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The
Renaissance
Part One:
An Introduction To The
Renaissance
What Is the Renaissance?
• The Renaissance is the rebirth of
learning and the arts that began in
Italy in the 1300’s
• The Renaissance brought great
advancements in literature,
philosophy, visual art, theater, and
architecture
Was It Really a Renaissance?
• Intellectual Development of High
Middle Ages
– Rise of Scholasticism
– Literature
• Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
– Gothic Architecture
Why Italy?
• Urban Growth
– Trade during the Crusades led to
the growth of the Italian cites of
Venice, Florence, Milan, and
revitalized Rome
Why Italy?
• Merchant Class Values
– Wealthy, powerful merchants in Italy
stressed individual achievement
Why Italy?
• Classical Heritage
– Renewed Interest in Greek and
Roman Classics
– Decline of Constantinople, caused
Byzantine scholars to flee with
ancient Greek manuscripts
Renaissance Values
• Humanism – study of human
beings and human potential
• Enjoyment of Worldly Pleasures
• The Renaissance Man
– An ideal individual who tried to
master every area of study
Part Two:
Renaissance Art
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
• He was a writer,
painter, sculptor,
engineer, and an
architect
• “The Renaissance
Man”
Self-Portrait (c. 1512)
Da Vinci’s Paintings
The Last Supper (1498)
Mona Lisa 1503-1505
Da Vinci and Flight
Top: Flying Machine
Left: Wing for a Flying Machine
Michelangelo 1475-1564
• He was a
painter, sculptor,
and an architect
• Most successful
painter of
Renaissance
Self-Portrait
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512)
St. Peter’s Basilica
by Michelangelo
Funding the
construction of this
building leads the
Catholic Church to sell
indulgences
David, 1501-1504
Raphael (1483-1520)
• Influenced by
Leonardo Da
Vinci
• Famous work is
School of
Athens
School of Athens, 1510-1511
Part Three:
Literature During the Renaissance
Civic Humanism
•
Niccolo Machiavelli
– The Prince, 1513
– Questions the
motives of rulers
– “Ends justify the
means”
Religious Humanism
•
Desiderius Erasmus
– In Praise of Folly
•
Sir Thomas More
– Utopia, 1516
– Influenced Protestant
Reformation
Literary Humanism
•
Petrarch
– Father of Humanism
•
William Shakespeare
– English writer 15641616
– Focuses on human
character