CHAPTER 10: RENAISSANCE

AND DISCOVERYTHE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

AP Topics:1.2 Secularization of thought and culture1.4 Major trends in literature and the arts1.7 Developments in literacy, education, and communications2.1 The rise and function of modern state in various forms2.3 The evolution of political elites and development of political parties…3.2 The role of urbanization in transforming culture and society

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Renaissance—”Rebirth” of classic culture

“European thinkers began to reject traditional , rigid ideas about the world and humanity’s place in it and to embrace more modern ways of thinking. This included new ways of looking at religion, money and financial dealings, and how people should govern themselves.”

“It was a time in which a few people in a tiny corner of the globe tried to change themselves for the better and in the process changed the world.

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy

(Florence)? Great wealth Geography Great patrons of the arts

The Medici Family

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Credit developed in Italy during the Renaissance.

Banker’s table—banca (“banks”) Use of creidt stimulates increased volume

of trade throughout Europe

The Banker and His Wife 1514

HUMANISM Humanism—study of Greek and Roman

classics and of Church Fathers. Humanitas—study of grammar, rhetoric,

poetry, history, politics, and morals.

Francesco Petrarch—”Father of Humanism” (1304-1374)

ELEMENTS OF RENAISSANCE ART Chiaroscuro—the use of shading to

enhance naturalness.

Linear Perspective—adjustment of the size of figures to give a feeling of continuity.

Created a “three-dimensional canvas.”Saint Sebastian (1474), Botticelli

LEONARDO DA VINCI

RAPHAEL

The School of Athens, 1511

MICHELANGELO