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The renaissance

1.What was the renaissance ?

The renaissance was the rebirth in the memories of ancient Greece and Roma .

2.Why did the renaissance begin in italy ?

Ruins of ancien Rome like the colosseum reminded Italians of their glorieux past.

3.Changes in art and architecture :

-People

Medovial painting the face of different people often looked the same.

Renaissance artits painded people in real life. The people are Michel more realistic.

-Perspective

Medieval painting were flat.

Renaissance artists used perspective. Tais technique create a 3D effect.

4.Renaissance lives ( Patrons )

Patrons were rich man and women who paid artist to paint

beautiful picture. Lorenzo de Medici was a great patrons

5. Gutenberg invented the printing press

Effets of the printing press :

- Lots of books

- Brook were cheaper

- Spread of literacy ( reading and writing)

6. Leonardo da Vinci, Paintor , Sculptor , Scientist : The ideal ` Renaissance Man ‘

Leonardo da Vinci was admired as the ideal ` Renaissance Man ‘ because he was an all-round geius.

Apprentice in florence

Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vincy near florence . From an early age he showed a love of drawing. He was apprentices to Master Verrocchio. Like all other apprentices, he learnad to draw and prepare coulours. The first know work of Leonardo’ s an angel he painted a part of a Verrochio’s The Batism of Christ.

Leonardo in Milan

When Leonardo was rained, he wrote to the ruler of Milan,Ludovico Sforza duke Leonardo praised his own ability as a military engineer , and brefly mentioned his artistic abilies at the end of the letter. Sforza invented him to work in Milan.

Here Leonardo painted The virgin of the rocks . This painting shows his use of sfumato a shading technique, first used by Leonardo, in wich the outlines of the figures were blurred. Leonardo also painted The last supper in Milan . This was painted on the dinning room wall of a mostary. Instead of a true fresco on wet plaster, Leonardo painted withoil on stone. Very soon the

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