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Renaissance
The “Rebirth” of Europe
Chapter 17
Ms. Garvin World History
The Black Death
Italy: Birthplace of the
Renaissance
  YAY! Everyone living in Europe
survived the Bubonic plague
and boy are they happy!
  Renaissance: revival of art and
learning.
  Explosion of creativity in art,
writing and thought.
  Take classic Greece and Rome
as models and innovate
  Importance of the individual.
Statue of Neptune on top of
Trevi Fountain in Rome
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  Merchant class= wealthy from
business and individual achievement.
  Medici family run Medici bank.
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Branches throughout Italy and
Europe
  Cosimo de Medici= wealthiest
European at the time
  30 years he acts as a dictator of
Florence, controlling the city through
loans and money.
Cosimo de Medici
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done for Medici family
and shows the three
Medici brothers as the
Three Wise Men.
Humanism
  Humanism= intellectual movement
focusing on human potential and
achievements; emphasized the
dignity of humanity.
  Collection of Greek and Roman
teachings undertaken by scholars,
writers, and civic leaders.
  Sought to create a peasantry that
could speak and write in a
knowledgeable way so as to engage
actively in civic life.
  Sometimes viewed as atheists but
often times simply more secular.
  Modern humanists follow a more
atheist mentality.
  Humanities in universities are
based off of the subjects
considered important by
humanists; history, English,
philosophy, anthropology, law,
linguistics, politics.
Modern Humanist Symbol
Humanist beliefs stress the
potential value and goodness of
human beings, emphasize common
human needs, and seek solely
rational ways of solving human
problems.
Classical and Worldly
Values
  Humanists emphasized
new values.
  You can enjoy life without
offending God.
  Worldly over spiritual=
more secular
  Patrons supported artists
  Renaissance men: men
should be educated,
artists, excelling in
varying fields- “universal
man”
  Renaissance women:
educated but do not
express opinions, possess
charm, inspire art but not
create it.
Renaissance Art
  Portrayed religious subjects realistically
  Perspective: 3 dimensions of a flat surface
  Show personality of subjects
  More vivid colors
  Lighting
  Themes: Religious subjects, mythology, fresco
cycles, individuals on importance or devoted to.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Duomo de Firenze :
Florence Cathedral
Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Michelangelo
The Last Judgment: Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
Donatello
David
Italian Renaissance Art
  Raphael: School of Athens
Italian Renaissance Art
  Botticelli: Venus and Mars
Baroque architecture
came to life during
the Renaissance.
Trevi Fountain in
Rome
Scientific study was a
large part of the
Renaissance period and
Humanist ideals.
Renaissance Literature
  Writers began writing in
their vernacular
language. Before
everyone wrote in Latin.
  Dante Alighieri: First
author to write in his
native language- Italian.
  Divine Comedy
  More self-expression-
emphasized the
individuality of subjects
  Machiavelli: The Prince :
a guide for how to gain
power and keep it.
Michelino- La commedia illumina
Firenze: Florence Cathedral
The Flanders- Center of
Northern Renaissance
  Flanders (Modern day Netherlands/France/Belgium) is
wealthy from cloth industry and trade.
  Northern Renaissance well supported from wealthy
merchants and monarchs.
  Emphasized social reform.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder : The
Peasant Wedding: 1566
  German Painters: Albrecht
Durer
  Subjects: religious, classical
myths, realistic landscapes.
  Flemish Painters:
Jan van Eyck
  Oil based and used
layering to create a
variety of colors. Realistic
showing personality in
subjects.
  Pieter Bruegel the Elder:
  Realistic details of the
individual. Often painted
everyday life.
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Northern Renaissance Art
Albrecht Durer
St. Christopher Woodcut
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How does the art from the
Northern Renaissance differ
from Italian Renaissance?
Northern Renaissance
Writers
  Northern Humanists:
  Promoted the
education of women
  Christine de Pizan- The
Book of the City Ladies
  In Renaissance society
word “lady”= of noble
birth; in Pizan’s work
“lady”= noble spirit
  Wanted to reform
society
  Thomas More- Utopia
  Story of a perfect
society. Void of greed,
war, inequality.
Illustration from The Book of the City Ladies
How does Pizan question
the role of women during
the Renaissance period?
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Globe Theater: Home of
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How did people make books before the
mid-1400s????
  OMG!!!!! WORST JOB EVER!!
The Printing
PRESS!!!!
  This was the iPhone of its
time!!
  Chinese actually first develop
the start of the printing press.
  1440- Johan Gutenberg- Mainz,
Germany- developed the
printing press.
  Gutenberg Bible- complete
version of the bible.
  Due to the printing press:
  Books are cheap!
  Books can be made quickly!
  Religions books are printed then
travel guides then medical
manuals.
How does the printing press
help the humanist
philosophy?
Legacy of the Renaissance
  Arts= Individual Achievement
  Secular art/society
  More information available
  Increased desire to learn
  More people understand their legal rights
  Changes how people believe they needed to live
  People begin to question politics and religion.
Out of the effects of the
Renaissance listed
previously, which are the
two most important on
society, in your opinion?
Explain why.