1. The Italian Renaissance
Mr. Divett

2. What was the Renaissance?
It means “rebirth”.
Brought the world out of the Dark Ages.
Time of creativity
Change in many areas:
Political
Social
Economic
Cultural
1300s-1500

3. New Worldview Renewed interest in the learning of Greece and Rome
Less emphasis on religion and spirituality
More focus the human experience and individual achievement

4. Spirit of Adventure
1. A spirit of adventure was present during the Renaissance. This led to:
a. Exploration
b. Advances in science
c. Advances in art
d. Advances in writing
2. “To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.” Pico della Mirandola

5. Expressing Humanism
1. Humanism was an intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance
a. Humanists studied Greek and Roman culture and applied it to their own times
b. Humanists tended to focus on worldly subjects even though most were devout Christians
c. Believed that education should stimulate creativity
d. Humanities- Grammar, rhetoric (the effective use of language), poetry, and history

6. e. Francesco Petrarch- was from Florence and lived in the 1300's.
1. Assembled libraries of Greek and Roman manuscripts
2. Enabled the works of Cicero, Homer, and Virgil to be known to Western Europeans

8. Italy The Renaissance began in Italy
Over the next 100 years it spread to the rest of Europe
A. Italy's History and Geography
A new interest in Roman ideas
The Roman Catholic Church supported artists and scholars
Location at Mediterranean Sea
a. encouraged trade
b. Italian merchants led growth in European trade
c. wealth from trade funded Renaissance

10. 4. Trade routes also carried ideas
a. Muslim scholars had preserved and developed scientific ideas from Greece and Rome
b. Italy gained access to the Muslim world's wealth and knowledge through trade

11. B. Italy's Vibrant City-States
Italy was divided into many small city-states
Each city-state was controlled by a powerful family
a. Political leadership
b. Economic leadership

13. The Medici Family Extremely wealthy merchant family
Many important people in Florence had accounts with the Medici Family
Gained control of Florentine government in 1434
Were patrons (financial supporters) of the arts

14. Renaissance Art Flowers
Reflected humanist thought
Used new artistic techniques:
Perspective
Shading
Modeling
Architecture: Social Art
Rejected gothic architecture
Embraced Greco-Roman Architecture

15. Writing Reflected curiosity and interest in Humanities
Baldassare Castiglione- The Book of the Courtier
Niccolo Machiavelli- The Prince

16. Renaissance Artists
Renaissance Artists embraced some of the ideals of Greece and Rome in their art
They wanted their subjects to be realistic and focused on humanity and emotion
New Techniques also emerged
Frescos: Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the paintings
Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form
Architecture reached new heights of design

17. Michelangelo Born in 1475 near Florence
Considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time

18. David
David , 1504.

19. Sistine Chapel
After creating David, Pope Julius II recruited Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

20. Separation of Light and Darkness
Creation of Adam
Creation of Eve
The Last Judgment
Separation of Light and Darkness

21. La Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture

22. Moses

23. Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer
Leonardo Da Vinci
Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer

24. Mona Lisa

26. The Last Supper

27. Notebooks

28. Raphael Painter

29. The School of Athens

30. Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
Socrates

31. Raphael (back)
Euclid
Zoroaster & Ptolemy

32. Jan Van Eyck Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434)
Northern Renaissance

33. Van Eyck
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (detail)

34. Humanism
How did classical knowledge of the ancient Greeks and Romans foster humanism in the Italian Renaissance?
Humanism
• Celebrated the individual
• Stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture
• Was supported by wealthy patrons

35. Petrarch Sonnets, humanist scholarship
Francesco Petrarch
Assembled Greek and Roman writings.
Wrote
Sonnets to Laura,
love poems in the Vernacular

36. • Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissance ideas.
Northern Renaissance
• Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissance ideas.
• Northern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with Christianity.
• The movable type printing press and the production and sale of books
(Gutenberg Bible) helped disseminate ideas.
Northern Renaissance writers
• Erasmus—The Praise of Folly (1511)
• Sir Thomas More—Utopia (1516)
Northern Renaissance artists portrayed religious and secular subjects.

37. Literature Literature flourished during the Renaissance
This can be greatly attributed to Johannes Gutenberg
In 1455 Gutenberg printed the first book produced by using moveable type.
The Bible

38. Erasmus Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus
Pushed for a Vernacular form of the Bible
“I disagree very much with those who are unwilling that Holy Scripture, translated into the vernacular, be read by the uneducated As if the strength of the Christian religion consisted in the ignorance of it”
The Praise of Folly
Used humor to show the immoral and ignorant behavior of people, including the clergy. He felt people would be open minded and be kind to others.

39. Sir Thomas More English Humanist Wrote: Utopia
A book about a perfect society
Believed men and women live in harmony. No private property, no one is lazy, all people are educated and the justice system is used to end crime instead of executing criminals.