the Renaissance
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“Rebirth” of Art &
Learning
• Golden Age in
arts,literature & science
•Began in Italy & spread
northward
•Promoted new way of
thinking called Humanism
•Focused on worldly (Secular)
subjects rather than religious
ones.
•More Realistic-concerned
with life in the present
(spirit of inquiry)
•Emphasized achievements
of the individual
•Revival of classical thought
Ex.Greek & Romans
•Overseas trade led to growth of
wealthy independent city-states
of Milan & Florence
•Surrounded by the
“Glory of Rome”
•Popes &Wealthy Families
such as the Medici became
Patrons of the Arts
Willing to spend money
Ideas spread north with the invention
of the Printing Press (Johan
Gutenberg)
•Population began to recover
from the Plague
•Monarchs & wealthy
merchants supported the Arts
Differed from Italian renaissance.
More interested in religious themes
•Johann Gutenberg
1145-The Bible was
first printed book
•Vernacular-Writers wrote in
everyday language of the common
citizen
Canterbury Tales
Macbeth, Hamlet,
Julius Caesar
The Prince
The Divine Comedy
Don Quixote