Renaissance

• Renaissance: rebirth of interest in learning of ancient greece and Rome
• Why it began in Italy:

  • ruins in ancient rome

  • wealth of Italian cities

  • fall of Constantinople

  • invention of printing press
• Becoming an artist:

  • apprentice

  • journeyman

  • guild

  • depended on patrons

  • master
• Patronage: wealthy people who paid artists to create artworks
• Patrons:

  • sponsored artists

  • pope julius 2nd

  • Medici family

  • pope Leo x
• Influence of renaissance:

  • new perspectives

  • architecture

  • advancements in science and medicine
• Differences of medieval and renaissance times:

  • people

  • art

  • materials and perspectives

  • frescoes and architecture
• Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci And died in 1519 in france
• Leonardo da Vinci painted

  • the baptism of Christ

  • the last supper

  • Mona Lisa