the italian renaissance 1. individualism 2. secularism italy in the 14 th and 15 centuries is the...
TRANSCRIPT
The Italian Renaissance1. individualism2. secularism
Italy in the 14th and 15 centuries is the cultural leader of Europe
Renaissance Italy was a product of1. wealthy society2. urban society3. lay society
1. Intellectual/literary movement2. Based on the study of classical literary
works of ancient Greece and Rome3. Humanists studies the LIBERAL ARTS
grammarrhetoricpoetrymoral philosophy/ethicshistory
Petrarch = the father of humanism1. Consider the middle ages a dark age2. Interest in classical antiquity3. Search for forgotten or lost latin manuscripts
and works of antiquity
Interest in the works of Plato
Christianity + Platonism = NEOPLATONISM
Hermeticism PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA
– 1. one of the great
humanists2. author of – Oration
on the Dignity of Man3. unlimited human
potential
Humanist idea – education can change people
“liberal studies” = the liberal arts Humanist schools geared to elites Practical preparation for life -> produce
complete citizens -> participate in civic life
Humanist schools = classics + Christianity = model for elite schooling up to the 20th century
Humanist began to see history as divided into1. ancient world = classical world = antiquity2. the Middle Ages = the dark ages3. their time = a time of rebirth
Secularizing the writing of history -> relying on documents and evidence, removing religious explanations and miracles
Causation in history -> not God, human forces
Printing was invented in the time of the Renaissance
Transformed the intellectual life and thought JOHANNES GUTENBERG = the movable type
printing press 1445-1450 Gutenberg bibles Printing spread rapidly across Europe
1. by 1500 – 1000 printers2. 40,000 titles3. half were religious, half secular4. big business5. encouraged spread of knowledge6. created a lay reading public