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4.THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Humanist spirit created a new artistic style. This style originated in small Italian states
Artists were maintained by patrons, who paid them for their work
Included the Medici in Florence
The Sforza in Milan
Popes of Rome
Was called Renaissance because there was a revival of Classical Greek and Roman culture
The arrival in Italy of Greek scholars
Who had fled Constantinople after conquests by the Turks
Abundance of Roman remains on the Italian Peninsula and discovery of new archeological remains
The Phases Of The Renaissance
Quattrocento
(15th century)
Most important architects: Brunelleschi and Alberti
Most important sculptors: Ghiberti and Donatello
Most important painters: Masaccio, Fra Angelico and Botticelli
Cinquecento
(16th century)
Rome became the artistic centre
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael Sanzio belong to this phase
Trecento
(14th century, the end of Gothic art)
Features of Renaissance appear. First artist: Giotto
Mannerism
Beginning in 1530, in Italy
Harmony and proportion were abandonaded
Most important painters
Pontormo
Tintoretto
Bronzino
Veronese
Cellini
Giambologna
Architecture
Features of Greek and Roman art were adopted
Semi-circular arches and ceilings
Triangular pediments, friezes, geometric designs and scrolls
Columns
Longitudinal and central-plan
Domes
Italian Renaissance Architecture
Civil architecture became more important due to the increased wealth of bourgeoisie
New architectural style
Squares
Hospitals
Town Halls
Theatres
Libraries
Rural villas
Urban palaces
Paining and Sculpture
New interests
Idealism and serenity
Painters and sculptors tried to reflect reality
The human body
Interest in the anatomy of the human body
The search for balance and proportion
They studied the elements of a scene and arranged them symmetrically
New Techniques And Materials
Sculpture
More expensive materials like marble
Painting
Ancient techniques continued to be used, such as frescoes on walls and tempera on wooden panels
New Subjects
Nature, landscapes and buildings
Portraits
Classical Antiquity
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