RenaissanceRenaissance

Why Italy?Why Italy?

Center of ancient Roman EmpireCenter of ancient Roman Empire Lots of Roman remainsLots of Roman remains Towns were prospering which created Towns were prospering which created

wealthy merchantswealthy merchants

Medici FamilyMedici Family

Powerful and wealthyPowerful and wealthy Held govt. positionsHeld govt. positions Merchants and Merchants and

bankersbankers Patrons of the artsPatrons of the arts

New PerspectiveNew Perspective

People focused on People focused on human experience in human experience in the presentthe present

Emphasized Emphasized achievement and self achievement and self improvementimprovement

Humanism= study of Humanism= study of classical culture and classical culture and humanitieshumanities

Renaissance ArtRenaissance Art

Religious figures with Religious figures with Greek or Roman Greek or Roman backgroundsbackgrounds

Paintings of well-known Paintings of well-known figuresfigures

Frescos= painting on wet Frescos= painting on wet plasterplaster

Perspective= distant Perspective= distant objects are smaller, 3 objects are smaller, 3 dimensionaldimensional

Studied human anatomy Studied human anatomy and drew from live modelsand drew from live models

Renaissance ArchitectureRenaissance Architecture

No more pointed No more pointed arches and flying arches and flying buttressesbuttresses

Columns, rounded Columns, rounded arches, and domes arches, and domes were inwere in

Famous FlorentinesFamous Florentines

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)(1452-1519)

Dissected corpses to Dissected corpses to see how body workssee how body works

Works of art= Works of art= The Last The Last Supper Supper andand Mona Lisa Mona Lisa

Also an inventorAlso an inventor

Michelangelo (1475-1564)Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Sculptor, architect, Sculptor, architect, painter, and poetpainter, and poet

Sculptures= the Sculptures= the Pieta Pieta and and DavidDavid

Sistine Chapel= 4 Sistine Chapel= 4 years on his back, years on his back, biblical history of the biblical history of the worldworld

Designed the dome for Designed the dome for St. Peter’s Cathedral St. Peter’s Cathedral

Raphael (1483-1520)Raphael (1483-1520)

Machiavelli (1469-1527)Machiavelli (1469-1527) It is better to be It is better to be

feared than loved, if feared than loved, if you cannot be both.you cannot be both.

The more sand has The more sand has escaped from the escaped from the hourglass of our life, hourglass of our life, the clearer we the clearer we should see through should see through it.it.

Politics have no Politics have no relation to morals.relation to morals.

Northern RenaissanceNorthern Renaissance

Albrecht DurerAlbrecht Durer ““German Leonardo”German Leonardo” Used engravings= Used engravings=

design on a metal design on a metal plate with acid, plate plate with acid, plate then used to make then used to make printsprints

Madonna at the MoatMadonna at the Moat

Pieter BruegelPieter Bruegel Used vibrant colorsUsed vibrant colors Painted scenes of Painted scenes of

peasant lifepeasant life The Peasant DanceThe Peasant Dance

Thomas More (1478-Thomas More (1478-1535)1535)

Wrote Wrote UtopiaUtopia Utopian= ideal societyUtopian= ideal society

Excerpts from Excerpts from UtopiaUtopia As long as there is property, and while money is As long as there is property, and while money is

the standard of all things, I cannot think that a the standard of all things, I cannot think that a nation can be governed either justly or happily; nation can be governed either justly or happily; not justly, because the best things will fall to the not justly, because the best things will fall to the share of the worst men; nor happily, because all share of the worst men; nor happily, because all things will be divided among a few (and even things will be divided among a few (and even those are not in all respects happy), the rest those are not in all respects happy), the rest being left to the absolutely miserable.being left to the absolutely miserable.

The only design of the Utopian in war is to The only design of the Utopian in war is to obtain that by force, which if it had been obtain that by force, which if it had been granted them in time would have prevented the granted them in time would have prevented the war.war.

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564-1616)(1564-1616)

1590-1613 he wrote 37 1590-1613 he wrote 37 playsplays

1,700+ words 1,700+ words appeared for the first appeared for the first time in his works, ie. time in his works, ie. Bedroom, lonely, Bedroom, lonely, generous, gloomy, generous, gloomy, heartsick, hurry, and heartsick, hurry, and sneaksneak

To be or not to be, To be or not to be, that is the questionthat is the question

What’s in a name? What’s in a name? That which we call a That which we call a rose by any other rose by any other word would smell as word would smell as sweet.sweet.

Love looks not with Love looks not with the eyes but with the the eyes but with the mind.mind.

To thine own self be To thine own self be true.true.

Johann Gutenberg Johann Gutenberg (1398-1468)(1398-1468)

1456 Johann printed a 1456 Johann printed a complete edition of the complete edition of the Bible Bible

Printed books now Printed books now cheaper and easier to cheaper and easier to buybuy

More books= more More books= more people readingpeople reading

Gave Europeans new Gave Europeans new ideasideas

““Renaissance Man”Renaissance Man”

Ideal Individual= tried to master all areas of Ideal Individual= tried to master all areas of studystudy

Young men= charming, witty, well educated Young men= charming, witty, well educated in classics; can dance, sing, play music, and in classics; can dance, sing, play music, and write poetrywrite poetry

Women= should know the classics and be Women= should know the classics and be charmingcharming