Fall of Rome in 476. ending 1000 years of power.
In the mid 14th Century The Black death killed 33-50% of European population. 60,000 died in Florence, 100, 000 in Venice and London.
Leonardo Da Vinci Vetruvian man 1490
AFTER DEATH: REBIRTH= Renaissance.
Humanism:
1. Ethical living through reason and Empathy.
2. A Return to classical culture.
3. Rise of the Individual.
4. Questioning of orthodoxy- Rise of Science.
ISOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE
ATMOSPHERIC/ AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
BRUNELLESCHI 1415 Thesis on Linear perspective.
1 POINT PERSPECTIVE
Paulo Uccello 1440 Battle of San Romano
Adoration of the Magi 1481. Leonardo da Vinci
Lorenzo De' Medici "The Magnificent" (1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492). Ruler of Florence during the mature phase of the Renaissance.
Primavera 1480. Botticelli Mercury, three graces, Venus Flora, Chloris Zephyr.
2 POINT PERSPECTIVE
Pope Leo X. (AKA Giovanni de' Medici). Lorenzo's 2nd son.
St Peter's Basillica, Vatican Rome.
3 point
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