The Renaissance Europe’s “Rebirth” 1300-1600
Reasons for Renaissance Increased trade (Venice), Crusades and the Black Death make people become more secular = more interesed in this world than that of the afterlife Leads to the idea of Humanism = individual and human society are important as well as faith and afterlife People begin to look back to the ancient Greeks and Romans for knowledge and learning = rebirth of these ideas! Led to a search for new ideas and great achievements in art, science, literature, math, medicine + inventions
But religion doesn’t disappear…
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Artists of the Renaissance Donatello – “Father of Sculpture” Raphael Sanzio – Painted many “frescoes” in the Vatican. Famous for “School of Athens” Michelangelo – great Italian artist and sculptor (Sistine Chapel, David) Leonardo da Vinci – Italian artist, inventor and scientist (The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, dissections of animals, interest in flight)
Dontallo – “David”
Raphael Sanzio
Raphael Sanzio
Raphael Sanzio
Raphael Sanzio
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Statue of David
Sistine Chapel
“The Creation of Adam”
Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Mona Lisa
Sketches of Leonardo
Leonardo Came to Buffalo, NY!
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei Italian scientist who believed knowledge came through experimentation Proved that objects fall at the same speed regardless of weight Improved the clock, telescope and invented the water thermometer Believed that the Earth revolved around the sun = big trouble with Catholic Church
Printing Press vs. Internet
I. The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg - German inventor of the printing press This allowed for the mass production of books for the first time in history Large number of books = increase in reading and writing = more knowledge Promoted the rapid expansion of information and ideas – just like the Internet does for our society today!