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Renaissance 1300-1600 Essential Question: How did the Renaissance change people’s view of the world? Analyze Picture: Renaissance Rebirth of art and learning interest in Greek and Roman ideas Begin in Italy – Why? 1. visible reminders of ancient Roman culture 2. Wealthy merchants ruled cities (Florence) Became patron of the arts (Medici family) Financial support 3. Lots of trade contact 4. secular view (church influenced decline) Golden Age of the Arts Reflected humanist concerns Human potential and achievements Classical traditions Worldly issues (secular) instead religious Individualism – emphasized individual achievements Petrarch – early humanists responsible for reviving the forgotten works New Artistic Style Perspective – make scenes 3-dimensial by making distance objects smaller than closer objects Shading – made objects look round and real Human anatomy – use live models Realistic paintings and sculptures Artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello Architecture Rejected the gothic style of the Middle Ages in favor of Greek and Roman arches, domes and columns Literature Wrote in the vernacular Self-expression (opinions) Individuality of their subject Niccolo Machiavelli – The Prince Provided a guide to rulers on how to gain and maintain power (Machiavellian) End justifies the means Use whatever methods necessary to achieve one’s goal Northern Renaissance Movement spread from Italy to North (England, France, Belgium, Netherlands [Flanders]) Focused more on religious ideas and figures than secular Northern Artists Albrecht Durer – realistic engravings, woodcuts, landscapes, and self-portraits (German Leo) Jan and Hubert van Eyck – use oil paints to portray town and religious scenes Pieter Bruegel – portrayed scenes of peasant life Northern Writers Sir Thomas More – Utopia – describes an ideal society William Shakespeare– poet and playwright Miguel Cervantes – Don Quixote – mocks medieval chivalry Renaissance Culture Renaissance Man The Courtier Guide book for proper manners for noble people Renaissance Woman One who is skilled in many areas Da Vinci Baldassare Castiglione Know classics and be charming Inspire art but not create it Ideal Woman Graceful and kind Lively but reserve beautiful Printing Revolution Literature reached a large audience due to the development of the printing press 1300 – Chinese paper making reaches Europe 1400 – Germans developed movable types 1456 – Johann Gutenberg invents 1st printing press Using metal movable types he prints the Gutenberg bible Printing Brings Change Books become cheaper and easier to produce More book available = more people learned to read and write Access to new information produced new ways of thinking Printing contributes to a religious revolution in Europe in the 1500s Renaissance Produced New attitudes toward culture and learning A spirit of adventure and curiosity >> lead >> exploration