1. The Renaissance
Essential Question: How was the Renaissance a rebirth of Classical culture and how was it a departure from it?

2. Renaissance – French for “rebirth” *Rebirth of what?

3. Renaissance – French for “rebirth” *Rebirth of what?
Europe – Greek and Roman Culture

4. Renaissance begins in Italy *Why?

5. Center of Roman Empire Wealthy trade centers -patrons – financial supporters (Medici Family)

6. Humanism – study of classical culture, focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues. *focused on Humanities – grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history, based on Greek and Roman texts *Humanism does not equal atheism!

9. Perspective – technique used to make paintings look 3-D
Perspective – technique used to make paintings look 3-D *closer objects larger than further objects Architecture – back to Greco- Roman domes and arches (Domes, arches, pillars)

11. Leonardo da Vinci -Ideal Renaissance Man (painting, botany, optics, music, architecture, and engineering) -Best known for: Mona Lisa & Last Supper

12. Michelangelo Buonaroti (sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet) Best known for: statue of David, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

13. *Raphael? *Donatello?

14. Niccolo Machiavelli – wrote The Prince -guide to gain and maintain power -end justifies the means -morality has no place in politics

15. Renaissance Writers William Shakespeare – created 37 plays
Renaissance Writers William Shakespeare – created 37 plays *1700 words appeared for the first time in his works (bedroom, lonely, generous, gloomy, heartsick, hurry, and sneak) Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote – mocks medieval chivalry

16. Johannes Gutenberg -builds Printing Press. what book is printed first
Johannes Gutenberg -builds Printing Press *what book is printed first? -explosion of knowledge -books now can be printed in vernacular – everyday language of ordinary people

17. Essential Question
How was the Renaissance a rebirth of Classical culture and how was it a departure from it?

18. Review
The fact that da Vinci is a painter, sculptor, botanist, and architect makes him the…

19. Review
What was the most important invention of the Renaissance?

20. Review
Book written by Niccolo Machiavelli that argued that morality has no place in politics.

21. Review
What does the word Renaissance mean?