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European Renaissance. The Renaissance. The rebirth of learning in Europe Began in Italy around 1300 CE. Why? Italy was the center of trade & economic growth (spread North) Roman and Greek influences were abundant. Factors that helped start the Renaissance. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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European Renaissance
The Renaissance
The rebirth of learning in Europe
Began in Italy around 1300 CE. Why?
Italy was the center of trade & economic growth (spread North)
Roman and Greek influences were abundant
Factors that helped start the Renaissance Patronage: rich merchants, bankers had money
to spend on artists Towns: drew people with artistic talents
together Crusades helped increase knowledge of the
world outside Europe.
Factors that helped start the Renaissance
Economic independence: people with money had time to read, learn, experiment, create
Moveable print: printing press created by Johann Gutenberg helped spread knowledge; most important invention of Renaissance
Factors that helped start the Renaissance
As a result, the attitude of common people towards life changed
Humanism developed– dignity and worth of all
people People concerned
themselves with enjoying life, solving problem, questioning everything
Medieval Man vs Renaissance Man
Religious-minded (concerned with afterlife)
Men felt like a member of a group
People accepted authority (king & pope)
Concerned with life on Earth
Man as an individual was important
Man begins to question and investigate
Society Art– Renaissance art is
more life-like – use of perspective
(depth) – use of light and
shadows– more secular (non-
religious) topics Education: still mainly
for the sons of the rich; new philosophy: respect for individual differences in students
Renaissance or Medieval? Why?
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Renaissance or Medieval? Why?What influences do you see?
Society Women: peasant &
middle class women still lived harsh life with little or no education
Upper class women had private tutors; fathers arranged marriages for daughters; men received a dowry (land or cash) from family of the bride
Spread of RenaissanceThe Renaissance spread to the rest of Europe
by students who studied in Italy. France Spain Netherlands England
Spread of RenaissanceFrance: King Francis I brought the Renaissance
to France:– brought artists to France (da Vinci)– Built the College of France– Built the palace of the Louvre
Spread of RenaissanceSpain: Painters: El Greco: View of Toledo;
Velazquez: Four Maidens Miguel de Cervantes: wrote Don Quixote
de La Mancha
Spread of RenaissanceNetherlands: Rembrandt: painted Man with Golden Helmet,
Night Watch Erasmus: wrote In Praise of Folly which
criticized the Catholic Church for its greed, corruption, & superstitions
Spread of RenaissanceEngland: supported by Queen Elizabeth Thomas More: wrote Utopia which criticized
society by creating a utopia, perfect society Shakespeare: humanist playwright who dealt
with love, tragedy, hate, desire; greatest writer of the English language of all time
ScholarsPetrarch: the “Father of Humanism” wrote sonnets about love, nature, enjoyment of
life writing caused a change in the direction of
education; teachers started to teach students to seek answers not just to memorize the classical works of the past
stressed history, grammar, philosophy
To be able to say how much you love is to love but little.
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together
Scholars
Machiavelli: humanist writer who served as a diplomat for Florence; wanted to unify Italy
wrote The Prince: a lesson on how to gain & hold power without moral concern for justice or honesty
“Ends Justify the Means.”
ArtistsLeonardo da Vinci: painter, sculptor, architect,
scientist, inventor Painted Mona Lisa, The Last Supper Inventor: parachute, aqualung, canons,
pumps Drawings of human anatomy still used today
Artists
Michelangelo: painted ceiling of Sistine Chapel (Vatican); sculpted 9 foot statue David & La Pieta