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The Renaissance: An Overview
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When and Where? Mostly in Italy But also Europe as a whole
Around
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Beginnings Europe coming out of Middle Ages (476 BCE-1300s)
Humanism starts to take off Invention of the printing press helps to spread ideas Advances in finance and trade worldwide NOT just art Was a time of great intellectual achievements
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Medici Family and Patronage
Medicis: ruling family of Florence, Italy Patronage: financial backing for artists from wealthy people Movement spreads out from Florence into the rest of Italy Milan/Venice/Rome ect. Moves to France, then the rest of Europe
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Main Ideas: Art, Architecture and Science
These fields were woven together throughout the period Scale in paintings Mathematics crucial to architecture Engagement in exploration Move towards questioning the role of religion
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(Some) Notable People Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael
William Shakespeare Dante Machiavelli Geoffrey Chaucer Galileo Thomas Hobbes Rene Descartes Nicolaus Copernicus
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End of the Renaissance Plague wipes out Europe
Italy invaded by other European powers Trade routes change, economy declines Counter-Reformation and Roman Inquisition
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