March 6- March 10

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March 6 (Monday)- Work day

March 7 (Tuesday)- Started presentations notes below 

March 8 (Wednesday)- My group presented

March 9 (Thursday)- Continued presentations 

March 10 (Friday)- No school 

• A renaissance person (men or woman) killed in many fields of discipline. They have a Broad base of knowledge. 
• Ideal individual strove to master almost every area of study 

Renaissance Man

• A man who excelled in many fields 
• Charming and witty 
• Well educated in classics 
• Dance sing, play music, write poetry 
• Skilled rider, wrestler, and swordsman 

"Classics" 

• Study of classical antiquity 
• Focused on language, literature, philosophy, history, and archaeology 

Renaissance Women

• Silk 
• Bright colors 
• Wealthy, upper-class women, much better educated than a medieval woman, with little influence in politics 
• Charming 
• Well educated in the classics 
• Don't seek fame 
• Inspire art, but don't create it 
• Marry well and have boys

• However many renaissance women of the renaissance era are regarded as renaissance men for their bold accomplishments 

Isabellla D'Este

• Exceptional Renaissance Woman 
• Born into ruing family of the city- state of Ferrara 
• Married the Ruler of the city- State of Mantua
• Brought many renaissance artists to her court 
• BUilt a famous art collection 
• Skilled in politics 
• Defended Mantua and won her husband back after held captive 

Leonardo Da Vinci

• Painter, scientist, inventor, mathemiatician 
• Regarded as one of the greatest minds the world has ever produced 
• Famous Works: 
  • Mona Lisa 

Michelangelo 

• Painter, sculptor, architect 
• Though of as "embodying the spirit of the renaissance" 
• Famous Works: 
  • Statue of David 
  • Painting at the Sistine Chapel

Nicholas Copernicus 

• Mathematician, astronomer, physician, economist, diplomat, jurist
• Formulated a heliocentric view of the universe 
• Taught that the Earth revolved around the sun which opposed the Church 

Catherine De Medici 

• Major force in french politics 
• Created peace policy between Catholics and protestants 
• 3 of her sons became kings
• Interest in architecture 
• Held authority over the building of the new wing of the Louvre Museu, the Tuileries Gardens, and the Chateau Monceau 

Great Art of the Renaissance 

Origins 

• Italian scholars and artists saw themselves as re awaking from the dark age to the classical Roman culture 

What was it? 

• Period in history where thinking was revived 

Pros

• Art 
• Literature
• Architecture
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• Culture

Cons

• Currency changes 
• No time for poor kinds to be kinds 
• Schooling only for rich boys 
• Economic stance based on appearances 

Leonardo da Vinci

• Known for inventions, mathematics, writings, paintings, architecture, and sculptures 
• "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." 

Paintings from Leonardo da Vinci 

• Mona Lisa
  • Gift for Francessco del Giocondo 
  • Painting of Lisa Gherardini- Francessco's wife
  • For their new house 
• The Last Supper 
• Vitruvian man 
  • He believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe 
    • A palm is 4 fingers
    • A foot is 4 palms
    • A cubit is 6 palms 
    • 4 cubits make a man 
    • A pace is 4 cubits 
    • A man is 24 palms

Inventions from Leonardo da Vinci 

• Aerial screw 
• Flying machine 
• Parachute 
• Robotic knight 
• Giant crossbow 
• 33 barreled organ
• Armored car
• Self driven cart
• Scuba gear
• Revolving bridge
• Catapult
• Alarm clock 

Sculptures from Leonardo da Vinci 

Colossus

• 24 ft tall 
• 80 ton of bronze 
• 17 years to make 
• Horse
• iL Cavallo 
  • 16 ft tall 
  • Horses 

Books from Leonardo da Vinci 

• Codex Leicester 
• Full of sketches, diagrams

Architeture from Leonardo da Vinci 

• Milan Cathedral 

Raphael 

• Know for painting and architecture 
• "When one is painting, one does not think."

Paintings from Raphael

• Sistine Madonna 
  • Kind of like Virgin Mary 
  • Benedictine Monastery of San Sisto 
• The School of Athens 
  • Apostolic Palace in the Vatican 
• Cherubini 
• The Entombment
  • Entombment of when Jesus was put in his tomb
• Galatea
  • Baby angels fighting "the devil" (evil angel) 

Architecture from Raphael

• St. Peter's Basilica
  • Vatican City 
• Palazzo Vidoni 

Michelangelo 

• Known for: Painter sculptor, architect 

Paintings from Michelangelo 

• Sistine Chaptel Ceiling
  • SIstine Chapel, Vatican City 
• The Last Judgement 
  • Back wall of the SIstine Chapel, Vatican City 
• Conversion of Saul
  • Cappella Paolina 

Sculptures from Michelangelo 

• Statue of David 
  • Galleria dell'Accademia
  • Made of marble
  • "Perfect body" of the male