Download The Renaissance (world)

A new beginning for Europe
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Three new focuses during the Renaissance
 A focus on the individual
 Growth of secularism
 Revival of the Classics
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Early Renaissance
 More realistic bodies
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High Renaissance Italy (end of 15th C)
 Depth (perspective)
 Idealistic bodies
 Classical themes/Religious
 Emotions
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Mary Magdalene
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David
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Mona Lisa ->
Last Supper
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Sistine Chapel
The “spark”
David
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Realistic
Facial Expressions
Attention to detail
Often a focus on
Christian themes or
everyday life
In this Trifold on Renaissance artists/architects
you will need to research any three from the
group below and on the top draw or print a piece
they did that represents the techniques of the
Renaissance and on the bottom write a
paragraph that explains who did it and how their
work contributed to the Renaissance movement
 Jan Van Eyck
- Rafael
 Albrecht Durer
- Donato Bramante
 Masaccio
- Brunelleschi
 Botticelli
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Machiavelli: Said it was better to be feared
than loved as a political leader. Also said that
in politics you may need to go against your
morals to help the nation
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Erasmus: Said that good Christian
characteristics were key to being respected
and followed by your subjects
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Thomas More: Famous for his work entitled
Utopia
 Claimed that government was corrupt and that
ownership was bad for society
 Starting of Socialism
Dante: Wrote the Divine Comedy also in the
vernacular.
 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paraiso
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One of the keys to the spread of knowledge
was merchants
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Second key was Johannes Gutenberg
 Printing press made it possible to mass produce
books
 Increased literacy