The Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance

Section 2

The Big Idea

New ways of thinking created a rebirth of the arts and learning in Italy.

Main Ideas

During the Italian Renaissance, people found new ways to see the world.

Italians writers contributed great works of literature.

Italian art and artists were among the finest in the world.

Science and education made advances during this time.

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The Renaissance

The word Renaissance means “rebirth.”

What was being reborn during this time?

A love of education & art.

The Renaissance

During the Middle Ages, all of the focus was on

the Church.

The Renaissance revived a love for the art and

learning of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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The Renaissance

These subjects (history, literature, public speaking, &

art) were called the humanities.

People’s newfound interest in the humanities led them

to respect those who could write or speak well. As a

result, talented writers & artists won great fame.

Dante Machiavelli Michelangelo Da Vinci

The Renaissance

Artists of the Italian Renaissance were also

inspired by the classical works ( the work of

ancient Greeks & Romans).

Inspiration was not hard to find because

Roman ruins still stood in Italy & classical

statues were on display throughout Italy.

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The Renaissance

Italian artists studied the classical statues & used

them as guides for their artwork.

As a result, many of the human beings

that Renaissance artists drew or

sculpted were as perfect as Greek gods.

the Greek

god Apollo

the Greek

god Hera

The Renaissance

Renaissance painters also developed new artistic

techniques like perspective.

Perspective is a method of showing a three-

dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it

looks real.

Christ Handing the Keys to

St. Peter by Pietro Perugino

9. The term Renaissance

means

B. recharge.

C. invent.

D. rebirth.

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Greece

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10. The studying of new subjects like history,

literature, art and public speaking led to a new way

of thinking known as the…

B. renaissance.

C. humanism.

D. classics.

A. perspective.

11. Before the humanist movement of the

Renaissance, most Europeans only studied

____. Now there was more of a focus on ____.

B. history; religion

C. Rome; Greece

D. Rome; Byzantine Empire

A. religion; humans.

A New Perspective

Main Idea 1:

During the Italian Renaissance, people found

new ways to see the world.

Writers of the Italian

Renaissance

Main Idea 2:

Italian writers contribute great works of literature.

Writers of the Italian

Renaissance

Writers such as Dante Alighieri and Niccolo

Machiavelli contributed greatly to the

Renaissance.

Dante

Dante’s major work was a

book entitled, The Divine

Comedy.

Dante wrote it in Italian,

which was the vernacular,

the common language of

the people.

Before Dante, everyone always

published in Latin or Greek.

It wasn’t really a comedy.

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Dante

Dante’s book, The Divine Comedy, described an

imaginary journey through the afterlife

Many of the

problems Dante

described in the

book he also saw

in Italian society

Machiavelli

Machiavelli wrote

The Prince. He was also

a politician, and his book

told leaders how to rule.

Told politicians to focus

on the “here and now,”

not on theories.

12. Who wrote The Divine

Comedy?

A. Machiavelli B. Shakespeare

C. Dante D. Cosimo de’Medici

13. Which statement is NOT

true about The Divine Comedy?

B. It is a story about a journey

through the afterlife.

C. It compared the afterlife to

life in Italian society.

D. It was written in Latin.

A. It was written by Dante.

- It was actually written in Italian.

14. Who was the intended audience of

Machiavelli’s book The Prince?

A. Dante B. the wealthy

C. commoners D. rulers

Artists of the Italian

Renaissance

Main Idea 3:

Italian art & artists were among the finest in the world.

Botticelli Titian Michelangelo da Vinci

Artists of the Italian

Renaissance During the Renaissance, Italian artists created some of the

most beautiful paintings and sculptures in the world. Artists

were supported by wealthy families (the signoria) & churches.

New techniques, like perspective, made their work come

alive. Perspective is

a method of showing

a three-dimensional

scene on a flat

surface so that it

looks real.

Christ Handing the Keys to

St. Peter by Pietro Perugino

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo

Michelangelo was

one of the great

Italian artists. He was

known as a master.

He not only painted

portraits but also

designed buildings,

wrote poetry, was a

sculptor, and

painted murals in the

Vatican.

Great Italian Artists - Michelangelo

Michelangelo designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, although it was unfinished when he died.

Great Italian Artists –

Michelangelo

Michelangelo's Pietà was carved in 1499, when the sculptor was 24 years old. This

famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of his mother Mary after the

Crucifixion.

Great Italian Artists - Titian

Titian, the finest artist

of Venice, reflected

his interest in the past

by painting scenes

from classical myths.

He was also famous

for his portraits.

15. Who financially supported the artists

so they could afford to do their work?

B. the artists sold their work

to make money.

C. the local governments

D. the wealthy citizens of the cities and churches.

A. the YMCA

16. Which famous artist from Venice

painted scenes from classical myths?

B. Michelangelo

C. da Vinci

D. Boticelli

A. Titian