists studied ________ and _______ works and revived many classical forms. • ________ art was stylized but ______ art returned to realism. • R painters used _______ to make subjects more real. • MA architecture was __________; R architecture has columns, arches and domes.

• R and MA art both used religious themes, but Renaissance put religious figures in Greek and Roman backgrounds. • Portraits were popular because they reflected humanism and individual achievement. • R artists studied Greek and Roman works and revived many classical forms. • MA art was stylized but R art returned to realism. • R painters used shading to make subjects more real. • MA architecture was gothic; R architecture has columns, arches and domes.