1. The Renaissance in Italy Chapter 13: Section 1

2. What Was the Renaissance? Time of creativity Shift from agricultural to an urban society

3. New Worldview Time of rebirth Renewed interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

4. Humanism Humanists studied the classical culture of Greece and Rome, but used that study to increase their understanding of their own times

5. Emphasized Humanities Subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history

6. Petrarch Early Renaissance humanist, poet, and scholar Assembled library of Greek and Roman manuscripts

7. Italy Renaissance began in Italy Italy’s location on the Mediterranean sea encouraged trade and increased flow of goods into area This trade provided wealth to make Renaissance possible

8. City-States Italy was divided into small city-states, ruled by a powerful family Most powerful were the Medici’s from Florence

9. Lorenzo “the Magnificent” Represented the Renaissance ideal Patron of the arts

10. Renaissance Art Portrayed religious themes against classical Greek or Roman backgrounds Used perspective that allowed artists to create more realistic art

11. Leonardo da Vinci

12. Curious and inventive Dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work Interested in botany, anatomy, music, architecture, and engineering Made sketches of airplanes and submarines centuries before they were built

13. Mona Lisa

14. The Last Supper

15. Michelangelo

16. Sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet Been called a “melancholy genius” because his work reflected his life long spiritual and artistic struggles Greatest project was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

17. Statue of David

18. The Pieta

19. Captures the sorrow of the Biblical Mary as she cradles Jesus

20. Sistine Chapel

22. 4 years to complete Partially crippled after

23. St. Peter’s Cathedral

24. Raphael

25. Younger than Da Vinci and Michelangelo, studied their work Used own style, blending of Christian and classical styles Best known for his portrayals of the Madonna

26. Madonna

27. School of Athens

28. Imaginary gathering of great thinkers and scientists Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates among others Included Michelangelo, Leonardo, and himself as well

29. Renaissance Writers Castiglione The Book of the Courtier

30. Ideal Man  good at games but not a gambler, plays musical instruments, and knows literature and history but is not arrogant Ideal Woman  graceful and kind, lively but reserved, beautiful, “for outer beauty is the true sign of inner goodness”

31. Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli Wrote guide for how rulers could maintain power

32. The Prince Stressed that the end justifies the means Urged rulers to use whatever means necessary to achieve their goals Getting results was more important than keeping promises