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Florence: The Cradle of the

RenaissanceChapter 29


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29.1 Intro

Florence was home to the greatest artists and thinkers of the Ren.

Where was it located?

Beautiful city in north central Italy over Arno River.

What was Florence known for in terms of specialization?

Became banking capital of Europe.


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Palazzo Vecchio


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Inside the Palazzo Medici


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Exterior of Palazzo Medici


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Ponte Vecchio


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29.2 What Was the City of Florence?

Who were some of the Renaissance men that came from Florence?

The citys location on the river made it a center for trade and commerce.

City was dominated by the Medicis who acquired wealth through banking.

What else was Florence known for?

The citys wealth allowed patrons to sponsor artists and thinkers.

What and who were the Florentines influenced by? Florentines were influenced by ideas from all over the world as well as by

Humanist philosophy.


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The Medicis


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29.3 What Were the Advances in

Architecture and Engineering?

Who do you think Ren. architects studied?

Architects modeled their buildings after Greek &Roman architecture using rounded arches,columns, and domes.

Wealthy citizens built townhouses called palazzi.

Architects were influenced by Humanist ideals.

How?


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Typical Palazzi


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Greatest advance was the dome on a huge scale.

Was figured out by studying ancient ruins inRome.

Also invented hoists.

Whats a hoist?


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Painting?

Wanted to show people in a lifelike way thatshowed feeling, and began painting realisticbackgrounds.

How did paintings look in the middle ages?

Painters discovered perspective to show depth.

How did they show depth?

To make things look more lifelike, they studied

geometry, anatomy. Developed new materials such as oil based

paints.


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Typical painting from the Middle Ages


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BotticellisAdoration of the Magi


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Leonardos Mona Lisa


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Romanis Christ Carrying the Cross


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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel


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Sculpture?

Sculptors were inspired by ancient Roman statues dugup from ruins.

Sculptures symbolized Humanist ideals ofindependence and individuality by making sculptures

as lifelike people. Who were the two most notable sculptors?

2 Most notable sculptors were Donatello andMichelangelo.


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Donatellos David


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Michelangelos David


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Michelangelos Pieta


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Michelangelos Moses


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Literature?

What do you think authors wrote about duringthe Middle Ages?

What do you think Ren. writers wrote about?

Renaissance writers wrote about the individualexperience and more about the secular world intheir native languages.

What would be the result of authors writing intheir native languages?

Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy in early1300s where hes taken on a tour through theChristian afterlife.


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Science and Math? Who do you think they were influenced by?

They began observing and experimenting, and analyzing the resultsusing math and logic.

Who was the most notable inventor of the Renaissance?

Leonardo studied geometry, engineering, sound, motion, architecture,

anatomy, tides. Who was the most notable astronomer?

Galileo built first telescope and discovered sunspots and moons of Jupiter.

Others worked with algebra and probabilities.


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29.8 What Were Politics Like? Which powerful family ruled Florence?

The Medicis maintained power by building palaces, keepingan army, supporting writers, artists, and musicians.

Who wrote about politics and government?

Machiavelli was a historian that wrote about politics. He

wrote The Prince and stated how rulers had to do whatworked best, and not what was good.

How does he align with Humanist ideals?


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29.9 What Was Florentine Commerce

and Trade Like?

Florentine economy was flexible where people worked

in dif. kinds of bus. & belonged to dif. guilds at once.

Which industry made Florence so wealthy?

Florence b/c the banking capitol of Europe.

There were 2 markets: Mercato Vecchio for everydaytype items, and Mercato Nuovo for banking and cloth.


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Mercato Vecchio


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Mercato Nuovo

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