Renaissance About 1500 CE

A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.

The Renaissance 1300 to 1600 CE

From looking at this map, what country did the Renaissance start in?

Italy

Beginning in the 1430s, this family would use their fortune to maintain absolute control over the internal affairs of Florence.

Medici 1430s

He invented the printing press in 1440, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and, eventually, all over the world

1440

During the Renaissance, an ideal individual strove to master almost every area of study. A man who excelled in many fields was praised as a “universal man.” later ages called such people “______________”

Renaissance men

This self portrait is by an excellent example of a renaissance man This self portrait is by an excellent example of a renaissance man. Who is he?

April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519 Leonardo da Vinci

What is the name of this work and who painted it? 1495-1497 CE What is the name of this work and who painted it?

The Last Supper, Leonardo Da vinci

1501-1504 CE What is the name of this work and who was the sculptor? _______________

Statue of David, Michaelagelo

What is the name of this work and who painted it? _______________ 1503-1506 CE What is the name of this work and who painted it? _______________

Mona Lisa, da Vinci

Where is the location of this fresco and who painted it?

Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo 1508-1512 CE Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo

What are the characteristics of Renaissance Art?

School of Athens, Rafael Perspective Secular 3-Dimensional Classical influences

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.

humanism

A person or group who supports artists, especially financially.

patron

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

secular

During the Renaissance, artists used this technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.

perspective

The every day language of people in a region or country The every day language of people in a region or country. During the Renaissance writers chose write in this rather than using Latin.

vernacular

In his book The Prince, he supported absolute power of the ruler.

Machiavelli

He maintained that the ends justifies the

means

Machiavelli also advised that one should do good if possible, but do

evil when necessary.

1509 CE In his humanistic/Christian book Praise of Folly, he poked fun at greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests.

Erasmus

The writer believed in a Christianity of the heart, not one of ceremonies and rules. He thought that in order to improve society, all people should study the

Bible.

1516 CE In this book Utopia, he wrote about an imaginary land inhabited by a peace loving people. Greed, corruption, war, and crime were weeded out, and there was no need for money.

He is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of all time He is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. He produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His plays include the tragedies Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. __________________ Best work 1589 and 1613 CE

William Shakespeare