The Renaissance The Rebirth

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Setting the Stage The Middle Ages  Valued mainly the church  Spread Christianity at any cost  The Crusades  Experienced the bubonic plague The Renaissance  The revival of art and learning  Lasted from  A celebration of life and the human spirit The Rebirth

Getting Started  Started in Italy  Why?  City States  Due to overseas trade in the Crusades  Created large city-states

Who benefited?  The Merchants  A large merchant class developed in each city- state  Examples: Milan and Florence  The Medici one of the most powerful banking families in Florence  Cosimo de Medici was the wealthiest European and gained control over Florence in 1434  His grandson gained control after Cosimo died and he was known as Lorenzo the Magnificent

Worldly Values  Renaissance Man  All educated people were expected to create art  Baldassare Castiglione wrote the Courtier do describe the Renaissance Man  CharmingDance  WittyPlay Music  EducatedWrite Poetry Sing

Artists  Michelangelo  Painter, sculptor, and poet  Famous for painting the Sistine chapel  Donatello  Sculptor  Carved natural postures and expressions that reveal personality  Famous for his statue of David

Artists  Leonardo  Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist  Famous for his designs that include:  The parachuteDiving suit  Power LoomSubmarine  Armored TankConstruction Crane  Raphael  Painter  Famous for using perspective

Writers  Petrarch  One of the earliest and most influential humanist  Known as the father of the Renaissance  Wrote Poetry  Machiavelli  Humanist that sought to advise those in government  Wrote: The Prince  Political guidebook that emphasized that most people were selfish, fickle and corrupt.