U2L3D2 Notes
The Renaissance
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Birth of the Renaissance was in Florence
Important people from Florence
o Dante, Giotto, and Petrarch
Shifting from Medieval to Renaissance Art
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Focus
o Many paintings were still religious but…
 Focus shifted from salvation
 New focus: the beauty of creation
Tried to depict human beings as living individuals
Donatello
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Sculpted the statue of David- the first of its kind since classical times
Was a symbol of Florentine courage against tyrants and a celebration of man
Renaissance Man: Leonardo Da Vinci
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Painter
Sculptor
Architect
Engineer
Scientist
Philosopher
Visionary
Commissioned by the duke of Milan to create a huge bronze statue of his father on a
horse
Botticelli
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Used mythology in his paintings
Birth of Venus was one of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance
Trailblazer: Masaccio
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Known as a Renaissance art trailblazer
Became known as the “Father of Renaissance Painting” because he used the new
approach in painting
Brunelleschi
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Wool merchants of Florence held a contests to see who could built the most elaborate
and classic-like gilded bronze doors for the Baptistery
Brunelleschi and another artist won, but Brunelleschi didn’t want to share the prize, so
he turned it down
“I had surpassed everyone”
Studied ancient Roman architecture techniques in Rome
Selected to build the dome for the Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
o Why was the Santa Maria del Fiore so special?
 No one could figure out how to build such a big dome
 The Emperor Justinian was the last one when the Hagia Sophia was built
in the 6th century
Took 16 years to build
o Herringbone pattern
o Invented a hoist to raise materials to the sky!
*Many others tried to construct buildings based off the styles and techniques of Ancient
Rome