ITALIAN

RENAISSANCE
BY – GROUP 1
 THE BEGINNING

What is known as Italian Renaissance ?

The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of immense
cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the
fourteenth century to about 1600, marking the evolution between medieval and Early
Modern Europe.

ITALY
The Renaissance began in the great city-states of Italy. Italian merchants and political
officials supported and commissioned the great artists of the day, thus the products of the
Renaissance grew up inside their walls.
 WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE
RENAISSANCE?
The Italian Renaissance followed on the heels of the middle ages, and was
spawned by the birth of the philosophy of humanism, which emphasized
the importance of individual achievement in a wide range of fields. This
believed strongly in the potential for individual accomplishment in the
arts, literature, politics, and personal life. Individuals began to be
encouraged to excel in a wide range of fields and showcase their talents.
Renaissance thinkers decried medieval life as primitive and backwards,
and looked further back in history, to the time of the ancient Greeks and
Romans, for inspiration.
 ARTS
In the era of Italian renaissance artists grew the need of perfection. They developed
perspective drawing and began to master the art skill.

Perspective Drawing: The development of perspective drawing as the standard means of

organizing the spatial depth of a picture.

The style of painting, sculpture and decorative arts identified with the Renaissance
emerged in Italy in the late 14th century; it reached its zenith in the late 15th and early
16th centuries, in the work of Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo
and Raphael.
Today, they are viewed as great works of art, but at the time they were seen and used
mostly as devotional objects.
Italy’s rising middle class sought to imitate the aristocracy and elevate their own status
by purchasing art for their homes. In addition to sacred images, many of these works
portrayed domestic themes such as marriage, birth and the everyday life of the family.
“THE
TRANSFIGURATION” –
RAFFELLO SANIZO
“MONA LISA” –
LEARNDO DA VINCI
“LAST JUDGMENT” -
MICHELANGELO
“SCHOOL OF ATHENS” – RAFFAELLO SANIZO
“LAST SUPPER” – LEARNADO DA VINCI
“GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING” –
JOHANNES VERMEER
“PIETA” - MICHELANGELO
SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERS

• Leonardo da Vinci (1452 -1519) - Florence, Milan, France

• Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) - Florence, Rome
• Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) - Umbria, Rome
• Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517) - Florence
• Dosso Dossi (c.1474/79-1542) - Ferrara
• Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) – Florence
• Antonio Allegri Correggio (1489-1534) – Parma
LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 -1519)
Leonardo da Vinci (15. April 1452 – 2. May 1519) was an Italian man who lived
in the time of the Renaissance. He is famous for his paintings, but he was
also
a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, sculptor, architect
, botanist, musician, and a writer
Two of his pictures are among the best-known paintings in the world:
the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-
1564)
• Painter, sculptor, architect and poet Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni (March 6, 1475 to February 18, 1564) is considered one of the most
famous artists of the Italian Renaissance, with works including the "David"
and "Pieta" statues and the ceiling paintings of Rome's Sistine Chapel,
including the "Last Judgment."
RAFFAELLO SANZIO (1483-1520)

• A leading figure of Italian High Renaissance classicism, Raphael is best

known for his "Madonnas," including the Sistine Madonna, and for his
large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome.
 SOCIAL ROLES
A social role defines a set of behaviors that are expected of someone who holds a
particular status.

The people of Renaissance were organized

into five social classes.

-Royal rulers
-Nobles (Duke)
-Merchants
-Workers/Tradesman
-Peasants/Unskilled workers
Nobles (Duke)-
The nobles lived on large estates outside of the city wall. The nobles owned most of the
lands of the city. Nobles during the Renaissance occupied high positions in the government
as military officers, royal advisers or politicians.

Merchants –
Merchants also gained wealth like nobles by working in industries producing wool and ships,
many of other merchants would also be working in banking. The merchants would protect
and maintain their wealth by marrying to a noble person that carries a wealthy family.

Workers –
The tradesman and workers main job was to craft daily equipments or hold the position of
being a shopkeeper, they had set rules of membership. They also had less freedom, when
they had finished working for the day.

Unskilled Workers –
Peasants, slaves and unskilled workers were the lowest class of the social structure during
Renaissance. They were very dependent with the jobs they held because they had no job
protection
NOBLES
MERCHANTS
WORKERS
UNSKILLED WORKERS/ PEASANTS
 GENDER INEQUALITY

Gender inequality of woman were very common in the renaissance period.

 A woman was controlled by her parents throughout her childhood, and then handed
directly into the hands of a husband, whom she most likely had not chosen herself, and
who would exercise control over her until her death or his.
 Women who did not marry for whatever reason were likewise granted no independence
of thought and action, living under subjugation in the home of a male relative or in a
convent, where a woman could become a nun, the only career accessible to the gender.
 . c Women were frequently discouraged from participating in the arts and sciences, and
thus the world will never know the full literary and artistic potential of an age in which
the spirit of expression was perhaps the defining characteristi
 Only women of the highest class were given the chance to distinguish themselves, and
this only rarely. For the most part, the wives of powerful men were relegated to the
tasks of sewing, cooking, and entertaining. In history, women provide no more than a
backdrop to the political and social story of the Renaissance.
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