HUM 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Materialism, Classical Element, Seven Rays
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Chapter 15: the high renaissance in rome and venice & chapter 16: the renaissance in the. Promotion of humanist values, reemergence of classical aesthetic principles, christian religious themes, glory of the human. Propaganda of political prestige of religious patrons. Catholic church is a huge patron of art. Sixtus iv (1471-1484): rebuilding rome, vatican library, rebuilt city ports, built new streets, rebuilt aquaducts. Julius ii (1503-1513) : rebuilding rome, rebuilt st. peter"s basilica. Medici popes: leo x (papacy 1513-1521) and clement vii (1523-1534): Indulgences: payments to the church as a way to get out of purgatory. Major pieces of art of the high renaissance: michelangelo"s sistine chapel. Divided into 9 central pictures; each subsection into 3 sets of stories from the. Story of creation, creation of adam and eve, story of noah. Major pieces of art of the high renaissance: raphael"s school of athens. Apollo and minerva- figures of wisdom and knowledge. Florentine citizen, worked for the florentine city-state.
