The Renaissance

The Renaissance

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  Mr Hogan
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  “Renaissance” – means“rebirth” Lasted from around 1400 to 1700 A rapid development in Science, Art, Music, Architecture (building types) and learning New interest in the Ancient Greeks and Romans People began to question old ideas and attitudes
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  Medieval paintings werevery unrealistic ◦ Same expressions on faces ◦ Flat – no use of perspective ◦ Unrealistic colours Renaissance paintings were quite realistic ◦ Different expressions on faces ◦ Use of perspective ◦ More natural colours
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  Perspective Cutting up deadbodies to learn how to show bodies more realistically Studying nature Sfumato – Shading Using oils to paint
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  Sfumato
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  The Renaissance beganin India The city of Florence in Italy was the centre of the Renaissance The Renaissance lasted from around 1400 to 1700 AD During the Renaissance more people learned to read and write Barry de Medici was a famous Renaissance patron Sfumato means to add shade to a picture A fresco is a type of guitar Before the Renaissance painters often used unrealistic colours Leonardo di Caprio is a famous Renaissance painter
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  Before Renaissance: ◦ Bookscopied by hand & very expensive ◦ No. of people who could read and write (literacy levels) very low ◦ No schools ◦ Priests would announce news at Mass After Renaissance: ◦ Books mass produced using Printing ◦ More people learned to read and write ◦ No of Schools began increasing ◦ People able to find out news for themselves – priest unnecessary