The Renaissance
How did art communicate the
ideas of the Renaissance?
Sit with your group (see list on board)
Take out your H/W
Get ready for Q of D
How are these pieces of art different?
St. Francis
St. Francis in the Desert
Bonaventura Berlinghieri
Giovanni Bellini
c. 1235
1480
What is the Renaissance?
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Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
1506
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Plague = End of the
Middle Ages
1300s-1600
Same time as
Protestant
Reformation
“rebirth”
Explosion of creativity
Italy first; Northern
Europe later
Europe’s Golden Age
Why Italy?
New Techniques
Perspective
 Realism
 Oil Paint
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Marriage of the Virgin
Raphael
1504
New Idea: Humanism
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Classicism
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Secularism
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Individualism
Classicism
re-discovery & appreciation of ancient Greek & Roman culture
School of
Athens
Raphael
1510-1511
Secularism
emphasis on this
world (“here &
now”) and its
material pleasures
rather than the
afterlife or spiritual
world
Arnolfini Portrait
Jan Van Eyck
1434
Individualism
emphasizing the talents, accomplishments, & emotions of
individual human beings
The Sacrifice
of Isaac
Caravaggio
1590-1610
Compare!
Where do you see new techniques & new ideas?
Medieval
Madonna
Madonna
of the
Carnation
DaVinci
1478-80
Compare Again
How are these buildings different?
Medieval Gothic Architecture
Laon Cathedral, Laon France
1160-1225.
Renaissance Architecture
Duomo, Florence, Italy 1436
Field Trip to the Renaissance!
sort of…
Your job: introduce the class to a
Renaissance Man!
 Work with your group to create a
presentation for the class
 Show us how the art communicates the
ideas of the Renaissance
 Homework Tonight: find, read, & annotate
an ABC-Clio article (Modern World!!!)
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Who are the Renaissance Men?
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Raphael
Donatello
Michelangelo
DaVinci
Albrecht Durer
Caravaggio
Titian
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Botticelli
Van Eyck
Shakespeare
Cervantes
Brunelleschi
Alberti
Palladio
Homework Tonight
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Find, read, & annotate an ABC-Clio article
(Modern World!!!) or other article from an
LHS Library database
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In class tomorrow, work on presentation
with your group!