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Italy:
Birth Place of the
Renaissance
Renaissance
 Rebirth
of:
Learning and art
 Revival of classical
Greek and Roman
Culture.
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 Thriving
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Cities
Northern Italy was urban-Venice, Florence &
Rome.
Crusades encouraged trade
Bubonic Plague= 60% pop. DEAD
 Time
to pursue other interests.
 Wealthy
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Why Italy?
Merchant Class
Dominated politics
MEDICI FAMILY
 Classical
heritage of Greece and Rome
Humanism
 Petarch---father
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of Renaissance Humanism.
FLORENCE: MAJOR CENTER
 CIVIC
DUTY
 Classical
texts no longer have to agree with
Christian teachings.
 Based
on the writing of Greeks & Romans.
 Popularized the study of history, literature and
philosophy.
Pleasures
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Secular:
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worldly rather than spiritual; concerned with the
here and now.
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Enjoy life without offending God.
Good food
 Wine
 Music
 Material luxuries
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Patrons
 Supported
 Large
the arts & artists
monetary grants to artists
 Wealthy
merchants displayed their wealth
through their donations.
Renaissance art
People
Renaissance Art
Places
Leonardo da Vinci
 Painter,
sculptor, inventor and scientist.
Scientist
Painter
Painter
Machiavelli: Political Guide
 The
Prince
Ruler gains power and keeps it
 Political games and trickery
 Not concerned with what was morally right
but was
politically effective.
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The Prince:
“From this arises the question whether it is better
to be loved more than feared, or feared more than loved.
The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved,
but as it is difficult for the tow to go together, it is much
safer to be feared than loved, if one of the two has to be
wanting.
For it may be said of men in general that they are
ungrateful, voluble [changeable], dissemblers [liars],
anxious to avoid danger, and covetous of gain; as long
as you benefit them, they are entirely yours; they offer
you their blood, their goods, their life, and their children
, as I have before said, when the necessity is remote; but
when it approaches, they revolt. And the prince who
has relied solely on their words, without making
preparations is ruined”
Northern Renaissance
 England,
France, Germany, and Flanders
 Ideas
from Italy were spread into Northern
Europe by:
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Scholars
Students
Merchants
The Elizabethan Age
Accomplishments of the N.
Renaissance
 Spreading
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of printed ideas.
Made books cheaper.
More people could buy them.
JOHANN GUTENBERG
Legacy of the Renaissance
 In
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the Arts:
Secular works
Drew on techniques & style of Greece and
Rome.
More realistic
Writers used vernacular languages
Arts praised individual achievements.
Changes in Society:
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Printing was cheaper
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Greater availability of books increased the desire
for learning.
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Published legal proceedings made laws clear=
people understood their rights.
Humanists’ reformed how people lived.
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People began to question political and religious
structures.