1. What was the Renaissance? Notes #39
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

2. Sistine Madonna by Raphael
The Renaissance was a period, from the 1300s to the 1500s, when artistic creativity was encouraged in Europe.
David by Michelangelo
Sistine Madonna by Raphael

3. The Renaissance began and flourished in Italy because Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia . . .

4. Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo
. . . and the region had a wealthy class that invested in the arts.
Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo

5. The School of Athens by Raphael
A major characteristic of the Renaissance was the development of a new way of thinking called humanism.
The School of Athens by Raphael

6. Saint Mark by Donatello Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
The idea of humanism emphasized the importance of an individual and encouraged people to pursue individual interests. 
Othello by
William
Shakespeare
Saint Mark by Donatello
Primavera by Sandro Botticelli

7. As a result, an emphasis on individual worth increased in European society during the Renaissance.
 Middle Age art vs. Renaissance art 

8. Famous Renaissance humanists include artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo . . .
Mona Lisa by da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo

9. . . . and writers Niccolo Machiavelli and William Shakespeare.

10. A direct effect of the Renaissance on Europe was that the idea of humanism would later decrease the power of the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther