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The Italian renaissance - Coggle Diagram
The Italian renaissance
The Italian renaissance
Humanist spirits created a new artistic style
Artist could dedicate themselves exclusively to creation
The arrival in Italy of Greek scholars
The abundance of Roman remains on the Italian peninsula
The phases of the renaissance
Trecento
the early features of the Renaissance appear
Quattrocento
The most important architects are Brunelleschi and Alberti
Cinquecento
Rome became the artistic centre
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael Sanzio belong to this phase
Mannerism
harmony and proportion were abandoned
The most important painters are the Florentines Bronzino and Pontormo
Architecture
Domes
The most notable examples are Florence Cathedral and Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome
Columns
Columns with classical capitals and entablatures
Semi-circular arches and coffered ceilings
Those in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence by Brunelleschi
Triangular pediments, friezes, geometric designs and scrolls
Is the façade of the Basilica Santa Maria Novella
Longitudinal and central-plan
The Tempietto di San Pietro, by Bramante, is a notable example of a circular plan
Italian renaissance architecture
Urban palaces
The most notable ones are the Palazzo Pitti
Squares
An important example is the Piazza del Campidoglio by Michelangelo
Hospitals
The most notable one is the Ospedale degli Innocenti
Theatres
The Teatro Olimpico
Libraries
Notable one is the Laurentian Library
Rural villas
The Villa La Rotonda
Simplicity
They did not use many decorative features
Open
Diaphanous spaces, which can be seen in public squares
Proportion
The buildings are symmetrical and the different parts are evenly distributed
Painting and sculpture
New interests
Idealism and serenity
Painters and sculptors tried to reflect reality
they aimed to portray an ideal beauty
The human body
Italian painters and sculptors were interested in the anatomy of the human body
The search for balance and proportion
Renaissance artists studied the elements of a scene and arranged them symmetrically