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2. Renaissance Means REBIRTH Rebirth of art and learning
Began in northern Italy

3. Economic Foundations Increased demand for Middle Eastern products
Letters of credit expanded supply of money and sped up trade.
New accounting and bookkeeping practices used Arabic numerals

4. Italy Italian city-states became rich from trade:
Florence
Venice
Genoa
They were trading centers for the distribution of goods to northern Europe.
Independent city-states governed as republics by wealthy merchants.

5. Niccolo Machiavelli Wrote The Prince
guidelines for the how to get power by absolute rule.
Believed the ends justified the means
One should do good if possible, but do evil when necessary.

6. Art and Literature
Medieval art and literature focused on the Church and salvation.
Renaissance art and writing focused on individuals and worldly matters, along with Christianity.

7. Artists and Writers Artists Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo
They were Renaissance men. Meaning they were good at everything.

8. Leonardo da Vinci Painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Handsome (he’s old in that picture), athletic, singer, artist, scientist, inventor

10. Michelangelo
Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David
Sculptor, painter, architect, poet
One of the first sculptors to make stone look soft

11. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

12. Pieta
David

13. Humanism Celebrated the individual
Stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture
Humanists were supported by PATRONS who were very wealthy
The Vitruvian Man

14. Northern Renaissance
With the rise of trade, travel and literacy, the Renaissance spread to rest of Europe.
The art and literature changed as different cultures adopted the new ideas.