1. Aim: What was the Renaissance?
A Period of Rebirth in Europe

2. What was the Renaissance
What was the Renaissance? Renaissance means “Rebirth” – Rebirth of the greatness of classical civilizations (Greece and Rome)

3. Why did the Renaissance Begin in Northern Italy?
Thriving Cities: Florence, Venice, Milan, Genoa
Wealthy Merchant Class = Patrons of the Arts – People that Pay for Art
Medici Family – Wealthiest Family in Florence
Vatican – Pope – Catholic Church
Classical Heritage
Greece and Rome

4. Renaissance Values Wealth: Money and Materialism
Individualism: Ideology that emphasizes the importance of the INDIVIDUAL
Secularism: Philosophy that religion and social/political life can be separate.
Humanism: Ethical stance that the Human existence is important (life on earth)
Classics: Greece and Rome heritage
Questioning Spirit: Importance of questioning everything, including the Church and Government.

5. Renaissance Men and Women
Well educated
Physically graceful and strong
Well Rounded Individuals
Charming, Polite, Witty
Ex. Leonardo DaVinci
WOMEN
Educated in the classics
Charming, Polite
Inspire Art (but not create it)
Ex. Isabella d’Este

6. Leonardo DaVinci (1452 – 1519)

11. Renaissance Art The Ninja Turtles

12. Renaissance Artists Donatello Leonardo daVinci Michelangelo Raphael
Sculptor, “Feast of Herod”
Leonardo daVinci
Mona Lisa, Last Supper
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, Statue of David
Raphael
The Madonna, School of Athens

13. Donatello

19. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564)

23. Sistine Chapel

24. Raphael (1483 – 1520)

28. Renaissance Writers William Shakespeare: English Playwright
Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar
Niccolo Machiavelli: Italian Writer/Politician
“The Prince”
**Johann Gutenberg**
Inventor of the PRINTING PRESS which helps to spread the incredible writings of the Renaissance period.

29. “The Prince”
Machiavelli’s most famous work is a Political Handbook for Italian Leaders. It promotes the idea that “The End Justifies the Means”. Many historians credit Machiavelli as the founder of Political Science.

30. CAUSES OF THE RENAISSANCE EFFECTS OF THE RENAISSANCE
The CRUSADES
Growth of Towns/Cities
Increased wealth in Europe
New ideas/learning in Europe
The PRINTING PRESS
Spreads ideas quickly
NORTHERN ITALY
Ideal location
Wealth
Urbanization
CULTURAL DIFFUSION
Revival of Learning
Europe returns to global prominence
Power of the Catholic Church declines
Increased Education and Intellectual Developments
Standard for Art and Literature
Leads to the Age of Exploration
Leads to THE REFORMATION