1. Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance
Mr. Hedrich

2. Humanism Key intellectual movement of Renaissance
Based on the study of humans
Study of the classics
Works from ancient Greece and Rome
Studied grammar, poetry, philosophy and history

3. Humanism Petrarch Father of Italian Renaissance humanism
Its OK to have secular achievements and be religious
Believed in the study of human thought and action

4. Humanism Today Secular ideology
Adopts reason, ethics, and justice as a base for morality
Non-religious way to view the world

5. New Form of Writing Authors wrote in the vernacular (spoken language)
Dante
Divine Comdey; soul’s journey to salvation
Christine de Pizan
Wrote in defense of women; argued that women are able to learn

7. Education in the Renaissance
Liberal studies allowed people to reach potential
A Renaissance Man
What were liberal studies?
History, grammar, math, music, science
Sound mind in a sound body
Physical education
Females absent from schools

8. Compare your school schedule to the liberal studies of the Renaissance
Compare your school schedule to the liberal studies of the Renaissance. What do you notice?

9. Artistic Renaissance Artists wanted their work to look real
Humans became the focus

10. Renaissance Art Two major developments in art
Understanding the laws of perspective and space using geometry
Investigation of movement and human anatomy
Artists had created a new artistic world

11. Leonardo da Vinci Painter, scientist, and inventor Vitruvian Man
Sketch of human anatomy
Dissected bodies to understand them
Realistic paintings
Leonardo

12. Leonardo’s Inventions

13. Leonardo’s Study of Humans

14. Raphael One of Italy’s best painters
Admired for his paintings of the Virgin Mary
His School of Athens shows a world of balance, harmony, and order

15. School of Athens

16. Michelangelo Painter, sculptor, and architect
Painted the Sistine Chapel
Painted bodies with perfect proportions
The more beautiful the body, the more god-like
One of the most famous paintings is the Creation of Adam
David

17. The Sistine Chapel

18. The Creation of Adam

19. Renaissance Legacy
Subjects we study began in the Renaissance and continue to influence us today
Belief that humans can live full and happy lives before death is still with us