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THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Julius II
      - Leo X
      - Alexander VI
  - - - Arrival in Italy of Greek scholars
    - - abundance of Roman remains
- - - - Alberti
      - Brunelleschi
    - - Ghiberti
      - Donatello
    - - Harmony
      - Proportion
    - - Fra Angelico
      - Boticelli
      - Masaccio
  - - - Michelangelo
      - Raphael Sanzio
      - Leonardo da Vinci
    - - Painters
        
        Giorgione
        
        Titian
  - - - Florentines
        
        Bronzino
        
        Pontormo
      - Venetians
        
        Tintoretto
        
        Veronsese
    - - Cellini
      - Giambologna
- - - - Church of San Lorenzo in Florence (by Brunelleschi)
    - - Façade of the Basilica Santa Maria Novella (by Alberti)
    - - with classical capitals and entablatures
    - - Circular plan
        
        Tempietto di San Pietro (by Bramante)
      - Square plan
        
        Villa La Rotonda (by Andrea Palladio)
      - Greek cross
        
        Saint Peter's Basilica (by Bramante)
    - - Florence Cathedral (by Brunelleschi)
      - St Peter's Basilica in Rome (by Michelangelo)
  - - - Became important due to the increased wealth of the boutgeoisie
      - Examples
        
        Squares
        
        Piazza del Campidoglio (by Michelangelo)
        
        Hospitals
        
        Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence) by Brunelleschi
        
        Town Halls
        
        Theatres
        
        Teatro Olimpico (Venice) by Andra Palladio
        
        Libraries
        
        Laurentian library (Florence) by Michelangelo
        
        Urban palaces
        
        Florence
        
        Palazzo Pitti (by Brunelleschi)
        
        Palazzo Medici (by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo)
        
        Palazzo Rucellai (by Leon Batista Alberti)
        
        Rural villas
        
        Villa La Rotonda (by Andrea Palladio)
    - - To achieve the HARMONY of classical architecture
        
        Open, diaphanous spaces
        
        Proportion
        
        symmetrical buildings
        
        different parts evenly distributed
        
        Simplicity
        
        not many decorative features
- - - - Mythological themes adopted from Classical Antiquity
      - Portraits and
        equestrian portraits
        
        increase of demand from
        
        nobles
        
        clergy
        
        upper burgeoisie
      - Nature, landscapes and buildings
        
        Substituted the gold background
        
        Great accuracy and detail
    - - The human body
        
        the nude was revived
        
        Venuses
        
        by Giorgione
        
        by Titan
        
        Sistine Chapel
        
        by Michelangelo
        
        Statue of David
        
        by Michelangelo
      - The search for balance
        and proportion
        
        Elements of a scene arranged symmetrically
        
        Pyramidal composition
        
        Figures portrayed in proportion
        
        Exception
        
        Michelangelo introduced imbalance in his works
      - Idealism and serenity
        
        Perfect faces and bodies
        
        Madonnas or virgins
        (angelic faces)
        
        by Boticelli
        
        by Raphael Sanzio
        
        Mona Lisa (feminine beauty)
        
        by Leonardo da Vinci
        
        Exception
        
        Michelangelo portrayed intense emotions in his works
        
        Painters and sculptors aimed to portray an ideal beauty
    - - The Birth of Venus
        (by Boticelli)
        
        The patron: a member of the Medici family
        
        Many features
        of Reanissance
        
        Inspiration from
        classical mythology
        
        Tempera technique
        
        Symmetry
        
        Nude
      - PERSPECTIVE
        
        Sculpture
        
        Achieved by creating reliefs with various depths
        
        The Gates of Paradise (by Ghiberti)
        
        Revolutionary new technique
        to give DEPTH and VOLUME to
        
        scenes
        
        objects
        
        figures
        
        Painting
        
        Achieved by
        
        placing the figures in different planes
        
        putting landscapes or architectural features in the background
        
        Linear perspective
        
        Arranging the elements on imaginary lines
        which converge at a vanishing point
        
        The School of Athens (by Raphael Sanzio)
        
        Aerial perspective
        
        Blurring the background so it appears further away
        
        Using contrasts of light and shadow
        (chiaroscuo) to create volume
    - - Painting
        
        Ancient techniques maintained
        
        Frescoes on walls
        
        Tempera on wooden panels
        
        New OIL TECHNIQUE
        
        Mixing oil with mineral pigments
        
        Used to paint on cloth canvasses
      - Sculpture
        
        More expensive materials
        
        Marble
        
        Reliefs were replaced by freestanding
        sculptures (three-dimensional representations)