The Renaissance:Art, Music, Dance

and more..
Listen to this:
● Does it remind you of anything?
● What are some of the things you
hear in the music?
● Can you pick out any
instruments?
● How does it make you feel?
● Do you think it sound happy or
sad?
Time for some creativity!
● First, you will need four pieces of paper for
each student. You can use all one color, but I
prefer to use 3 different colors.
● Next, line up the papers so that they overlap,
with a small “tab” left for each color.
● Then fold the paper over so that you get eight
tabs in all, and staple the top to make it into a
book.
● You can decide how to label each section.
You can use more than one flap for a section
● Just be sure to label it before you turn it in to
be checked at the end of the class today.
 Fashion:
What did the men wear?

● Men wore colorful tights or stockings with a shirt and

coat. The coat was generally tight fitting and was called
a doublet. They often wore hats as well.

What did the women wear?

● Women wore long dresses that generally had high

waists and puffy sleeves and shoulders. Wealthy women
would have elaborate jewelry made of gold and
ornamented with expensive jewels such as pearls and
sapphires. Sometimes the embroidery on their dresses
used gold and silver thread.
More about Renaissance Fashion
Hair/Facial Hair:

For Men: Hair styles changed throughout the

Renaissance. For men, long and short hair went in
and out of style. The same was true of beards. At
times, short cut hair with pointy beards was popular,
while at other times long hair with a clean shaven
face was popular.

For women: Blonde hair was considered especially

stylish with the women. They would often bleach
their hair to make it blonde. Wigs or fake locks of
hair made of yellow or white silk was also popular.
Art:
Time Periods:

● Early Renaissance (1400-1479) - Artists learned by trying to imitate classical

artists focusing on symmetry and creating the perfect form. Important artist:
Donatello.
● High Renaissance (1475-1525) - A rising interest in perspective and space
gave the art even more realism. Important Artists: Michelangelo, Leonardo da
Vinci, and Rafael.

Art Focus:
● European art: religion, specifically Christianity and the Catholic Church.
● Eventually Branched out to Greek and Roman mythology, historical subjects,
and portraits of individuals.
● Realism: involves a number of techniques that make the subjects and
background look like they would in real life.
More Renaissance Art
Techniques:
● Perspective: perspective is drawing or painting a picture that it looks like there
are three dimensions. It gives the illusion that some objects in the painting are
further away than others.
● Balance and Proportion: Drawing subjects that are the correct size when
compared to each other.
● Use of Light and Dark: Many artists starting using light and shadows in their
works to add drama, perspective, and timing to their art.
● Sfumato: This was used to add additional perspective and dimension to
paintings. It was a way of blurring the lines between subjects and was used in
Leonardo's Mona Lisa.
● Foreshortening - Another way to add perspective and depth to paintings,
foreshortening is a way of shortening lines to give the illusion of depth.
 Works of: Renaissance Art

Work: The Last Supper

Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci

Work: “The Sistine Work: “Mona Lisa” Work: “David”
Chapel” Artist: Leonardo Da Artist: Donatello
Artist: Michelangelo Vinci
Music
● Music and dancing was a popular form of
entertainment and big part of Renaissance daily life.
● Choirs: Some of the great music of the Renaissance
was sung in churches in large choirs. One new style
of music was to interweave several different vocal
melodies at the same time. This type of music was
called polyphony and became popular in choirs.
● Madrigal: usually had between three and six singers
or more. The madrigal also had several melodies
that were sung at the same time by different voices.
The songs were often romantic poems and sung
with emotion.
Music Continued...
Popular Renaissance Instruments:

● The Violin which was first made in Italy in the 1500s.

● Horns such as the early trumpet and the cornett,
● Stringed instruments such as the lyre and the hurdy
gurdy
● Woodwind instruments such as the bagpipe and the
recorder.
● Harpsichord - This instrument looks like piano with
keys, but when a key is played a string is plucked rather
than hit.
● Hurdy gurdy - A stringed instrument similar to a violin,
where melodies are played on a small keyboard and a
crank-turned wheel rubs against the strings to make the
tone.
● Lute - A stringed instrument similar to a guitar with a
round back. The strings were plucked to make the notes.
Dance:
Dancing

There were two main types of dances during the Renaissance:

● Court dances: were formal dances performed by trained dancers.
● Country dances: were dances where anyone could participate.

Here are few examples of Renaissance dance steps:

● Reverence - This was a "greeting" step where the dancers would face each other. They would then
slide the left foot back and bend both knees to bow to the other dancer.
● Saltarello - This is a lively dance step where the dancer would take three steps forward and then hop.
● Pavane - A slow "walking" dance that gave the dancers a chance to show off their fancy clothes and
gowns. It was usually the first dance of the night.
● Italian Double or Doppio - A step where the dancers would take two elegant steps forward and then
rise up on their toes.