Renaissance

Discover the Renaissance, a period of rebirth in art, learning, and culture!

Read or listen to the information on the Renaissance. Renaissance (1350 C.E.-1600 C.E.)You Mean Europeans Had to Relearn Their Own History?RebirthAs Europeans recovered from the Black Death, they thought about the past, specifically the achievements of ancient Greece and Rome. Historians call the time after the Middle Ages the Renaissance. Renaissance is a French word meaning rebirth. Everything was born again – trade, literature, art, and learning. The Renaissance began in Italy. Italy was not a united country but a group of city-states. The most important city-states – Florence, Venice, Genoa – had become wealthy from trade with the Middle East. The merchants and bankers of the city-states became government leaders and patrons of art. The city-states were established as republics but were dominated by the wealthiest families. Renaissance means ? Record Return Review Rebirth Where did the Renaissance begin? Germany France Italy Britian Art The Renaissance is remembered most for the contributions of famous artists. Renaissance artists used ideas from Greek and Roman art, but also used religious themes from Christianity. Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, inventor, writer, musician, and engineer. He made designs for ideas we still use, including the helicopter and the tank. He painted The Last Supper as a fresco. His most famous painting was a portrait of a lady known as Mona Lisa.Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper by Leonardo da VinciMichelangelo was a Renaissance artist who devoted his talent to religious ideas. He designed the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, a large church in Rome. He created a larger-than-life statute of David from the Jewish-Christian bibles. His most famous work was the Sistine Chapel, a prayer room used by the pope. The greatest development in art during the Renaissance was the use of perspective. Perspective is a trick in painting to make images appear in two dimensions.Sistine ChapelDavid Art of the Renaissance Match the artist with their work. Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper Michelangelo Sistine Chapel Rafael The School of Athens Literature and Humanism Italian rulers were concerned about how to get power and how to hold it. In Florence, a writer named Machia­velli argued in his book The Prince that the successful leader had absolute power. He said a ruler must do whatever was necessary, even if unpopular or cruel, to stay in power. Machiavelli’s ideas have impact today. Italian authors looked to Roman literature for ideas, but instead of writing in Latin, the language of Rome, they wrote in vernacular. Vernacular is the everyday language that people speak to each other. In the Italian city-states, the vernacular was Italian. Two Italian authors who used vernacular were: Petrarch, a poet who wrote sonnets - 14-line poems about love, passion and loyalty, and Dante, a poet who wrote a 14,000 line poem titled The Divine Comedy. In the poem, Dante sought a pure and true love to show him how to reach heaven. He also made fun of the hypocriosy and corruption in society and within the church. Machiavelli, Petrarch, and Dante believed in the importance of looking at human behavior. Machiavelli focussed on governance. This new focus on people as opposed to the divine was called humanism. Humanists thought people could succeed without the help of supernatural forces. Humanism did not deny the existence of God but had a secular view of the world.Petrarch – not into Pet , he is into Humans ! Humanists believe in _? humans pets church religion This Renaissance author wrote about how to be a good ruler. We will find out that this meant doing whatever nasty thing needed to maintain power was the idea of being a "good ruler." Who is that author? Machia­velli Leonardo Fish Thomas More Vernacular means _? Formal Language Speaking Latin Every day language Northern European Renaissance As prosperity spread, Renaissance ideas also spread. In northern Europe (England, Netherlands), artists and writers combined humanism with Christian ideas. The writers Erasmus who wrote The Praise of Folly and Sir Thomas More whose book was Utopia taught readers to reject greed and selfishness. In Germany, Johannes Gutenberg developed a faster and cheaper way to print documents. His moveable type printing press allowed for the dissemination of ideas and encouraged people to read.Erasmus – wants to erase the FoolsMore- the reason there can be no Utopia, because you always want MORE! This author wrote about a perfect world in this book about Utopia. Who is this author? Erasmus Thomas More Gutenberg This man invented a movable type printing press making reproducing copies faster and cheaper. Who is the man? Erasmus Thomas More Gutenberg This author wrote, The Praise of Folly, about all the fools or wrong doers in the Cahtolic Church. Who is this author? Erasmus Thomas More Gutenberg A church is a secular building True False Always eat your veggies