The Renaissance in Italy

Renaissance = Rebirth

The Renaissance 1300-1500The period after the Middle Ages/Dark Ages and before modern historyAt the end of the Black Death (plague)A time of great art and great thinkers

It marked a shift from an agricultural to a urban societyTrade was of greater importance(Italian gown shown here)

The Renaissance Began in Italy and Later SpreadItaly is where the Roman Empire existed, so architecture & other artifacts were present.The Pope, head of the Roman Catholic Church, was also in ItalyGeographic location was great for trade to the North, South and East

Renaissance ArtUsed religious figures, but against classical backgroundsArtists returned to the realism of classical times using perspective

Medieval Portrayals of the Madonna

Renaissance Portrayal of the Madonna

Leonardo da VinciArtist, Scientist, all around Renaissance Man.-The Mona Lisa-The Last Supper-The Vitruvian Man-Self portraitBTW He also robbed graves.

The Brilliance of LeonardoOut of 17 half brothers and sisters, Leonardo was recognized as unusual as a child.Apprenticed to a painter by 15.

The Brilliance of LeonardoDeveloped interest in science and technology.Tried to invent rockets, bridges, flying machines, parachutes, fire trucks with extendable ladders, etc. May have also invented the telescope?Was a lefty!

BTW:Leonardo and the next Renaissance Man absolutely HATED one another!!!Both are what we call Renaissance MenAble to do more than one thing quite well!

MichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni[ And we wonder why we just call him Michelangelo?Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer.

MichelangeloLa Pieta in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

David

The Divine Spark

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

RaphaelThe School of Athens Portrayal of the Madonna, mother of Jesus.

Self-portrait by Raphael, missing since World War II

Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were all named after the famous artists of the Renaissance.Master Splinter and Super Shredder were not.

Renaissance WritingsWrote of philosophy and scholarshipDeveloped guidebooks for successMachiavelli wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain powerHe urged rulers to use whatever methods necessary to achieve their goal

MachiavelliThe end justifies the means.He has a Machiavellian mind.NOT a compliment!

THE RENAISSANCE IN THE NORTH the late start!Northern Europe began the Renaissance nearly 100 years after Italy because they still suffered from the Black Death and had not experienced the same economic growth -- until the 1400s!

Where it began in the NorthThe Northern Renaissance began in a region called Flanders where there were lots of prosperous cities. (Present-day France, Belgium and Netherlands.It then spread into the remainder of France, Spain, Germany and England.

The Printing Revolution1455, John Gutenberg of Germany invented a printing press with movable typeWhy was this a BIG DEAL?

The Gutenberg Bible

Ned Flanders

Northern Humanists and Writers Those in the North also stressed education and the classics.Writing had been in Latin -- began writing in everyday language (the vernacular)What affect would this have?

ErasmusA Priest and HumanistUsed knowledge of languages and produced a new edition of the BibleHe called for a translation of the Bible into the vernacularWhy was this a big deal?

ShakespeareEnglish poet and playwrightIncorporated Renaissance ideals into a language the people could understandIntroduced more than 1700 new words

Shakespeare InsultsYou vomitous massYou crusty botch of nature!I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

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