1. The Renaissance 1300-1650

2. The Renaissance in Italy  Why Italy?  The Medicis Florence, Italy Lorenzo the Magnificent Patrons of the arts

3. Defining the Renaissance  Creativity and change Politics Society Economy Culture  New Worldview  Humanism

4. Golden Age of the Arts  Art reflected humanistic concerns  Rules of perspective  Women artists  Change in architecture

5. Three Geniuses of Renaissance Art  Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa The Last Supper  Michelangelo Pieta’ David Sistine Chapel  Raphael Madonna paintings The School of Athens

6. Italian Renaissance Writers  Castiglione Handbooks about social ideals  Machiavelli The Prince

7. Artists of the Northern Renaissance  Albrecht Durer Engravings “German Leonardo”  Flemish Painters Jan van Eyck Hubert van Eyck Peter Bruegel Peter Paul Rubens

8. Northern Humanists  Erasmus Priest Called for a version of the Bible in the vernacular  Thomas More Utopia

9. Writers for a New Audience  Francois Rabelais  William Shakespeare  Cervantes Don Quixote

10. The Printing Revolution  Johann Gutenburg 1450 1 st printing press 1456 1 st complete Bible Moveable type  Printing Revolution Printed books More readily More readers