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Renaissance: Revolution The Renaissance • • • • • “Rebirth” 14th – 17th century (1300s – 1600s) Began in Italy in the mid-1300s Reached its height in the 1500s Revolution = Change: political, social, economic, & cultural Why Italy? • Reawakened interest in the culture of Ancient Rome • Wealthy, powerful merchant class • Italian city-states survived the Middle Ages (Florence, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Rome, and Naples) • Florence gifted poets, artists, scholars, and scientists • The Medici Family – became the richest merchants and bankers in Europe – gained control of Florentine government in 1434 – money translated into cultural and political power Lorenzo de Medici • clever politician • held Florence together during difficult times • generous patron (financial supporter) of the arts • Poets, artists and philosophers frequently visited the Medici palace Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci Helicopter Leonardo da Vinci La Pieta Michelangelo Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel) Michelangelo David Michelangelo David (bronze) Donatello School of Athens Raphael Isaac Newton Galileo Galilei Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Miguel de Cervantes William Shakespeare Niccolo Machiavelli Nostradamus Martin Luther Johannes Gutenberg Claudio Monteverdi Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Samuel de Champlain Hernan Cortes Francisco Pizarro Charles V Henry VIII Elizabeth I
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