The Renaissance

The Renaissance

1. Why did it begin in Italy?

   • Trade Routes
   • The Ruins of Ancient Rome
   • City States (competed)
   • Wealth of Italian cities
   • Fall of Constantinople (Istanbull)
   • Invention of The Printing Press

2. Changes in Art and Architecture

   • Medieval
     • Religious message only
     • Painted on wood panel
     • Faces similar
     • Lifeless
     • No depth (perspective)
     • No variety in colour
     • Gothic style of architecture (pointed arches, flying buttresses, spires)
   • Renaissance
     • Painted on canvas
     • Roman style architecture
     • Perspective (depth)
     • Renaissance style clothes
     • Realistic people (study of anatomy)
     • Different colours
     • Themes from religion and Greek / Roman legends
     • Roman style of architecture (domes and rounded arches)

3. Becoming an Artist

   • 1. Apprentice-age 12/13
   • 2. Journeymen- member of a guild, left town, depended on patrons
   • 3. Master- could take in apprentices, did not rely on others

4. Important Renaissance lives

   • The Medici Family
     • Lorenzo De Medici
   • Michelangelo
     • Michelangelo -Born in Florence-Apprenticed to Master Ghirlandaio-Invited to Lorenzo De Medici's school of sculpture-Lorenzo became a patron to Michelangelo-Sculpted 'La Pietá' in Rome-Sculpted 'David' in Florence-Asked to paint The Sistine Chapel (Rome) by Pope Julius II-Designed the dome of St. Peters (Rome)-Died 1564 (Age 89)-Buried in Rome, smuggled to Florence.
   • Leonardo Da Vinci
   • Gutenburg
   • Durer
   • Galileo
   • Shakespeare