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ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Architecture
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Triangular pediments, friezes, geometric designs and scrolls
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Methods
Open
Diaphanous spaces, can be seen in public squares
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Introduction
These patrons included the Medici in Florence, the Sforza in Milan, or the Popes of Rome
Was called Renaissance,because was a revival of Classical Greek and Roman culture.
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Two main reassons:
Greek scholars
Fled Constantinople after its conquest by Turks,
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Renaissance,originated un the small Italian states
Humanist spirit created a new artistic style, Renaissance
Painting and Sculpture
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New subjects
Portraits were painted to the increase in demand from nobles, clergy and the upper bourgeoisie
Nature, landscapes and buildings substituted the gold backgrounds of the Gothic artists
Related to Christianity, mythological were adopted from Classical Antiquity
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There is a clear symmetry: the nude, which had disappeared from Western art during the Middle Ages.
In sculpture, perspective was achieved by creating reliefs with various depths
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Perspective was achieved in painting by placing the figures in different planes and putting landscapes or architectural features in the most distant one
used linear perspective
consists of arranging the elements on imaginary lines which converge at a vanishing point at the back
Other methods which are used to create depth are aerial perspective, blurring the background so it appears further away; and using contrasts of light and shadow to create volume.
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Dome of Florence,
San Lorenzo
Basilica Santa Maria Novella
Palazzo Medici
Piazza del Campidoglio
Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci
The piety by Michelangelo