Download The ITALIAN Renaissance

Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________ Page: _____
Notes: The Renaissance (Italian + Northern)
Renaissance – “__________________________”
 Renewed interest in ______________________ and ___________________ styles and methods in the
Humanities
The Renaissance Beginnings
 Why Italy?
– Home to ruins of the ________________________ Empire
– Crusades and trade with _______________________ Empire
– Trade with ___________________ and ________________________
– Rich Italian city-states
– ___________________ Family (patrons of the Arts)
Humanism
• Theory that emphasizes human _________________________ and ______________________ inquiry
and deemphasizes the importance of religious focus
• Study of the ____________________________ (philosophy, art, literature, etc.)
The Italian Renaissance
Italian Renaissance: Writers
• Francesco Petrarch
– One of _________ __________________________ and proponent of classical writers
• Niccolo Machiavelli
– Diplomat and historian
– Wrote “________________________________________”
– Government should be ___________________ and ______________________ without much
concern for morals
Italian Renaissance: Art
• __________________________ and
____________________________ images were a contrast to “other
worldly” art of Medieval times
• Perspective- technique making _______________________ objects
______________________ than those in the foreground
(__________________); create __________________________ of
depth on a ________________________ surface
Italian Renaissance: Artists
 Leonardo da Vinci
- “_____________________________________” (architect,
engineer, painter, sculptor, and scientist)
- science influencing art  realistic figures
Works include:
“_____________________________________________”and
“___________________________”
“School of Athens” by
Raphael

Michelangelo
- ____________________ ____________________ (at the Vatican)
- sculptures such as “______________________”

Raphael
- known for paintings/depictions of ______________________
“Pieta” by
Michelangelo
The Northern Renaissance
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Renaissance spreads from ____________________ through the _________________ and
____________________ of Europe (Danube, Rhine)
New universities are established = more emphasis on education
•
PRINTING PRESS – _______________________ ________________________ (Germany) was 1st
European to use movable type to print books
-
What book do you think was printed the most? ___________________________
Northern Renaissance: Writers
• Desiderius Erasmus
– Interested in Early _________________________ and ______________/________________
periods
– “_________________ of ___________________” – criticisms of Christian faith
• Thomas More
– “_______________________” (imaginary, ideal society)
– ________________________ for not going along with King Henry VIII’s annulment request and
recognizing Henry as the head of the church
Northern Renaissance: Artists
• Jan and Hubert van Eyck
– Attention to detail and ___________________ expression
– More ___________________ than symbolic
•
Peter Brueghel
– Scenes of village __________________ and _______________________
– Used paintings to criticize intolerance
•
Albrecht Durer
– ______________ engravings and woodcuts