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The Italian Renaissance - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the Medici
        
        in Florence, the Sforza in Milan
      - he Popes
        
        in Rome
- - - - 15th century
      - The most important architects
        
        Brunelleschi
        
        Alberti
      - The most important sculptors
        
        Ghiberti
        
        Donatello
      - The most important painters
        
        Fra Angelico
        
        Botticelli
        
        Masaccio
    - - 16th century
      - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael Sanzio belong to this phase
    - - the early features of the Renaissance appear
      - The first artist was Giotto
      - 14th century
    - - beginning in 1530
      - The most important painters
        
        Florentines
        
        Bronzino
        
        Pontormo
        
        Venetians
        
        Veronese
        
        Tintoretto
        
        sculptors
        
        Cellini
        
        Giambologna
- - - - columns with classical capitals and entablatures
    - - such as those in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence, by Brunelleschi
    - - Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome
      - the most notable examples are Florence Cathedral
    - - The Tempietto di San Pietro
        
        by Bramante, is a notable example of a circular plan
      - Villa La Rotonda
        
        by Andrea Palladio, is an example of a square plan
      - Saint Peter's Basilica
        
        by Bramante, is in the shape of a Greek cross
  - - - Squares
        
        an important example is the Piazza del Campidoglio by Michelangelo
      - Hospitals
        
        the most notable one is the Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
        
        by Brunelleschi
      - Town halls
      - Theatres
        
        for example the Teatro Olimpico, Venice, by Andrea Palladio
      - Libraries
        
        the most notable one is the Laurentian Library, Florence
        
        by Michelangelo
      - Urban palaces
        
        the Palazzo Medici
        
        in Florence, the most notable ones are the Palazzo Pitti
        
        the Plazzo Rucellai
      - Rural villas
        
        like the Villa La Rotonda by Andrea Palladio
    - - Open
        
        diaphanous spaces, which can be seen in public squares
      - Proportion
        
        the buildings are symmetrical and the different parts are evenly distributed
      - Simplicity
        
        they did not use many decorative features
- - - - more expensive materials like marble were used more frequently
      - Reliefs were replaced by freestanding sculptures
        
        which could be contemplated from all angles
    - - such as frescoes on walls and tempera on wooden panels
        
        However, eventually the new oil technique was adopted
        
        and used to paint on cloth canvasses
  - - - were painted due to the increase in demand from
        
        nobles
        
        clergy
        
        the upper bourgeoisie
    - - substituted the gold backgrounds of the Gothic artists and became the defining feature of all compositions
    - - In addition to themes related to Christianity, mythological themes were adopted
  - - - Renaissance artists studied the elements of a scene and arranged them symmetrically
      - in an order that guided the view of the observer
    - - the Italian painters and sculptors were interested in the anatomy of the human body
      - They revived the nude as a subject, which had been abandoned in the Middle Ages
      - Examples of this are the Venuses by Giorgione and Titian
      - or the paintings in the Sistine Chapel and the statue of David, which are both by Michelangelo
    - - painters and sculptors tried to reflect reality
      - This idealism can be seen in the perfect faces and bodies depicted by artists like Botticelli and Raphael Sanzio
        
        who were both famous for their Madonnas
        
        or virgins, with angelic faces
      - Leonardo da Vinci
        
        whose work Mona Lisa has become one most famous portraits of feminine beauty
      - Michelangelo differed from the others because he portrayed intense emotions in his works
  - - - perspective