1. Patrons did what? Patron: Someone who
Gave artists money and a place to live. gives money to an artist
to allow him to be able to
work only as an artist.
Popes:
Patrons of the Arts
Were also patrons and made Rome more Pope: Head of the
beautiful by paying for sculptures and art. Christian Church, and
lived in Rome
Merchants: Merchants: Rich
Supported artists donating public art to businessmen. Often
the city. owned stores, sometimes
owned ships and traded
Focus of Art: goods around the world.
It was no longer focused around religion.
Art changed:
Realistic style from classical Rome and
Greece.
Michelangelo:
Focused on the human body.
Art Revolutionized
Donatello:
Carvings with realistic features and
personality.
Masaccio:
Discovered 3D perspective.
Da Vinci:
Painter, sculptor and inventor.
Raphael:
Realism.
Writing changed: Satire: Writing that
Wrote less about the church. makes fun of a serious
topic.
Renaissance Writers
Writers wrote about:
Real life, experiences, politics, money, Black Humor: Making
satire and black humor. fun of something with
humor that is not very
funny.
Famous Writers:
Petrarch, Macchiavelli, Dante, Boccaccio
and More.