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1350-1600
Renaissance – Rebirth of classical ideas.
The Renaissance was a time of creativity
and change in many areas – political, social,
economic and cultural.
Emphasis placed on the achievements of
individual human beings.
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The Renaissance Began in Italy
• Renewed interest in
Roman literature and
life.
• Ruins of Roman
empire dotted the
Italian countryside.
The Renaissance Began in
Northern Italy
• New urban
culture
motivated by
trade
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Italian Genius of Renaissance
Writing - Machiavelli
• Machiavelli published a book in 1513, The
Prince. Gave rulers advice on how to
govern with power. Rulers must do good
when possible but be ready to do evil
when necessary stressed that the end
justifies the means.
Society –
Three classes existed:
1) Clergy
2) Nobility
3) Peasants and Towns people
Majority – peasants – urban poverty
increased greatly
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Society –
Family
Father/husband – center of the family
Parents – arranged marriages for the
children
Mother – supervise household and
raise the children
Humanism
• Define “humanism”
• Humanism – intellectual movement at the
heart of the Italian Renaissance that
focused on worldly subjects rather than on
religious issues.
• Humanists were usually Christians who
believed that the individual in the here and
now had an important role to play.
• Education was important.
• Emphasis on individual achievement.
• Emphasis on classical Greek and Roman
texts.
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The Northern Renaissance
• Renaissance moved to France, Belgium,
Germany and the Netherlands.
• Erasmus – Dutch priest and Humanist.
Called for a translation of the Bible from
Latin into the vernacular of each nation, so
that common people could read it.
• He was disturbed by the corruption in the
Catholic Church and called for reform.
The Printing Revolution
• Printing Press – allowed
new ideas to spread more
easily. Spread from China
to Middle East to Europe.
• Gutenberg: invented a new
type of printing press.
Used movable type.
• Books suddenly within
reach of ordinary person.
People became literate
(able to read and write)
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ARTS Sought to:
Imitate nature
Showed reality of their subjects
Italian Geniuses of
Renaissance Art – Leonardo
• Leonardo da Vinci
(1452) – artist (Mona
Lisa, The Last Supper),
• Dissected human
bodies to understand
how they worked
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Italian Geniuses of
Renaissance Art – Leonardo
La Giaconda: The
Mona Lisa – Louvre
Museum, Paris
Italian Geniuses of
Renaissance Art – Leonardo
Helicopter
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Italian Geniuses of
Renaissance Art – Leonardo
Trebuchet
Italian Geniuses of Renaissance
Art - Michelangelo
• Michelangelo –
Italian painter and
sculptor. Total
realism in art. Pieta
and David. Murals
on the ceilings of
the Sistine Chapel
in the Vatican.
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Italian Geniuses of Renaissance
Art - Michelangelo
The Pieta
Italian Geniuses of Renaissance
Art - Michelangelo
The David –
Florence, Italy
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Italian Geniuses of Renaissance
Art - Michelangelo
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