1. Famous People of the renaissance

2. The Medici Family Wealthiest family in Florence
Renaissance begins here
Use wealth to make city beautiful

3. Petrarch He studied history to share classical history He was a poet
He thought if you didn’t know history, you would repeat it
Wrote about Humanist Ideas (That individuals are worthy,not just nobles/God)

4. Dante “Divine comedy’ Book written in vernacular (common language)
References to Classical Civilizations like Virgil (roman Poet)
This painting depicts Hades

5. Shakespeare Considered the greatest writer in the English language
He coined many words and Quotes we still use today!
We see the death scene
from
Romeo and Juliette

6. Michelangelo Sculptor, painter
Studied classical sculptors, so his sculptures could be seen “in the round” or from any angle
Sculptures were realistic or “come to life”
Sculptures were huge, 17 ft tall
Most famous painting, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel shown here
You see the “touch of life” from God to Adam

7. Da Vinci Mona Lisa-most famous painting in the Renaissance
He was a vegetarian
Studied Anatomy to paint more realistically
Painter,inventor,sculpter,
mathmatician,engineer
Inventions include helicoper/submarine

9. Boticelli

10. Gutenberg Develops the movable type printer
allows letters to be rearranged on next page
Results in more books printed
cost of books go down
Cheaper books allow anyone access to knowledge
Knowledge is spread faster/further

11. Machiavelli “The Prince”,book about politics
Rulers shouldn’t be good/bad but do what really worked
Rulers should be feared more than loved
Rulers should lie if it helped them rule
The “ends justify the means”
This means that a goal is so important that you do anything,no matter how bad, to achieve it