renaissance - final

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Renaissance 14th to the 17th century

Italy


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Economy The rise of strong central governments and an

increasingly urban economy, based on commercerather than agriculture.


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Society Nobility-families of power

merchants and tradesmen

Commoners and labourers


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Clothing and hair Changed a lot throughout era- 150 years

Beginning influenced by Medieval and Gothicdesigns

After 15th century, began to follow German stylesFacts

Laws were often passed to limit what clothingpeople could wear-depending on rank

A white complexion was desirable for women Blonde hair was very popular


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early

middle

late

high waists and

finestrella sleeves square neckline, funnelsleeves.

leg-of-mutton sleeves, long v-

shaped waistline and ruffs.


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middlish late

padded shoulders, jerkin, knee-length

tunic, flat cap, and duckbill shoes.

leg-of-mutton sleeves, short cape, short

trunk hose, ruffs, and v-shaped waistlineof doublet


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Art Many of the new ideas and attitudes towards art.

humanism -focus on human interests, needs, andabilities.

More personal portaraits


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art Renaissance art divided up into two periods:

Early Renaissance (1400-1479)-Brunelleschi andDonatello.

Donatello: artist and sculptor from Florence

Brunneleski: one of the foremost architects andengineers of the Italian Renaissance.


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Donatello's works


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High Renaissance (1475-1525)-Michelangelo,Leonardo da Vinci, and Botichelli.

Michelangelo:an Italian Renaissance sculptor,painter, architect, poet, and engineer

Leonardo da Vinci:an Italian Renaissancepolymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician,scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor,anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, andwriter whose genius, perhaps more than that of anyother figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist

ideal. Botticelli :an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance


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Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Da VinciDa Vinci


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Some of Botticelli's works


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Techniques and styles

Many new techniques were introduced during theRenaissance.

Perspective Balance and Proportion

Use of Light and Dark

Sfumato

Foreshortening


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Architecture Brunelleschi considered the first Renaissance

architect.


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Medici family The city-state of Florence in Italy was

the location where the ItalianRenaissance began.

This city ruled by a wealthy familyknown as the Medici family.

The Medicis were effective leaders.They taxed both the poor, and thewealthy, and used the funds to build

public works such as roads andsewers, that benefited everyone.


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Relationships

Children and education...

Peasants were usually completelyuneducated, stripping away from themone of the key factors in social mobility.

However, privileged families such as theMedici family had their childreninstructed in Latin, Greek, logic, andphilosophy.


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Medici family


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Marriage

Marriage for noble children was usually very early asa result of the child's obligation to gain power andprosperity for their family and produce heirs tocontinue dynasties.

In lower classes, a man did not marry until they hadobtained land or established themselves in a trade.Women of those classes usually waited until theirfamilies could raise a proper dowry before they

marry


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http://www.lifeinitaly.com/node/18052


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culture the Italians learned about the old Roman and

Greek ways, they began to believe, as the ancientshad, that life should be rich and as comfortable aspossible. They believed that a person should seek

talents and skills, and that they should work toincrease their standard of living, and the standardsof living around them.


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Petrarch, a scholar, was known as the creator of anew approach of knowledge, RenaissanceHumanism.

Roman Catholic Churchs view of spiritual nature asthe only real thing, which was then seen as magicaland dreamlike. Humanism saw a man as somethingwith good attributes by category. There were three

main philosophies that developed during the ItalianRenaissance. These include individualism,humanism, and secularism.


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Food

During the Renaissance it was common for meals tohave four courses, which could consist of one entre,two meat courses and one course of fruit or cheese

Meat was expensive and eaten regularly only by thewealthy. Short pasta, which would be boiled, becameincreasingly popular during the sixteenth century andsoon dominated the Italian diet.


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The average person during the Renaissance was a


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The average person during the Renaissance was apeasant.

Peasants would eat soup or mush for food justabout every meal.

They would also generally have some black bread.The soup would be made of scraps of food, usuallyvegetables such as carrots or eggs.

