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The Renaissance In Italy
What is the Renaissance?
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The word Renaissance
means “Rebirth.”
During the Middle
Ages, people had lived
lives centered around
their villages or
towns.
Their lives were based
around the Catholic
Church.
What Changed During the
Renaissance?
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The Renaissance began
around 1300 and reached
its peak around 1500.
The Renaissance marked
the transition from the
medieval world to the
modern world.
Interest was reawakened in
the Greek and Roman
writings and learning.
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During the Middle Ages,
scholars focused on
religion. Renaissance
thinkers focused on this
lifetime and the experience of
being human.
This movement was called
humanism. These new
thinkers focused on a variety
of topics.
The Renaissance Starts in Italy
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Italy had the remains of
Ancient Rome.
Italy was on the
Mediterranean and in
an ideal place for trading.
The Roman Catholic
Church was based in
Italy.
Italy was divided into
city states.
Patrons and Powerful Families
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City states were ruled by
powerful families and a
strong merchant class.
The Medici family of
Florence was the most
famous of these.
These families served as
patrons of the arts.
That means they gave
money to artists.
Renaissance Art Flourishes
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Many artists were supported
by powerful patrons.
They more topics than just
religious themes.
Artists made realistic artwork
and used perspective.
Perspective means making
close items larger than far
items to make it seem realistic.
Artists also used shading and
correct anatomy.
Leonardo da Vinci
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He was the ultimate
Renaissance man.
He was a painter and
engineer.
He created famous paintings
and also created inventions.
He was known for his curiosity
and ingenuity.
He learned about human
anatomy by dissecting
cadavers.
The Last Supper
The Mona
Lisa
The Notebooks
of
Leonardo
Michelangelo
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He was a sculptor, engineer,
painter, architect, and poet.
He created marble
masterpieces and painted the
Sistine Chapel.
He also created the design for
the dome of St. Peter’s
Cathedral.
David
The Pieta
The Sistine Chapel
The Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica
Rafael, the School of Athens
The Renaissance Spreads to the
Rest of Europe
The Printing Revolution
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During the Middle Ages, books
were copied by scribes and
monks by hand.
Around 1455, a German named
Johann Gutenberg created
the first moveable type
printing press.
This made books much more
common and much more
accessible to the people.
The Printing Press
Sir Thomas More’s Utopia
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Thomas More was an
English writer.
He wrote a book about a
perfect society called
“Utopia” where everyone
is equal and everyone
lives in peace and
harmony.
We still use the word
utopia to describe a
perfect world or society.
William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare was
the most important
literary writer during
the Renaissance.
He wrote 37 plays
that are still
performed today.
He also greatly
enriched the English
language.