Transcript The Renaissance

The Renaissance
1300-1600
Middle Ages
Renaissance
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Church Has Control
Interest in Church
Afterlife
Rise in Nobles
$ through land
Knights
Power of Feudal Lords
Religious Art
Self-sufficient
Flat Art
Arches and Spires
Stiff sculpture
Symbolic
Books/Religion in Latin
Monarchy/Central Control
Interest in Rome/Greece
Daily life/ life here
Rise in Middle Class
Raise $ through taxes
Hired soldiers (mercenaries)
Power of Country/Monarchy
Secular Art
Focus on trade
Life-like, captivating
Domes and Columns
Life-like sculpture
Realistic Art
Books printed in vernacular, more
educated
• Italy was not unified- It was broken into
several city-states
– It was wealthy and successful
• Social difference: wealth and ability
mattered more than titles and ownership of
land
• Wealthy merchants and bankers replaced
the nobles for power
• 1- wealthy merchants and bankers
• 2-shopkeepers and artisans
• 3-peasants
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• Wealthy families ruled the government in
Italy. They got their wealth through trading
and banking
• Renaissance fighting differed from
Medieval fighting because leaders used
hired soldiers to fight- they also did more
negotiating
– In Italy they decide no 1 city-state could
have more power than the others
• Florence, Rome, and Venice were the 3 most important
cities during the Italian Renaissance
• Florence
– Ruled by the Medici
– It was the birthplace of the Renaissance
• Rome
– Replaced Florence as the leading city in 1500
– Popes and cardinals were the most powerful class
• Venice
– Trade made it powerful and attractive
– Had a republican form of government headed by a
Doge (Duke)
• Real power was the wealthy merchants
• Renaissance architecture returned to a
classic style with domes and columns
instead of arches and spires
– Filippo Brunelleschi- created a large,
strong dome- considered the greatest
engineering feat of all time
• Artists of all kinds started taking credit for
their work
• Sculpture was not as stiff and stylizedmore realistic
• Northern Renaissance
– Italian ideas came from war, trade,
travel, and printing
– Took a more religious tone
– William Shakespeare and Thomas More
(Utopia) were/are two of the most
important writers
Changes in the Arts (#33)
• Techniques and styles of Ancient Greece
and Rome
• Painting and sculptures more realistic and
lifelike
• Some was secular, some were religious
• Writers used vernacular
• Praised individual achievement
Changes in Society (#34)
• Printing made more information available and inexpensive
• More books= increased desire for learning and increased
literacy
• Published new discoveries, maps, and charts led to further
discoveries
• Published legal proceedings made laws clear, more
understanding of rights
• Christian humanists’ reforms changed views about how life
should be
• People began to questions political structures and religious
practices