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The Intellectual and Artistic
Renaissance
World History I
Italian Renaissance Humanism
• A key intellectual Renaissance movement was
humanism.
• How did this movement develop?
– Humanism – intellectual movement of the Renaissance
based on the study of the humanities.
• Focus on grammar, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, poetry.
– Humanists lived active lives.
• Many humanists studied to help their state.
• Served as secretaries to city-states and to princes or popes.
– Wealthy bankers paid artists to create art to make their state look
good.
Intellectual Renaissance
– Renaissance writers such as Dante and Chaucer helped
popularize the use of vernacular.
• More people understood it.
– Johannes Gutenberg’s introduction of the printing press
helped spread ideas more quickly.
– The humanist movement greatly impacted education.
• Liberal arts.
• Made students reach their “full potential” as humans.
• Women were absent from Renaissance schools.
The Artistic Renaissance in Italy
• Renaissance artists imitated nature and wanted to
be realistic in their art.
– Frescoes became the first masterpieces of the
Renaissance.
• Raphael, one of Italy’s best painters by age 25, was known for
frescoes.
– There were also major achievements in sculpture and
architecture.
• Donatello – studied and copied the statues of Greeks and
Romans.
– By the end of the 15th century, a new artistic world had
been created in Italy.
Masters of the Renaissance
Michelangelo
• Michelangelo wanted to be a sculptor, not a painter.
– Born to a wealthy family .
– Most known for painting ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
• He didn’t want to do this, but was forced to by Pope Julius II.
• It took over four years to complete.
– Michelangelo’s works focused on perfection.
Invented by Da Vinci?
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Horseless Carriage (Car)
Helicopter
Parachute
Aircraft Carrier
Machine Gun
Light Bulb
Tank
Masters of the Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
– Mastered realistic painting
– Inventor, scientist, architect
• Leonardo was very interested in flight.
– He sketched many early flying machines, including
helicopters.
– Despite hating war, Leonardo drew designs for many
new weapons.
• Rapid fire cannon, tank with blades to chop legs off
Leonardo Da Vinci
• Leonardo focused much of his studies on science.
– He kept a very detailed notebook.
• It included sketches and notes of ideas for inventions.
• It was written to be read in a mirror, probably to keep his ideas
from being stolen.
• He sometimes added parts that don’t belong to confuse those
who tried to steal his ideas!
– He spent a lot of time studying the human body.
• His art was very lifelike.
• Examined the dead, against orders of the church.
“History’s first modern man”