Warm Up What is the Renaissance? Think back to your book work from Friday. If you did not take the quiz on Friday, you will be taking it today.
Renaissance Middle Ages ends “rebirth” Era of awakening Philosophical (thoughts) and artistic (artwork) Began to study the Greeks and Romans again. HUMAN REASON
Causes of the Renaissance Begins in Italy Home of the Roman Empire, places where those ideas were stored Crusades brought trade to Italy Super rich cities with super rich families (Medici) Patron – person who gives financial support
Humanism People who followed it are called humanists Turn to Greek and Roman literature and ideals Now people study the humanities Study of stuff produced by humans Classicism – turning to the original deep thinkers from Rome and Greece. Plato Pythagoras Aristotle
Francesco Petrarch Niccolo Machiavelli Probably the greatest Humanist Studied the “classics” Famous scholar and teacher Niccolo Machiavelli Writer and diplomat (politician) Wrote The Prince Talked about ruthless rulers and how to manipulate people
Italian Renaissance Art Perspective – making paintings more lifelike using depth Realism – making things look as real as possible