March 16
The Renaissance
Notre Dame de Chartres, France. 1145 - 1513.
http://www.cedargallery.nl/nlfoto/Chartres_kathedraal.jpg
The pointed arch and flying buttresses
http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/Flying_Buttresses.gif
Rose de France window from Notre Dame de Chartres, France. c. 1233.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/chartres-cathedral-pictures/window-north-c-beck.jpg
Renaissance
= 14th century to 17th century |
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Northern Renaissance |
art in Netherlands,
Germany and Normandy |
1400 - 1550 |
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Early Renaissance |
Italian art
in Tuscany |
1400 - 1500 |
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HIgh Renaissance |
Italian art
in Rome, Florence and Venice |
1520 - 1580 |
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Leonardo da Vinci. Vitruvian Man (from notebooks). c. 1487. |
Significant changes in western world view become evident by the 1400s: |
Increased exploration of the world |
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Scientific investigation of nature and the human body |
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Development of the city-state and nations |
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Growth of capitalism and trade |
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The artist's social standing is elevated |
15th century intellectuals were aware of the great changes of their age |
Albrecht Durer. Melancolia. 1514. |
Became the first people to name their own time |
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Renascita = the rebirth |
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Scholars inspired by Greco-Roman discoveries looked to the Classic world for inspiration |
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Humanism = "es studia humanitatis," the study of humans and their capabilities |
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New emphasis on the individual |
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Citizens will seek new freedoms |
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Believed that one could achieve perfection through education |
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Giotto di Bondone. Lamentation. c. 1305 – 1306.
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/giolam.jpg
Jan van Eyck. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, Giovanna Cenami. 1434.
