1. Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Exploration, Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, Revolutions and Rebellions, and Napoleon

2. Renaissance Florence Humanism Petrarch Erasmus Dante Machiavelli
Renaissance Man
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo

3. Renaissance 1350-1650 A.D. Renaissance is French for “rebirth”
I’m naked because the Renaissance artist who created me, Michelangelo, wanted to glorify the human body.
Renaissance Art – 1450s
Renaissance is French for “rebirth”
Time period when European artists and philosophers “rediscovered” Greek and Roman ideas like realist art, philosophy and logic, mathematics, imitated it, and created new ideas.
Began in Italian Peninsula in city-state of Florence
Why? Italian merchant families, rich from their strategic location as a port for Mediterranean Sea silk road trade routes, commissioned art and literature works
Medici, corrupt banking family, commissioned to be done in the style of the Greeks and Romans
Greek Art – 300 B.C.
I am David, from David and Goliath Bible story.
No, I didn’t go up against a giant in the buff.
I am a realist statue because I look real…. Except … how am I talking without a head?
Italian Peninsula
Don’t Mess with
me. Unnerstand
what Imma sayyin?
Florence
Trade Routes
I am Julius Caesar, the first Roman Emperor. I’m a realist statue because I look.uh….real….
Cosimo Medici The Original mafia Godfather
Roman Art – 30 B.C.

4. Renaissance cont… Petrarch
Humanism was a new Renaissance belief that human capabilities were limitless
The Roman Catholic Church didn’t like this new philosophy because most leaders felt it placed emphasis on man rather than on God
Humanism also meant studying the ancient works of the Greeks and Romans that were lost during the Dark Ages, rather than what the church said was holy enough to study
The language of the church and of scholars was Latin; writing scholarly works in another language was a form of humanism, because it focused on a language other than the “holy” language of God
Keeping the Bible in Latin helped the church keep control, because most people in Europe were illiterate and couldn’t read Latin
Petrarch – 1300s – Father of Humanism
a philosopher poet in Italy
collected Greek and Roman literary works by Cicero, homer, and Virgil
Said humanism and Christianity can be combined
Desiderius Erasmus A.D. Dutch humanist
wrote Greek translations of the bible
Said Bible should be written in vernacular
If God made us in his image, then doesn’t it make sense that we can do similar things as him?
Petrarch
If the Bible were written in each person’s native language, then they could read God’s word for themselves!!!
If God made us in his image, then why are there so many ugly people?

5. Renaissance cont… Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 – wrote The Divine Comedy
It’s not a funny story, but is Greek for “a play that has a happy ending”
It’s Humanist because he wrote it in his native language Italian instead of Latin
Also because in it he travels through the Catholic version of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
In it he critiques the Catholic church by writing corrupt church members in Hell and Purgatory
He also wrote love poetry glorifying Beatrice, a woman he never really met; that is also humanist because love poetry should be about God and not earthly relationships
Botecelli’s concept of hell
Pope Nicholas! Come
here often?

6. Renaissance continued…
Nicolo Machiavelli – – Florentine who wrote The Prince
A book about how to be an effective ruler
Said a ruler should not only be concerned about moral reasons for doing things but the end result
So if the result of a law or war is favorable, if it helps the ruler keep power, then
“The end justifies the means”
Or do whatever it takes to get it done.

7. Leonarnardo Da Vinci 1452 - 1519- The Real Renaissance Man
Renaissance continued…
Good Lord! OMG! Bless the meal already! I’m starving!
Leonarnardo Da Vinci The Real Renaissance Man
A Renaissance man is good at everything he tries, like Da Vinci
Lute player, architect, painter, dissected corpses and drew anatomy diagrams, engineering designs (link to Da Vinci inventions)
Painted the “Mona Lisa” and the “Last Supper”
The Medici family and the Catholic church commissioned, or paid for, many of his works

8. Renaissance continued…
Michelangelo – ; painter, sculptor, poet
Rival of Da Vinci in Florence and Rome; painted mostly Christian themes
Trained in humanist school founded by Medici
Scultped Pieta; Mary holding a crucified Jesus
David; from David and Goliath
Cistine Chapel; each picture contained a story from the Bible
Most famous is “The Creation”

9. Review Questions The first real Renaissance Man is considered to be
Machiavelli
Petrarch
Michelangelo
Da Vinci
A Renaissance man is good at everything he tries; Da Vinci was an excellent painter, sculptor, poet, musician, and inventor

10. 2. The Prince is a humanist book written by Machiavelli that says
A prince can only become king if he is a legitimate heir of the monarch
A ruler should use whatever means to get the desired end result
Not all rulers are effective but the ones who are show sympathy to their subjects
The most practical way for a monarch to rule is to justify the decisions he makes to his people
Machiavelli came up with the theory that the “end justifies the means”; in other words, it’s okay to ignore morals as long as the ruler holds on to his power

11. 3. The Renaissance can be best characterized as a time when
There were many new ideas created in Europe
Italy became the most powerful place in Europe
European artists and philosophers tried to imitate the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans
People began to focus on humans rather than on God
Renaissance philosophers tried to revive ancient texts from Rome by going on archeological expiditions

12. 4. Dante, Petrarch, and Erasmus were all
Influential Catholic humanist writers of the Renaissance
Influential Catholic humanist painters of the Renaissance
Influential Catholic humanist musicians of the Renaissance
Influential Catholic humanist sculptors of the Renaissance
Petrarch was the father of Humanism; Erasmus called for early reforms of the Catholic church and made a Greek Translation of the Bible; Dante wrote in his native language of Latin rather than Greek

13. 6. The Renaissance got its start in Italy because
Italians were more naturally artistic and musical than the rest of Europe
Other rulers tried to put down any artists who painted scenes that were humanist
Italy had a strategic position on the crossroads of the silk road in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea
Italy didn’t have mountains like Greece so it was easier to transport works of art from one city-state to another
Money from Mediterranean trade helped make Italian city-states very powerful

14. 5. A Renaissance humanist would most likely agree with which statement?
Humans are just as good as God
Human capabilities are limitless
Humans have limited abilities
Humans have certain rights
Petrarch was the first to combine Christianity with humanism saying that if people are created in God’s image, then why couldn’t their abilities be infinite as well? He wasn’t saying that humans had God’s powers, but they had like-powers.