1. Chapter 14 Section 1 and 2 Renaissance Italy
Mr. Schoff
Global History I

2. OA
What themes and techniques did Renaissance artists and writers explore?
Answer the caption question on page 340

6. Perspective Can still pictures move? Can flat images appear slanted?
Can images disappear as you stare at them when they are still there?
Can images get bigger or smaller as you look at them?

10. Stare at one spot and watch the disappearing act!

11. Stare at the + sign and watch the pink circles disappear

13. Are the horizontal lines uneven or not?

14. Adjust Your Eyes…Note Time!!!
This is NOT an illusion, please take your notes out and be ready to highlight!

15. Renaissance
The period from the 1300s to the 1500s was a time of creativity and change in Europe
This period is called the Renaissance, means “rebirth”
Golden age in the arts, literature and sciences
Europeans developed new ideas about the world
Middle Ages - thinkers had wondered about life after death
Renaissance - thinkers curious about life in the present
The Renaissance began in Italy in the mid-1300s and then spread north
Renaissance thinkers were interested in ancient Rome
Visible reminders of Roman culture were everywhere in Italy
Florence and Venice had become centers of trade and manufacturing
Rich merchants in these cities spent large sums of money on art and education

16. Humanism
The ideas of the intellectual movement known as humanism influenced the Renaissance
Instead of religious issues, humanists studied worldly subjects
They hoped to use ancient learning to increase knowledge about their own times
Renaissance artists studied ancient Greek and Roman art
They copied the ancient realistic style
Painters developed new ways to make their paintings realistic
Studied the human body and used live models when they painted

17. Renaissance Moves North
Northern Europe took a long time to recover from the Black Death
As a result, the Renaissance did not begin there until the 1400s
Slowly spread to Spain, France, Germany, and England
A German artist named Albrecht Dürer traveled to Italy to study Italian art
When he returned home, he helped spread the ideas of the Italian Renaissance throughout Germany
Like Italian humanists, northern humanists believed that education was important and studied ancient Greeks and Romans
However, they also explored religious ideas and believed that learning should change society
Erasmus wanted to reform the Church – translated the New Testament into the vernacular
Sir Thomas More wanted to build a perfect society of peace and harmony – no one is idle, all are educated, justice is used to end the crime, not end the criminal

18. Northern Renaissance Works
The northern Renaissance produced many talented artists and writers
Pieter Bruegel used bright colors to paint scenes from peasants’ lives
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays that are still performed all over the world
Cervantes wrote Don Quixote, a story about the adventures of a foolish knight
After the invention of the printing press, more people were able to read these and other works

19. Printing Press Books became cheaper and easier to make More Europeans
learned to read
and write
Printed Bibles
increased
the spread of
religious ideas
People gained
knowledge
about medicine,
geography, and
mining