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27 Early Renaissance
History of Creativity Exam 1
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Undergraduate 4
02/04/2012

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Term
Renaissance
Definition
-Period following the middle ages (Italy...1450-1550)
-Rebirth of classical Greece and Rome
-Rise of Humanism
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Florence
Definition
Sought civic status and power versus other cities. Created a contest to increase status and power.
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Baptistry Doors
Definition
A plea to God (medieval; plague was due to God's punishment) and a creative venture (Renaissance)
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Dante Alighieri
Definition
Medival writer, most famous for Divine Comedy. Wrote it in Florentine dialect, allowing everyone to have access to this material. He revered Roman values as taught by Virgil and Cato
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Francesco Petrarch
Definition
(link between Middle Ages and Renaissance) Teachings known as humanism, which became the basic ideology of the Renaissance
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Johannes Gutenberg
Definition
invented the movable printing type
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Byzantine scholars?
Definition
Profound impact on starting the Renaissance.
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
Definition
Sacrifice of Issac Panels, competition for the Baptistery doors that he won. Unique: panel was cast as a single piece, used perspective and foreshortening for depth (appears they are coming out). Arranged triangularly. Classical influence but still Medeival like quatrefoils.
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Gates of Paradise
Definition
Ghiberti: Last set of doors were moved, new competition. Even more Renaissance: classical feel, simple clean squares framed by Roman-styled busts.
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Medici Dynasty
Definition
Giovanni, COSIMO, Piero, LORENZO (the magnificent, following death = crash)..Savonarlo (NO Medicis), Repulbic (Machiavelli, No Medicis), Meidici popes, Medici Dukes
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Medici Power
Definition
Take risks: backed a pirate to become pope and succeeded. Pope made the Medici bank the principal papal bank.
-Mafia-esque family
-Looked for a grand project to demonstrate their power
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Filippo Brunelleschi (Dome)
Definition
Competed for doors, lost and went to study in Rome. Returned with the Dome Concept! Double shell structure: inner-lightweight, easy construction; outer-heave wind-resistant material; ribs are gothic (peaked)
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Filippo Brunelleschi (other ideas)
Definition
Animal drive reversing
Unloading and lateral placement (first patent)
Herringbone pattern allowing a support structure inside the dome
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Filippo Brunelleschi (Classical Concepts)
Definition
Pazzi Palace Chapel
-True Renaissance
-Contrast to Gothic
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Filippo Brunelleschi (Perspective)
Definition
-linear perspective
-seen in baptistery in Florence
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Pazzi Plot
Definition
Another family at the same time as the Medici family wanted to take over power, and tried to kill the two brothers but failed. Giuliano Medici was killed.
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Tomasso Guidi (aka Masaccio)
Definition
Decorated the Brancacci Chapel of Santa Maria del Carmen.
Art:
-Expulsion from Paradise: showed a focus on realism, a distraught Adam and Eve.
-The Tribute Money: dramatic use of perspective
-The Holy Trinity of the Santa Maria Novella: strong linear perspective
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Concepts of Perspective
Definition
-Overlapping
-Diminution
-Vertical Perspective
-Diagonal Perspective
-Atmospheric/Aerial Perspective
-Divergent Perspective
-Intuitive Perspective
-Linear Perspective
Term
Donatello
Definition
Sculptor
Artwork: (notice it becomes more lifelike)
-Saint George
-David
-Mary Magdalene
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Sandro Botticelli
Definition
Artist
Art: (known for beautiful faces)
-The Birth of Venus: triangular arrangements and strong classical themes
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Classical Pose
Definition
Nudity is seen in Renaissance; notice the stance
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Early Renaissance Art (pre-Leonardo)
Definition
-Realism
-Perspective
-Classical (pagan) themes
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Early Renaissance Art (Developed by Leonardo)
Definition
-Geometrical arrangement of figures
-Light and shadowing (chiaroscuro)
-Softening of edges (sfumato)
-Backgrounds
-Artist able to live from commissions
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Savonarola
Definition
-Took over after Lorenzo Medici died
-Priest (religious dictatorship)
-outlawed jewels, non-religious books, non-religious paintings, make-up, and any other worldly thing (gangs of zealots)
-Rallied people to drive out the Medici
-Accused the pope of corruption, was excommunicated, and then burned at Piazza della Signoria
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Bonfire of Vanities
Definition
Under the reign of Savonarola...burning of elements of evil.
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Lorenzo Medici
Definition
-The Magnificent
-encouraged humanism
-Florence became the dominant commercial and military power in Europe
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Pico della Mirandola
Definition
-precociously arrogant
-900 thesis...imprisoned for 12 heretical ones
-Book: Oration on the Dignity of Man...humanistic work proclaiming that all of the divine features of the universe can be expressed in each individual being (a person can become like God).
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
-most important political think of the Renaissance
-Legitimizer of a philosophy of government that still exists...monarchy
-Was closely tied to the Medici family, but when they left, he supported the Republic and fell out of favor with the Medicis. To get them back, he wrote The Prince, which outlined how a prince could both govern effectively and retain power.
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The Prince
Definition
-Niccolo Machiavelli author
-Cesare Borgia model
-argued to act according to moral and theological principles as much as possible, but only if such behavior is conducive to obtaining and maintaining political power. Reality not idealism must be the controlling paradigm of government.
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