The Renaissance - Mannerism
The Renaissance - Mannerism
The Renaissance - Mannerism
1660
Renaissance
• Means
REBIRTH
• Rebirth of art
and learning
• Began in
northern Italy
Economic Foundations
• Increased demand for
Middle Eastern products
• Encouraged the use of
credit and banking
• Letters of credit
expanded supply of
money and sped up
trade.
• New accounting and
bookkeeping practices
used Arabic numerals
Italy
• Italian city-states became
rich from trade:
– Florence
– Venice
– Genoa
• They were trading centers
for the distribution of goods
to northern Europe.
• Independent city-states
governed as republics by
wealthy merchants.
House of Medici
• The Medici family, also known
as the House of Medici, first
attained wealth and political
power in Florence in the 13th
century through its success in
commerce and banking.
• The Medicis produced four
popes (Leo X, Clement VII,
Pius IV and Leo XI), and their
genes have been mixed into
many of Europe's royal
families. Giovanni di Bicci de'
Medici, founder of the
Medici bank
Niccolo Machiavelli
• Wrote The Prince
– guidelines for the
how to get power by
absolute rule.
• Believed the ends
justified the means
• One should do good
if possible, but do
evil when
necessary.
Art and Literature
• Medieval art and
literature focused on
the Church and
salvation.
• Renaissance art and
literature focused on
individuals and
worldly matters,
along with
Christianity.
Artists and Writers
• Writers
– Petrarch
• Artists
• DONATELLO
• RAPHAEL
• MICHELANGELO
• LEONARDO DA VINCI
Petrarch
• Wrote Sonnets
• He wrote with a
Humanistic
approach
• Considered the
“Father of
Humanism”
Humanism
• Celebrated the
individual
• Stimulated the study
of Greek and Roman
literature and culture
• Humanists were
supported by
PATRONS who were
very wealthy
The Vitruvian Man
DONATELLO
Raffaello Sanzio
1483 - 1520
• Sometimes known as La
Gioconda or La Joconde,
the Mona Lisa is a half-
length portrait of a
woman