9 – The Renaissance

This is just a simplified guide. The questions are not central to the discussion in this class, but rather basic starting points.

Jorge Majfud

1. How did (European) Humanism begin, and what were its historical effects on Europe?
2. What factors led to the emergence of the Renaissance?
3. What were the most essential characteristics of the Renaissance “man” and of Renaissance architecture?
4. Name an invention that changed the perception of space during the Renaissance.
5. What were some of the most significant architectural examples of the period?

The Italian Renaissance

Humanists

Francesco Petrarca

Humanism and the Printing Revolution

Perspective. Time. 

Ibn al-Haytham (965–1040), Alhazen. Book of Optics,

La ciudad ideal **

proporción humana

Neoplatonism

Thomas More’s Utopia.

The three towering figures. The great «Renaissance Men».

The human body as a measure **

The perspective vs hierarchy. The Last Supper

Dome of the Florence Cathedral **

Sistine Chapel, 1483 (1508).

Basilica of Saint Peter Donato Bramante, 1506; Raphael; 1546-64 Michelangelo ** Evolución **

Cúpula de la Catedral de San Pedro

Renaissance in the rest of Europe

Santa Maria Novella (Florence, 1290-1420):

Palazzo Riccardi (Italy)

Palazzo Pitti (Italy)

Chateau de Chenonceau (Frnce)

Louvre (France)

Charles V Palace (Spain)

Hardwick Hall (England)