1. The Italian Renaissance
6-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the development and the impact of the Renaissance on Europe and the rest of the world.

2. Renaissance
**Renaissance means “rebirth”. It refers to the period that followed Europe’s Middle Ages.
**Money for the Renaissance came from trade.
One big idea that came from this
time is that all humans were important
no matter how much money they had
and deserved an education.
Renaissance Education

3. How the Renaissance Began
**Increased trade with Asia
brought wealth to Italian trade
cities, leading to the Renaissance.
The growth of wealthy trading
cities in Italy led to a rebirth of
the arts and learning called the
Renaissance.
Silk & Spice Trade

4. Trading Centers **Four northern Italian cities became trading centers.
Florence
Genoa
Milan
Venice
**The cities of Milan &
Florence were manufacturing
centers. Venice & Genoa
were port cities on the
Mediterranean Sea, where
the goods & services flowed.
Bustling Port of Venice

5. Italian City-States
Look at the map & find the major trading cities in Italy. Can you list the four major cities?
Florence
Genoa
Milan
Venice

6. Banking & The Medici Family
Bankers kept money for
merchants all over Europe
& made money by charging
interest, a fee that lenders
charge people who borrow
money from them.
**The Medici family were
the greatest of the Florence
bankers. They were the
richest family in Florence.
Their fortune gave them
political power as well.
“Money-Changer & his Wife”
Marinus van Reymerswaele (1539)

7. The Medici Family
**Cosimo Medici wanted Florence to be the most beautiful city in the world. He hired artists to decorate his palace.
**He also valued education,
built libraries & collected books.
His workers needed to read, write,
& understand math.
The Medici family were patrons
of the arts.
**Patrons are sponsors &
supporters of the arts. They would
give money to support the artists
or have the artists create works.
Cosimo de Medici

8. The Medici Family
This is a portrait of Giuliano de Medici by Raphael. There are several portraits of the Medici family because they were patrons of the arts.
What is a patron?
Giuliano de Medici

9. Humanism During the Middle Ages, people were
devoted to religious study.
**By the 1300s, scholars began to
study subjects such as history, literature,
public speaking, & art. These subjects
were called the humanities, and they led
to the thinking and learning known as
humanism.
Humanism is a way of thinking &
learning that stresses the importance
of human abilities & actions.
Stop here on first day!
“Virtruvian Man”
Leonardo Da Vinci

10. Changes from Humanism **Art & literature had only been
based on religion, but now they
would focus on humans, politics,
religion, & various styles of writing
& art.
**Artist began painting portraits,
anatomy of the human body was
being studied & human intelligence
was recognized, an interaction
between subject & ruler began,
ordinary people (sons of middle
class families) were educated.
Michelangelo’s “David”

11. Advances in Literature
**Another BIG change was
books were being published in
the language the people spoke.
**Vernacular is the term given
when the author writes in the
language the people use so they
can read it.
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
(Anatomy Book) Vesalius, 1555

12. New Studies
Anatomy was one new subject that was being studied by people during this time.
What are some other subjects that were studied? What were these called?
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Anatomical Drawings

13. Review Renaissance means rebirth.
Money in the Italian Renaissance came from trade.
The big idea from this time is
that all humans were important
no matter how much money they
had or who they were.
Education became the means
to a better life.
Florence Cathedral