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Causes of the Renaissance

What is the Renaissance?

• Rebirth

• Explosion of New Ideas & Learning

• Rediscovery of Classical Greek & Roman Culture

• Humanism—worth of Individual

• Secularism—worldly not religious

• Rebirth

• Explosion of New Ideas & Learning

Causes of the Italian Renaissance

• Crusades

• Control of Mediterranean Trade

• Sophistication of Italian City-States

• Growth of Banking & Trade

• Crusades

• Control of Mediterranean Trade

• Crusades

• Control of Mediterranean Trade

• Sophistication of Italian City-States

• Growth of Banking & Trade

• Excess Wealth: de Medici family of Florence

• Printing Press

• Crusades

• Control of Mediterranean Trade

• Sophistication of Italian City-States

• Growth of Banking & Trade

• Excess Wealth: de Medici family of Florence

• Printing Press

• Crusades

• Control of Mediterranean Trade

• Sophistication of Italian City-States

• Growth of Banking & Trade

• Excess Wealth: de Medici family of Florence

Italian v. Northern Renaissance

Italy North

Italy

• Rome, Florence, Venice

• Mediterranean Trade

• De Medici

• Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael

Italian

Italian v. Northern Renaissance

North

• Amsterdam, Antwerp, London

• Rhine & Thames Rivers

• Jacob Fugger

• Jan Van Eyck, Brueghel

Italian v. Northern Renaissance

Italy

• Rome, Florence, Venice

• Mediterranean Trade

• De Medici

• Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael

North

• Amsterdam, Antwerp, London

• Rhine & Thames Rivers

• Jacob Fugger

• Jan Van Eyck, Brueghel

Machiavellian Intrigue

• Wrote The Prince

• studied the politics of Florence, Venice & Rome

• analyzed use of power, force, & Deception

• How to book for future leaders

• Including... Niccolo Machiavelli

De Medici Family of Florence

• Cosimo & Lorenzo

• city improvements

• patron of the arts

• peace & prosperity

Savonarola

• Franciscan Friar

• banned gambling, swearing, etc.

• burned books & paintings

The Borgia: First Italian Crime Family

• Pope Alexander VI

– bribery, extortion, nepotism, torture

• Casare Borgia (son)

– multiple murders, mercenary

• Lucrezia Borgia (daughter)

– incest?

– What really happened to her husbands?

Effects of the Renaissance

• Advances in Science & Technology led to the European Exploration of the World

• Secularism led to the Protestant Reformation

• Humanism encouraged the growth of Democracy & the Fight for Human Rights

• Role of Women in Society Improved

• Renaissance Art led to the Age of Classical Music and Art in Europe

Renaissance Art

• perspective

• light & motion

• study of human form

• emotion & drama

• new subject matter>secularism

• science & mathematics

• composition & balance

• changing perspective of man & his role in the world

• unique vision of each artist