Transcript The Renaissance

The Renaissance
Chapter 14
The Italian Renaissance
-What is a RENAISSANCE?
-Means “rebirth” of arts and
learning
- Remember, during the
Middle Ages 90% of people
in Europe could not read
- between 500-1500 AD
In About 1500 AD
I. Italians Begin 1st:
A) Reasons for early growth
1. They had access to
trade routes
-The Mediterranean
Sea
2. They had the remains
Italian Growth
- of the former Roman Empire
3. They were not in a state of
warfare
-Britain and France were in
the 100 Years War
II. People of the Renaissance
A) Patrons – supporters of
Patrons Continued:
-cont: the arts.
- housed artists, fed and
clothed them
- bought paintings and
sculptures
- most important patrons
were the Medici family of
Florence
The Medicis
III. The Medici FamilyA) Gave loans to government
officials
- Kind of like the Mafia
B) Patronized artists
Cosimo Medici and
Lorenzo the Great
Artists of the
Renaissance
IV. Artists of the Renaissance:
A) Writers
1. Nicolo Machiavelli
- Italian
- wrote a book called
The Prince
- Talks about using
lies to hold rule
Nicolo Machiavelli
Other Renaissance
Artists
2. William Shakespeare
- English
- Known as the “father of
modern literature”
-His works are still read
today
-Romeo & Juliet,
Othello (etc)
Painters/Sculptors
-It’s the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles ( Heroes in a half shell)
-Turtle Power!
a) Raphael
b) Michelangelo
c) Donatello
d) Leonardo
Painters/Sculptors
Continued
V. Painters/Sculptors
A) Raphael: Scultptor
- Italian
B) Michelangelo: Painter
and Sculptor
- Italian
1. The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo Continued:
-cont:
2. Sculpture: The David
The David - Michelangelo
Donatello-Sculptor
C) Donatello: sculptor
- Italian
D) Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter,
sculptor
- Italian
1. Mona Lisa– Painting
2. The Last Supper-Painting
The Mona Lisa-Painting
The Last Supper-Painting
Humanism
-Celebrated the individual
-Stimulated the study of Greek
-& Roman literature (books)
- and culture
Northern Renaissance
-Growing wealth in Northern
Europe supported Renaissance
ideas-Humanism changes!
a) instead of just focusing
on themselves, the
Northerners mixed
humanism and Christian
beliefs
The Gutenberg Press
-Created by Johannes
Gutenberg
a) a movable type printing
press
b) books are mass
produced in the
vernacular
Books For Everyone!
-NOW anyone (with money)
can read the Bible
a) people begin to criticize
the church
1. Thomas More –
Utopia
- a perfect society