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-Period following the middle ages (Italy...1450-1550)
-Rebirth of classical Greece and Rome
-Rise of Humanism |
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| Sought civic status and power versus other cities. Created a contest to increase status and power. |
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| A plea to God (medieval; plague was due to God's punishment) and a creative venture (Renaissance) |
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| Medival writer, most famous for Divine Comedy. Wrote it in Florentine dialect, allowing everyone to have access to this material. He revered Roman values as taught by Virgil and Cato |
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| (link between Middle Ages and Renaissance) Teachings known as humanism, which became the basic ideology of the Renaissance |
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| invented the movable printing type |
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| Profound impact on starting the Renaissance. |
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| Sacrifice of Issac Panels, competition for the Baptistery doors that he won. Unique: panel was cast as a single piece, used perspective and foreshortening for depth (appears they are coming out). Arranged triangularly. Classical influence but still Medeival like quatrefoils. |
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| Ghiberti: Last set of doors were moved, new competition. Even more Renaissance: classical feel, simple clean squares framed by Roman-styled busts. |
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| Giovanni, COSIMO, Piero, LORENZO (the magnificent, following death = crash)..Savonarlo (NO Medicis), Repulbic (Machiavelli, No Medicis), Meidici popes, Medici Dukes |
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Take risks: backed a pirate to become pope and succeeded. Pope made the Medici bank the principal papal bank.
-Mafia-esque family
-Looked for a grand project to demonstrate their power |
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| Filippo Brunelleschi (Dome) |
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| Competed for doors, lost and went to study in Rome. Returned with the Dome Concept! Double shell structure: inner-lightweight, easy construction; outer-heave wind-resistant material; ribs are gothic (peaked) |
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| Filippo Brunelleschi (other ideas) |
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Animal drive reversing
Unloading and lateral placement (first patent)
Herringbone pattern allowing a support structure inside the dome |
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| Filippo Brunelleschi (Classical Concepts) |
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Pazzi Palace Chapel
-True Renaissance
-Contrast to Gothic |
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| Filippo Brunelleschi (Perspective) |
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-linear perspective
-seen in baptistery in Florence |
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| Another family at the same time as the Medici family wanted to take over power, and tried to kill the two brothers but failed. Giuliano Medici was killed. |
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| Tomasso Guidi (aka Masaccio) |
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Decorated the Brancacci Chapel of Santa Maria del Carmen.
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-Expulsion from Paradise: showed a focus on realism, a distraught Adam and Eve.
-The Tribute Money: dramatic use of perspective
-The Holy Trinity of the Santa Maria Novella: strong linear perspective |
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-Overlapping
-Diminution
-Vertical Perspective
-Diagonal Perspective
-Atmospheric/Aerial Perspective
-Divergent Perspective
-Intuitive Perspective
-Linear Perspective |
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Sculptor
Artwork: (notice it becomes more lifelike)
-Saint George
-David
-Mary Magdalene |
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Artist
Art: (known for beautiful faces)
-The Birth of Venus: triangular arrangements and strong classical themes |
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| Nudity is seen in Renaissance; notice the stance |
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| Early Renaissance Art (pre-Leonardo) |
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-Realism
-Perspective
-Classical (pagan) themes |
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| Early Renaissance Art (Developed by Leonardo) |
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-Geometrical arrangement of figures
-Light and shadowing (chiaroscuro)
-Softening of edges (sfumato)
-Backgrounds
-Artist able to live from commissions |
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-Took over after Lorenzo Medici died
-Priest (religious dictatorship)
-outlawed jewels, non-religious books, non-religious paintings, make-up, and any other worldly thing (gangs of zealots)
-Rallied people to drive out the Medici
-Accused the pope of corruption, was excommunicated, and then burned at Piazza della Signoria |
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| Under the reign of Savonarola...burning of elements of evil. |
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-The Magnificent
-encouraged humanism
-Florence became the dominant commercial and military power in Europe |
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-precociously arrogant
-900 thesis...imprisoned for 12 heretical ones
-Book: Oration on the Dignity of Man...humanistic work proclaiming that all of the divine features of the universe can be expressed in each individual being (a person can become like God). |
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-most important political think of the Renaissance
-Legitimizer of a philosophy of government that still exists...monarchy
-Was closely tied to the Medici family, but when they left, he supported the Republic and fell out of favor with the Medicis. To get them back, he wrote The Prince, which outlined how a prince could both govern effectively and retain power. |
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-Niccolo Machiavelli author
-Cesare Borgia model
-argued to act according to moral and theological principles as much as possible, but only if such behavior is conducive to obtaining and maintaining political power. Reality not idealism must be the controlling paradigm of government. |
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