Monday, May 28, 2018

Renaissance powerpoint Notes

  • 1300-1600
  • "rebirth"
  • cities were the center of action 
  • Milan and florence had wealthy merchants and bankers
  • artists in these cities were inspired by the former splendor of Greece and Rome
  • merchants dominated politics
  • the mediciwere a powerful banking family 
  • they paid artists, writers,, and musicians to create beautiful works of art
  • they were patrons
  • Isabella d'Este = a patron who came from a rich family, was talented herself
    • sponsored painters, sculptors, musicians, writers and architects
    • patron of da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo
  • humanism= a deep interest in what people have already achieved, as well as what they are capable of achieving in the future
  •  resembles arete/excellence
  • the ultimate renaissance man was Leonardo da Vinci because he was a painter, scientist, AND inventor
  • renaissance man= someone who could master many fields of work

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Renaissance powerpoint Notes

1300-1600 "rebirth" cities were the center of action  Milan and florence had wealthy merchants and bankers artists in these c...