1. The Italian Renaissance
The Birth of the Modern World

2. The Renaissance
A sustained period of renewed interest and remarkable development in art, literature, science, and learning.

3. Causes of the Renaissance
Black Death
Surplus food=lower prices=extra money
Trade
Crusades – opened up Asia & Africa
Specialization – regions focus on a few products
Growth of city-states in Italy
Powerful and wealthy merchants
Rediscovery of classical culture (Greece, Rome)
Focus on individuals and human nature

4. Where did it begin? Venice Trade Doge & Council of Ten Florence
Medici family
Banking
Milan
Food, silk, & weapons
Papal States
Pope & the Church

5. Old Ideas are New Again
Crusades – ancient texts & knowledge rediscovered in Muslim culture
Greek scholars fleeing Ottoman Turks bring Greek works
Search through libraries to find works that had been “lost” or ignored during the very religious medieval times

6. Humanism Focus on secular themes, not religious
Individualism – emphasis on dignity & worth of individual person
Improvement – develop talents in various arts & skills

7. Renaissance Politics Seems to encourage harsh treatment of people
Power & ruthlessness most useful for ruler
“better for a ruler to be feared than loved”
“The ends justify the means”
The STATE and the RULER are NOT the same thing

8. Renaissance Society How to behave in society “Renaissance man” idea
Handbook for how to advance your status

9. Renaissance Architecture
Gothic (Medieval)
Renaissance

11. Renaissance Art
No one style, more of a change in attitudes & techniques
Realism
Perspective – optical illusion creating depth & 3D
Individuals are focus
Influence of classical styles
Religious, mythological, or portrayal of upper class

12. Compare & Contrast
Medieval Portrait
Renaissance Portrait

13. Focus on individual

14. Realism & Influence of classics

15. Perspective

16. Mythological, religious, upper class

17. The Patrons
Artists in medieval times were anonymous and art was religious
During Renaissance wealthy individuals, city governments & the church became patrons
Medici family
Sforza family
Roman Catholic Church
Competition led to vibrant art scene where artists were like rock stars

18. The Artists Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael Bramante
Painter, inventer, philosopher
Michelangelo
Painter, sculptor
Raphael
Architect, painter
Bramante
Architect