1. The Renaissance 1300s-1600s A rebirth of classic Greek & Roman learning which produced new attitudes towards culture and learning. It had a new emphasis on individual achievement where men explored the richness & variety of human experience in the here and now.

2. (Watch Video on the Renaissance) Citation (MLA) All About the Renaissance, Part One: Historical Background, Beginnings, and Art. United Learning. 2004. unitedstreaming. 5 April 2006 Citation (MLA) All About the Renaissance, Part One: Historical Background, Beginnings, and Art. United Learning. 2004. unitedstreaming. 5 April 2006

3. Italian City-states Florence Genoa Milan Naples Papal States Sicily Venice

4. Why Italy? Pax Romana ruins Central Mediterranean location Merchant trade

5. Humanism Intellectual movement of the Renaissance Intellectual movement of the Renaissance Focused on worldly, secular, subjects rather than on the religious issues that had occupied medieval thinkers Focused on worldly, secular, subjects rather than on the religious issues that had occupied medieval thinkers Studia Humanitas (study of the humanities): grammar, rhetoric, poetry and history based on Greek & Roman texts Studia Humanitas (study of the humanities): grammar, rhetoric, poetry and history based on Greek & Roman texts How would this shift in thinking affect the people of the Renaissance?

6. City-states: Florence

7. Renaissance Architecture (Florence): Filippo Brunelleschi’s Dome

8. Renaissance Architecture (Florence): The Palazzo Medici courtyard

9. The Medicis of Florence Prominent banking business (& textiles) Prominent banking business (& textiles) Cosimo de Medici gained control of Florence in 1434 Cosimo de Medici gained control of Florence in 1434 –Graduated income tax (wealthier citizens paid more) –Used the tax revenue to improve the city (sewers & paved streets) Lorenzo de Medici “The Magnificent” 1469-1492 Lorenzo de Medici “The Magnificent” 1469-1492 –Patron (supporter) of artists, philosophers, writers & public festivals

10. Another patron of the arts: Pope Julius II, Renaissance prince

11. Renaissance Architecture (Venice): Central dome of St. Mark's Basilica

12. Renaissance Architecture (Papal): Transept & part of St. Peter’s dome

13. Which Renaissance artist was the greatest?

14. The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence The Feast of Herod David Donatello (1386 -1466) St. John the Evangelist

15. Botticelli (1445-1510) Madonna of the Book The Birth of Venus Madonna of the Magnificat La Primavera

16. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Testa di Fanciulla Mona Lisa Self Portrait The Last Supper Womb Vitruvian Man Helicopter

17. Michelangelo (1475-1564) David Moses Sistine Chapel Pieta

18. Raphael (1483-1520) The School of Athens Cherubini Cowper Virgin

19. Renaissance Literature Desiderius Erasmus The Praise of Folly (1509) Desiderius Erasmus The Praise of Folly (1509) Nicollò Machiavelli The Prince (1513) Nicollò Machiavelli The Prince (1513) Sir Thomas Moore Utopia (1518) Sir Thomas Moore Utopia (1518) Baldassare Castiglione The Book of the Courtier (1528) Baldassare Castiglione The Book of the Courtier (1528) William Shakespeare – 37 plays: Romeo & Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, etc. (1590-1613) William Shakespeare – 37 plays: Romeo & Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, etc. (1590-1613) Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote (1605) Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote (1605)

20. Nicollò Machiavelli’s The Prince Wrote The Prince in 1513 Wrote The Prince in 1513 “How to” book “How to” book Dedicated it to Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici (grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent) Dedicated it to Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici (grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent) “It is better to be feared than loved” “It is better to be feared than loved” “The ends justify the means” “The ends justify the means” Nicollò Machiavelli Lorenzo Di Piero De' Medici