2. What was THE RENAISSANCE?

3. Renaissance- means rebirth, revival in art, literature, science, politics, economy, medicine

4. Southern Renaissance
Happened in Italy (cities of Milan, Florence, Venice, Genoa) Trading centers, wealthy Wealthy business men spent $ on arts and education

5. The Medici of Florence City-states were independent
Merchants- rich, involved in politics, earned status w/ success
The Medici family- wealthy & powerful in Florence
Lorenzo the Magnificent

6. New Education
Humanism- focuses on individual potential and accomplishments, less emphasis on the church, more individual creativity
The Humanities- subjects like history, poetry, philosophy, rhetoric

7. “Renaissance Man” master of many subjects and talents (writer, artist, musician and athlete) “Renaissance Woman” studied many subjects, mostly in private women were to inspire art, not create it

8. Renaissance Art
painted in realistic view, religious subjects, portraits
Perspective- gives 3-D look

9. Leonardo da Vinci
A realist- studied music, botany, architecture, anatomy (dead bodies to improve his painting), drew early flying machines and submarines

10. THE MONA LISA

11. Mona Lisa

13. The Last Supper

14. Vitruvian Man

17. Da Vinci Flying Machines

19. Michelangelo
Sculptor, painter, engineer, architect, poet Statue of David (18’) w/ Greek influence Sistine Chapel ceiling (took 4 yrs) Designed dome on St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome

20. Dome of St Peter's

23. Raphael
Studied da Vinci and Michelangelo Painted the Madonna (Mary) w/ Child (Jesus) Painted walls in the Vatican

24. Renaissance Literature
Written in the vernacular (not Latin), individual ideas,
Many “How To” books
The Book of the Courtier - Baldassare Castiglione- How to be
a Renaissance Man well-mannered, master of many subjects, educated, athletic
The Prince - Machiavelli- guide to success in politics (lie, cheat, steal vs. honesty & integrity)
“...it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.”

25. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

26. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
Developed later than in Italy- recovering from the plague and Hundred Years war Began in the Flanders Region (N. France, Belgium, Netherlands)

27. Northern Renaissance Art

28. Jan and Hubert Van Eyck- oil paints, scenes of daily life, religion

29. Arnolfini
Wedding Portrait

34. Pieter Brueghel- vivid color, commoners

36. Albrecht Durer- (German) engravings on plates to make prints, art now available and affordable

37. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE WRITING
Desiderius Erasmus- Dutch, translated the Bible to the vernacular, wrote about church corruption Thomas More- England, wrote Utopia, about an ideal society (no greed, crime, corruption or war)

38. William Shakespeare
English poet & playwright wrote 37 plays b/t , comedies, tragedies and historical plays (A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar), often dealt with human flaws & errors over 1700 words appear for the 1st time (bedroom, lonely, hurry, sneak, etc.)

39. Miguel de Cervantes
Spain- wrote “Don Quixote” parody of chivalry

40. Printing Revolution
Johann Gutenberg (German) 1st printing press First edition Bible in 1456 By million books printed in Europe, all subjects, ideas spread, books affordable Bible read and interpreted by many who wanted religious reform