Mush was made from some kind of grain like oats or

wheat and then cooked in water. Sort of likeoatmeal today


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Feasts

Often they would eat large game birds like swans,peacocks, or cranes. After cleaning and cookingthe birds, they would often reattach the feathers for

decoration.

people drank wine or beer (also called ale). Winewas the most popular in Italy


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Festivals Renaissance was trying to forget the often dour

times of Medieval Italy.

These events also were times when the rich andpoor mixed rather freely, processions could include

every social strata from Pope to beggar.


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Transportation


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Water transportation was by far the cheapest form of transport ,so this wasused for most trade between countries; and by farmers, whenever possible.

For the average person, horses would be very


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For the average person, horses would be veryexpensive (compare to the price of a Buick/Lexustoday), so they would rarely be used for personaltransportation. If the average person rode a beast

at all, it would most likely be an ox; the next step upwould be a donkey.


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Dwellings


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The middle classmerchants, artisans, lawyers, doctors -lived in homes made of wood or wood and stucco(known as Tudor style). Roofs were made of slate or tile.

. Toward the end of the 16th century bricks made from

clay became cheaper and was used more often. Peasants homes were made of earth, stone or wood,

depending on which was more plentiful

The roof was thatched and windows were rectangularholes with wooden shutters to cover them. The floors ofpeasant cottages were made of packed dirt or tiles.Rushes, a mixture of hay, herbs and flowers would coverthe floor, to help mask odors.

INVENTIONS


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INVENTIONS


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Print press

In the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinciinvented a machine that becameknown as the printing press. Hisconcepts were not adopted until 200

years later in the year 1758


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Telescope Although the telescope was invented

in 1608 by Dutchman HansLippershey,

Galileo built his own in 1609, withoutever having seen Lippershey's, and he

improved it over time from 3Xmagnification to about 30X. He built his first telescope based on

descriptions he had heard. He wasthe first to use a telescope to observethe heavensear 1758.


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Eyeglasses

Salvino D'Armato degli Armati fromItaly is credited with making

wearable eyeglasses in 1284. It wasnot until 15th century that glasses forconditions like hyperopia, myopiaand presbyopia were made.

mechanical anemometer


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mechanical anemometer In 1450, the Italian art architect Leon Battista Alberti

invented the first mechanical anemometer.


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Jewellery:


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Background

Abundance of materials and the discovery of new landsgreatly impacted jewellery

The desire for harmony and perfection of execution

influenced styles.

Jewellery was considered as portable wealth to financevarious wars.

Miniature sculpture in jewelry.

Painters started to produce engraved designs. e.

Renaissance jewellery was both decorative andfunctional.

Specilisation was a virtue among goldsmiths.

Goldsmiths were employed from abroad

Techniques:


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Techniques:

Enameling

Gilding

NielloFiligree

Other techniques: foiling, casting, hammering,chasing

Materials


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Materials

From where:


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From where:

Barcelona-imptrading center

Columbia:16nthcent, the Spanishlocated emeralddeposits

Sri Lanka:Portuguese furtheroccupied Sri Lankaestablishing directaccess to corundumdeposits.

Burma :Rubies

Pearls frm Persian gulf

Initially temples and burialsites were the source ofgold, silver and preciousstones .

Vasco Da Gama and theCape of Good Hope

Peru and Mexico: GoldAnd silver

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Types of jewellery:

Girdle withpomander

Aigrette

Pomander

Ferronnieres

Other types: pendant,bodkins (type of hair pin, rosary beads, ferronnieres,earrings ,time pieces were incorporated in existing jewelry, dress jewels all

over the bodice. (Aiguillettes, clasps, gold trinkets and clusters of stones orearls


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Motiffs, symbols..

Arabesque motifs Fruit

Foliage

Scrolls

Putti

Mythological subjects like nymph,satyrs and

dragons. Ships, mermaids and sea monsters.

The settings of stones often formed glitteringlines or masses. Arrangements of leaves, flowers

and knots of ribbons were the favorite designs


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Chatelaine

Developments in jewellery:


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Developments in jewellery:

imitation gems

Diamond cutting;Antwerp

"bijouterie" and "joaillerie"

mail en rsille


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