1. Ming China vs. Renaissance Europe Politics, economy, art, religion
Ming China: recovery, Emperor Yongle, tradition
Imperial government and world power: Forbidden City, exam system, Zheng He
Europe: recovery, national rivalry, Renaissance
England, France, Portugal, Venice, Florence, Spain – competition
Renaissance: individualism, secularism, humanism – art, literature, religion
Machiavelli The Prince

2. Mongol Empire around 1260 CE

3. Black Death – plague
Spread from central Asia along Silk Road
Killed 1/3 of Europeans, millions in Asia
Ended European feudalism by raising wages

4. Emperor Yongle CE
Forbidden City – 9999 rooms, largest palace
Imperial exams system – Confucian meritocracy
Fleets of Zheng He – 6 expeditions, explore india/Africa

5. Renaissance Art: what made it special?
perspective – three dimensional instead of two dimensional
realism – human figures active and natural
vivid color and light
new techniques used – painting on fresco, large bronze statues and doors
imagination – God was portrayed in painting for the first time
individualism, secularism, classicism

6. Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci

7. before perspective 1390
after perspective
1508

8. “David” - Michelangelo

9. Model of Flying Man Leonardo da Vinci 1488

10. Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
1512

11. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1512

13. Machiavelli, The Prince
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
Before all else, be armed.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.