1. Spread of the Renaissance

2. Italy- 1350 Spain German States France England 1485 1400 1494 1492

3. Italy-1350 German States 1400 England- 1485 Spain- 1492 France- 1494

4. Italian Renaissance It all began in Italy. 1.Petrarch started to rediscover the Classics of Ancient Rome centered in Italy. 2.City-states competed with one another for the best artists and universities. 3.Italian merchants were wealthy and could spend their extra cash on art.

5. Italian Renaissance Italy’s Renaissance has the most memorable art: –Michelangelo –Leonardo da Vinci –Sandro Botticelli –Raphael da Urbino –Donatello di Niccolo

6. German Renaissance German painting is combination of Renaissance realism and German religious feeling and the need to impress the German nobles. The Reformation plays the most central role in the German states.

7. English Renaissance The best evidence of the Renaissance in England are the works of William Shakespeare. England was also strong in portrait painting and architecture.

8. Spanish Renaissance The Spanish Renaissance mostly showed up in scholarship and architecture. The Escorial Palace was built by Philip II in the late 1500’s showing the domes and various shapes used in ancient Italian architecture.

9. French Renaissance In France the Renaissance is most obvious in architecture and some of the paintings. The Chateau de Chambord was built during the French Renaissance, using columns, domes and varying shapes that were used in ancient times in Italy.