Renaissance and Humanism Humanism--- What was it all about? the study of classical values ; a human being is good by nature God should not be the centre of thinking: attention on humanity and this world
Why in Italy? The prosperity of towns The princes and rulers of Italian city-states surrounded themselves with artists and humanists( founded academies, schools and ordered works of art) Relics of classical antiquity in Italy → the Rebirth of ancient culture, also creating something new..
Renaissance Writers; some examples Dante ( 1265-1321) Divine Comedy; travels beyond the grave, meetings with Vergilius, at last reuniting with his beloved Beatrice in paradise Petrarch ( 1303-74); Sonets to Laura Boccaccio ( 1313-75); Decameron Geoffrey Chaucer( 1343-1400) ; Canterbury Tales Cervantes (1547-1616); Don Quijote
..Writers.. William Shakespeare (1585-1614); Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth Sceptic Unhappy people Tragedies and comedies Thomas More (1478-1535); Utopia - A theory of ideal state; six-hour working day, property should be shared, all religions accepted, rulers should be elected by the people life should be simple..
The impact on society/ on the whole world.. Rise of capitalism Rise of political thought; Emergence of modern states ( collapse of feudalism) Transformation of knowledge of universe; earth is not the centre… Revolution of Religion; Reformation Expansion of Europe With the help of printing universal knowledge could be shared by wider public…
Tizian; Venus of Urbino 1538
Mona Lisa/ Da Vinci
Botticelli : Spring
Botticelli: Birth of Venus