1. Warm Up
What is the Renaissance? Think back to your book work from Friday.
If you did not take the quiz on Friday, you will be taking it today.

2. Renaissance Middle Ages ends “rebirth” Era of awakening
Philosophical (thoughts) and artistic (artwork)
Began to study the Greeks and Romans again.
HUMAN REASON

3. Causes of the Renaissance
Begins in Italy
Home of the Roman Empire, places where those ideas were stored
Crusades brought trade to Italy
Super rich cities with super rich families (Medici)
Patron – person who gives financial support

4. Humanism People who followed it are called humanists
Turn to Greek and Roman literature and ideals
Now people study the humanities
Study of stuff produced by humans
Classicism – turning to the original deep thinkers from Rome and Greece.
Plato
Pythagoras
Aristotle

5. Francesco Petrarch Niccolo Machiavelli Probably the greatest Humanist
Studied the “classics”
Famous scholar and teacher
Niccolo Machiavelli
Writer and diplomat (politician)
Wrote The Prince
Talked about ruthless rulers and how to manipulate people

6. Italian Renaissance Art
Perspective – making paintings more lifelike using depth
Realism – making things look as real as possible