RenaissanceEurope Goes Global

Origins

• Crusades—Europeans invaded the Islamic Empire & realized life could be much better

• Increased Trade=More $=Education=Art• Return to the Classics—Europeans began to

study the Classical cultures of Greece & Rome • Humanism-belief in studying the abilities &

achievements of man

Guttenberg & the Press

15th Century German printer, made printing cheaper & more efficient by introducing movable type to Europe

Bible was the 1st book printed on his pressMade $ by printing Indulgences for the Catholic

church

Arts

Two Different Renaissances

Italian• Focused on painting &

sculpture• Frescoes• Supported by the

church• Municipal works

Northern• Flemish painters• Writers like More &

Shakespeare

Leonardo da Vinci

Known for the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, & his many, many diaries left behind

Had plans for a bicycle & a helicopter in his diaries

Studied anatomy & nature to make his painting & sculptures more realistic

Michelangelo

• Italian sculptor & painter• Contemporary & rival of Leonardo da Vinci• Painted the Sistine Chapel• Sculpted David & La Pieta

New Techniques

Perspective- added depth to pictures

Flemish Painters

Flanders=Southern Netherlands also known as the Low Countries

1st to use oil paintsFocused on portraits, landscapes, & everyday life

WRITERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

Literature

Shakespeare

• Most famous writer of the English language• Wrote over 30 plays & serves as the standard

for playwrights today• His plays were performed @ the Globe Theater• Wrote for Lord Chamberlain’s Men aka the

King’s Men • His stories play on common themes that still

apply today, love, hate, revenge, etc.

Other Writers

• Petrarch-wrote sonnets including 1 about the perfect woman

• Thomas More-wrote Utopia, about a perfect society

• Cervantes-wrote Don Quixote & other plays• Castiglione-The Book of the Courtier• Machiavelli-The Prince• Christine de Pivan-one of the 1st women to

support her family writing• Erasmus-humanist, Christianity of the heart

not ceremonies• Martin Luther-Catholic scholar & 1st Protestant?

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