Renaissance World History

Renaissance  Rebirth  Change from Middle Ages  Focus on Ancient Greek and Roman ideas  Changed from Religious beliefs and spirituality to human experiences  Individual Achievement  “Renaissance Man”

Renaissance  Humanism  Studied the classical culture of Greece and Rome  Used that to understand their own time  Focused on worldly subjects rather than religious  Humanities

Renaissance  Why Italy?  Rome  Center of Catholic Church  Roman Empire  Location  Trade routes  New ideas coming in and out  Florence  Medici Family  Encouraged renaissance thought and art

Renaissance  Art  Medieval Art  Religious themes  Renaissance  Same but with Greek and Roman background  Revived Classical form  Individual Achievement  Focus on modern figures  Perspective  Distant objects look smaller

Renaissance  Leonardo Da Vinci  Artist  Also known for botany, anatomy, optics, music, architecture, and engineering  Mona Lisa- Realism, The Last Supper- Perspective  Michelangelo  Many talents  David, Pieta, Sistine Chapel  Raphael  School of Athens

Renaissance  Writing  Also changed  Similar to art  Baldassare Castiglione  Described “Renaissance Man”  Machiavelli  “The Prince”

Northern Renaissance  Printing Revolution  Johann Gutenberg  Printed first complete edition of Bible using Printing Press  Now able to mass produce books  Artists  Durer  Leonardo of the North  Portrays religious upheaval

Northern renaissance  Humanists and Writers  Erasmus  Spread humanism  Translation of Bible  Sir Thomas More  Utopia- ideal society  Shakespeare  Displayed renaissance Ideals