Renaissance Era Unit 7
Beginning Started in northern Italy, then spread throughout Europe Trade with Muslims + Classical knowledge = Blend of Ideas Height of Renaissance in England is known as the Elizabethan Era
Humanism Focus on reason and logic Rebirth of Classical knowledge No longer faith and religion Rebirth of Classical knowledge From ancient Greece and Rome
Art Shift of attention from religious to human experience More realistic and 3-D Perspective Painting style Da Vinci and Raphael Sculpture style Michelangelo and Donatello
Holidays Resurgence of pagan roots Carnival May Day Michaelmas Twelfth Night
Music Instruments Bards Songs style and topics Compare a similar modern song
Fashion Upper class Women’s fashion Upper class Men’s fashion Gender roles Lower class fashion
Entertainment Shock value Daring, life-threatening Pagan (taboo) Jousting Falconry Palmistry and Magicians Dancing
Literature Vernacular language gets improved and formalized Shakespeare Printing press Language style Marlowe and Spenser
Social Order Nationalism accompanies a rise in monarchal power No more feudalism Government (Florence) Government (England) Social Class Machiavelli