“Rebirth” of Art & Learning

• Golden Age in arts,literature & science

•Began in Italy & spread northward

•Promoted new way of thinking called Humanism

•Focused on worldly (Secular) subjects rather than religious ones. •More Realistic-concerned with life in the present (spirit of inquiry)•Emphasized achievements of the individual•Revival of classical thoughtEx.Greek & Romans

•Overseas trade led to growth of wealthy independent city-states of Milan & Florence•Surrounded by the “Glory of Rome”•Popes &Wealthy Families such as the Medici became Patrons of the Arts

Willing to spend money

Ideas spread north with the invention of the Printing Press (Johan Gutenberg)

•Population began to recover from the Plague

•Monarchs & wealthy merchants supported the Arts

Differed from Italian renaissance. More interested in religious themes

•Johann Gutenberg

1145-The Bible was first printed book

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•Vernacular-Writers wrote in everyday language of the common citizen

Canterbury Tales

Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar

The Prince

The Divine Comedy

Don Quixote