The Renaissance
The Renaissance in Italy Why Italy? The Medicis Florence, Italy Lorenzo the Magnificent Patrons of the arts
Defining the Renaissance Creativity and change Politics Society Economy Culture New Worldview Humanism
Golden Age of the Arts Art reflected humanistic concerns Rules of perspective Women artists Change in architecture
Three Geniuses of Renaissance Art Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa The Last Supper Michelangelo Pieta’ David Sistine Chapel Raphael Madonna paintings The School of Athens
Italian Renaissance Writers Castiglione Handbooks about social ideals Machiavelli The Prince
Artists of the Northern Renaissance Albrecht Durer Engravings “German Leonardo” Flemish Painters Jan van Eyck Hubert van Eyck Peter Bruegel Peter Paul Rubens
Northern Humanists Erasmus Priest Called for a version of the Bible in the vernacular Thomas More Utopia
Writers for a New Audience Francois Rabelais William Shakespeare Cervantes Don Quixote
The Printing Revolution Johann Gutenburg st printing press st complete Bible Moveable type Printing Revolution Printed books More readily More readers